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Rotarians have had two successive Saturdays to make a difference in the community, Adopt a Highway on 9/30/23 and Plant Trees on 10/7/23. 19 trees were planted in the Bryant neighborhood to support Ann Arbor Office of Sustainability and Innovations​‘ goal to plant 10,000 new trees on private property by 2030. Urban trees provide many […]

President Mark Foster rang the bell to open this meeting that welcomes four new members. Tom Strode tuned us up with The Star Spangled Banner. Kinnari Shah introduced us to The Guest House, a very thoughtful poem by the Indian poet Rumi. In his poem Rumi teaches us to embrace, rather than fight, whatever shows […]

President Mark Foster rang the opening bell and Tom Strode accompanied us in The Star Spangled Banner. Kathy Waugh joined on Zoom and inspired us with thoughtful and encouraging remarks about artificial intelligence, noting that our task is to make AI a tool not to replace us but to augment us. In conclusion, she noted […]

Take action! We have an upcoming volunteer opportunity on Saturday, October 7th from 9am-12pm, to help plant 19 trees in the Bryant neighborhood. Sign up is easy. Please click the link below for more details and to sign up as a volunteer. https://forms.office.com/g/TRPGxXkvTb Let’s get a good Rotary showing for this service. If you volunteer, […]

Signup for WORLD CAR-FREE DAY CHALLENGE, sponsored by A2Zero. Use buses, bikes, scooters, active rolling (!) or car-lite travel (such as carpooling) from September 22 – 29 for a chance to win prizes. Signup with https://www.commuteandwin.org/public/home.aspx. You will automatically be entered to win one of several restaurant gift cards. And be recognized for having participated.

President Mark rang the opening bell about ten minutes late due to UM’s internet issues. After Tom Strode played a patriotic song, Arthur Williams read a Hiam Ginott quote about the power of teachers. Anna Byberg invited us to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries. A very enthusiastic Lori Walters thanked all the people who have pitched […]

Join the Rotary Road Waste Warriors for the club’s fall highway trash pickup scheduled for Saturday, September 30. Participants in groups of four will be assigned to less than a city block in length, on one side of the highway (I-94 between State and Platt), to help pitch-in against the never-ending battle to eliminate highway […]

President Mark Ouimet called the meeting to order promptly at 12:30. Tom Strode warmed us up with the Patriotic Song. Marlena Studer read a writing from “Ethics for the New Millennium” by the Dalai Lama. He talked about how compassion, caring for others, is the basis for all human understanding. She then led us in […]

President Mark Ouimet rang the meeting to order at 12:30. We had several guests including past Club Administrator Emily Olson. Tom Strode started us with God Bless America. Ingrid Sheldon had us welcome this summer day with The Happy Wanderer. She thoughtfully put her microphone close to the piano in hopes Zoom attendees could enjoy […]

You may think things slow down over the summer. Not so in the environment, and certainly not in Ann Arbor where there are many events to show your care for all things environmental. June welcomes the third annual celebration of the City of Ann Arbor’s commitment to sustainability, initiated with the A2ZERO Plan of June […]