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A bit of history from the desk of Past President John Ackenhusen; FOUNDING Rotary International was founded by a lawyer, Paul Harris, in 1905, as he gathered Chicago coal dealer Silvester Schiele, mining engineer Gustavus Loehr, and tailor Hiram Shorey, all gathering in Mr. Harris’ law office.  To the second meeting came the fifth Rotarian, […]

Captain Michael Field, USN (Ret.) After graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1966, Captain Field completed Navy pilot training, earning his Wings of God in 1968. He went on to complete 140 combat missions in the Vietnam war, flying the F-4 Phantom II from the decks of USS Enterprise and USS America,. Selected as […]

Harpoon for the week of Dec. 17 Weekly Meeting Statistics:A total of 101 members learned about education in Ypsilanti from Tim Wilson. We also had three Visiting Rotarians (Cindy Duggal of Windsor Ontario, ADG Ann Nauts of Chelsea and Ted Sanford of Coronado CA) and ten guests (mostly his former colleagues from Emerson School). In […]

Spring Fling will be at the Hudson Car Museum in Ypsilanti on Sunday, May 12 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm.  What a wonderful  Mother’s Day experience!! Please talk it up, suggest people bring their families and friends!!! It should be fun and different!!!

DG Jane McManus is proud to announce our new District Governor (2021-2022) Nominee Designate – Brenda K Tipton! Brenda is full of energy and enthusiasm with a great heart for service. Best known for her “Woo-Woo” call to action, in 2017-2018, she (President) and her team added 22 new members to the Livingston Sunrise Club! […]

Weekly Meeting Statistics: A total of only 84 members were present for the Club Assembly. We had no Visiting Rotarians but did have four guests, including a group of students and their counselor from our STRIVE program. In conjunction with lunch, two members met on topics related to the Ann Arbor Rotary Foundation while twelve […]

As 2019 draws to a close, Rotary Club of Ann Arbor would like to encourage members to submit their 1-2-3 donations soon.  The 1-2-3 billing links for payment can be found on the RCAA website at http://a2rotary.org. Click the “Donate” button in the top right corner. The due date for our #1 is December 31st. And, […]

As mentioned from the podium on November 14, thirty year Ann Arbor Rotarian Reno Maccardini passed away on November 7 at 93. Reno joined our club in 1988 and was in our Sustainers Society and a multiple Paul Harris Fellow. Details on his Rotary career can be found in the narrative from his Emeritus Award […]

Thank you, fellow Rotarians. The room at Weber’s was full of energy and fun last Wednesday, October 24 in commemoration of World Polio Day! Many thanks to the members and the committee that made the Purple Pinkie Project a great success. We collected $1,674 plus the match from the Gates Foundation,, raising over $5,000 to […]

Harpoon for the week of November 5 Weekly Meeting Statistics: A total of 121 members were captivated by the presentation from U-M President Mark Schlissel. This turnout was our second highest since moving to Weber’s (the highest was our first meeting there). We did not have any Visiting Rotarians but were joined by 13 guests, […]