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PUBLIC IMAGE Sign on Interstate 94, Ann Arbor, MI, publicizing our Rotary club (L); transition from established website (top) to new website (bottom) (R). The Public Image effort responds to the Rotary International priority of “Enhance Rotary’s Public Image and Awareness,” one of three major goals set by RI President (2017-18) Ian Riseley. Public Image […]

Associate Director/Chief Administrator of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan, and Rotary Club of Ann Arbor Member, Dawn Johnson, shares news on the Kelsey Museum- The walk to my office takes me through cases of artifacts holding stories of the past from ancient Greece, Rome, dynastic and Roman Egypt, and the […]

Weekly Meeting Statistics: A total of 90 members learned about dyslexia from Joanne Pierson. We also had three visiting Rotarians (Former Ann Arbor member Christina Ferris of Flint, Neil McMullan of Sacramento CA and B. Yawson of Ann Arbor North)and eight guests. In conjunction with the meeting, eight members of the Community Allocations Committee met […]

What an inspiring experience–photo was sent to Ian Bund, by the wife of a long time business partner from California, who is now at the big Rotary convention in Toronto

Ralph Zuke, Rosemarie Rowncy , Lauren Heinonen, Ashish Sarkar, Norma Sarkar and Katie Bauer at Weber’s on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Ralph Zuke committed to ride his Barcalounger Rickshaw from St. Louis Missouri to Toronto, Canada (1000 miles) and try to raise 22,000 to End Polio Now. There were 22 cases of Polio in 2017. […]

Our club has had the opportunity to hear about the Tiny Homes in Detroit, a community of small living spaces created to serve those who experience housing insecurity in the city, including the formerly homeless, senior citizens, and young people just out of foster care. Our very own Ed Wier designed one of the tiny homes and has been […]

Harpoon for the week of June 20 Lunch will be “Weber’s Croissant Sandwich Buffet.” The menu includes croissants with chicken, egg or tuna salad filling, fruit tray, vegetable tray, pasta salad or hummus, chips, house salad with cranberries and almonds. Beverages include coffees, iced tea, lemonade and milk Is your Directory Listing Up-to-Date?   The printed […]

On June 13, the Community Allocations Committee celebrated the 2018 CAC grantees at a special reception held at Gladwin Farms. Due to space restrictions, invitees were limited to: the Rotary Board, the CAC Committee, and one staff and one Board member from each 2017 and 2018 grantee organization. But a great time was had by […]

Weekly Meeting Statistics Attendance at our fifth meeting at Weber’s included 91 members of our club plus three visiting Rotarians from the Detroit Club (Trey Greene, Colleen Dolan-Greene and Bruno Wilson) and four guests. Eleven members of the Peace Committee and three members of the Internal Financial Procedures Committee met after lunch. Monthly Membership Report […]

  Please join us on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 to meet Ralph Zuke, President of the Rotary Club of Fairview Heights, Illinois. Ralph is riding his Barcalounger Rickshaw for 22 days, from St. Louis, Missouri to the Rotary International Convention in Toronto, Ontario. That’s one day for each of the 22 preventable cases of Polio […]