Dan Romanchik

The Rotary EPIC Day of Service is a global, coordinated day of community service where Rotary clubs and local communities unite to make a meaningful impact. It’s a worldwide initiative where Rotary clubs synchronize efforts to address community needs, strengthen bonds, and inspire hope through hands-on service projects. This year, on May 16, 2026, under […]

The Scouting America National Court of Honor recently awarded RCAA member Joe Diederich the National Outstanding Eagle Scout Award (NOESA), one of only seven for the entire state of Michigan. From the presentation: “Joe Diederich began his lifelong commitment to Scouting in Glassport, Pennsylvania, earning the rank of Eagle Scout in 1958. He went on […]

The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor just completed its 22nd annual Rotary Fights Child Hunger food and fund drive, supporting Food Gatherers, the largest sponsor of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) in Washtenaw County. The SFSP is a critical source of food for children and teens in the summer, replacing the free and reduced-price […]

Maker Works, Ann Arbor’s largest nonprofit “makerspace” (a/k/a hackerspace, tech shop, and/or or DIY workspace), offered up a class in pewter sand casting at the GPO Auction last September. A dozen RCAA members, together with family and friends, bid on and participated in the class and were also treated to a tour of their fascinating […]

Sakuji Tanaka was the President of Rotary International in 2012-13. In addition to his Rotary Service, he served as the Chairman of the Daika Company and President of the National Household Papers Distribution Association of Japan. When Tanaka was President-Elect, he published “100 Hints on How to Strengthen Rotary Clubs.” Here, I offer ten of those hints. […]

Working with global partners, the Ann Arbor Rotary Club International Humanitarian Projects Committee (IHPC) made a meaningful, measurable impact throughout the 2024-2025 Rotary year, accomplishing our mission of service, sustainability, and international goodwill. IHPC invested in health access, women’s and children’s services, education, and essential infrastructure. These efforts provided direct benefit to vulnerable populations across […]

More than 200 volunteers gathered on Saturday, November 8, at Pioneer High School to pack almost 60,000 meals to help those affected by food insecurity. The three Ann Arbor Rotary Clubs, as well as the Ann Arbor community raised $20,000 for this cause. This exceeded our goals of $17,500/50,000 meals, making this the most successful […]

World Polio Day 2025 is now in the books as is our club’s “Pennies for Polio” campaign. Following five weeks of activity plus one additional day for stragglers, we finished with $414.75 in pennies plus $779.10 in other coins, some currency, and a few checks. This $1113.85 total, when matched 2:1 by the Gates Foundation […]

Rotarians are passionate, sharing people. It’s only natural, then, for us to want to share our interests and activities with other Rotarians. With a membership hovering around 200, though, all this sharing could overwhelm us. That’s why we have the Rotary Shares Table. According to the policy “Sharing Non-Rotary Information with the Club Membership: Rotary […]

….that, in the moonlight, Tucker Rossmaessler is bootstrapping his own company, Whoa Silent Disco? You might remember when Tucker gave us a live demo at a Wednesday meeting and what a blast that was! In his “day job,” Tucker serves as the Director of Engagement for International Samaritan, where he is raising advocates and funds […]