Dan Romanchik

Wagar A. Glas, Club President in 1954-55, as a dedicated Rotarian attended several International Rotary Conventions. He brought back “The Shirt” from a Rotary International Conference in Hawaii.  He gave it to President Carl Gingles (1980-81), who passed it on to incoming President Russ Reister at the start of his 1981-82 term. Russ continued the […]

Are you ready to IMAGINE ROTARY with RI President 2022-23 Jennifer Jones and First Gent Nick Krayacich? President Jones, the first woman RI President, started her Rotary year with a Cross Canada Imagine Tour. “Our hope is to attract top-tier media, influencers, and notables to help us share our members’ stories and to draw attention […]

Parting Thoughts – June 29,2022 Good Afternoon, Rotarians and Guests, I have had the pleasure of serving as Club Outreach Director from July, 2019 until Friday. My term began with in-person meetings and all the activities that RCAA has supported. We had just returned to the Michigan Union with great fanfare, a lovely dinner in […]

On a perfectly warm, sunny, summer day, the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor celebrated the “5th Birthday” of our Universal Access Playground (UAP) in Gallup Park. In conjunction with The City of Ann Arbor Parks and Recreation Services, the UAP was built in 2017 to commemorate the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor’s 100-year anniversary. On […]

During the June 22, 2022 RCAA Luncheon Meeting, Lauren Heinonen, our outgoing Director of Public Image (2020-2022), made the following remarks on her time serving in our club.  When I first found Rotary, I was 22 and fresh out of college. I had been coming to the Union to study, not for Rotary meetings in […]

After a two-year hiatus, the JayCees’ Fourth of July Parade will again be held this year, and our Rotary Club will be marching. We’ll be meeting somewhere on the north side of the Diag, although the exact spot has yet to be determined. I’d ask that you arrive by 9 am, as the parade will […]

The June 22, 2022 Ann Arbor Rotary Club meeting opened on Zoom and in person with social time.  Emily Olson provided Zoom etiquette guidelines to the virtual attendees. At 12:31, President Susan Froelich called the meeting to order. We all joined in the singing of “let freedom ring.  Inspiration was provided by Patricia Garcia, who […]

On Friday May 27, 2022,  the Rotary Membership committee  invited new members to a private meeting with Prosecutor Eli Savit and a tour at his office at 200 N. Main.  Ten staff members from the Prosecutor’s Office spoke to our group of six Rotarians (Eli Savit, Marlena Studer, Barbara Eichmuller, Sal Barbatano, Ademola Osofisan, Kate VanHorn, […]

A small group of us gathered before the meeting on Zoom and, we discussed the usual mix of topics, including: Bob Dascola’s trip to England, the Dayton Hamvention, which is the largest gathering of amateur radio operators in the world, Gregg shorthand the upcoming Fourth of July parade cursive writing At 12:30 pm, Tom Strode […]

RCAA is going to march in the Ann Arbor Jaycee’s 4th of July Parade this year! Dan Romanchik is leading this event and would love to hear from anyone who would like to participate, has some ideas on how to improve our presence at the parade, or has any questions about the parade. Email Dan […]