Dan Romanchik

The May 25, 2022 meeting opened on Zoom and in person with social time.  Emily Olson provided Zoom etiquette guidelines to the virtual attendees. At 12:32, President Susan Froelich called the meeting to order. We all joined in the singing of “America the Beautiful”.  Inspiration was provided by Ryan Peterson who shared the meaning of […]

On Sunday, June 12th from 1:00pm – 3:30pm our Rotary Club and the City of Ann Arbor are co-hosting “Music in the Playground” as a 5th Birthday Party for the Universal Access Playground at Gallup park, which was our Club’s Centennial gift to the community. Community High’s Jazz Band will perform at 1:00 and the […]

James E. Brown arrived in late August 2021 as a Global Grant Scholar sponsored by the Tameside Rotary Club, District 1285 in UK. RCAA was the host club for this global grant. James thoroughly enjoyed this opportunity to pursue his Master of Law (LLM) degree at the University of Michigan Law School. He completed his […]

In case you missed it, here’s a blurb mentioning our annual food drive in the Michigan Daily‘s A2 Outlook newsletter: “110,000 MEALS: The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor has been hosting a food drive since mid-March and has now collected enough food products and funds to provide 110,000 meals over the summer for children in […]

May is mental health awareness month. Unfortunately, there is stigma still attached to mental health issues. There is inspiration to be had when progress is made. However, much of it comes from the sad and true stories of those who have suffered most. On “Washtenaw United” this week, WEMU’s David Fair discusses mental health, addiction […]

We’re rolling out some new administrative and financial tools! COMMITTEE MAILING LISTS We’ve begun trialing some @a2rotary.org mailing lists for committee use. These will replace any @umich.edu addresses still being used for Club business and are intended to add transparency and simplify committee communications moving forward. Advantages to these lists: One email address can be […]

The April 27, 2022 meeting opened on Zoom and in person with social time including Agnes Reading asking visiting Rotarians on zoom to introduce themselves.  Emily Olson provided Zoom etiquette guidelines to the virtual attendees. We had 48 members attending in-person and 55 via Zoom, for a total of 103. At 12:29, President Susan Froelich […]

Once again, Senor Sol smiled upon the Rotary Road Waste Warriors for the spring 2022 Adopt-A-Highway trash pickup on I-94. Sixteen warriors attacked highway blight at a speed equaled only by the metal hulks hurtling past them. 57 bags of trash, assorted car parts, hubcaps, pieces of tires, numerous masks, articles of clothing, a smartphone, […]

On Wednesday, April 27, it was a great day to be a Rotarian as RCAA celebrated the Robert S Northrup Humanitarian Awards. Dr. Henry Maicki and Manish Mehta, PhD told inspiring stories of how their humanitarian service improved the lives of others. Dr. Henry Maicki, Marlenn (wife), Sandra (daughter), Rick (son), Henry (son) and friends […]

RCAA as a whole, as well as ARC, Peace, and Public Image committees are all actively involved in supporting Embracing our Differences. This is an organization that “uses the transformative power of art to spark discussions on our differences: race, sex, LGBTQ, mental and physical differences and to open our heart to embrace diversity.” Large […]