Dan Romanchik

On a beautiful September day, more than 60 Ann Arbor Rotarians and guests gathered in front of their computers for our weekly meeting. During the social half hour, we discussed: Steve (Imagine the Possibilities!) Pierce’s recent trip to Puerto Rico and musical adventures. Naubinway, which is not only the northern-most port on Lake Michigan, but […]

A signature undertaking of the Rotaract Committee each year is its Mentorship Program. An individual Rotaractor identifies an area of interest in which he or she would like input and guidance from a Rotarian knowledgeable or experienced in the field. Once a Rotaractor is paired with a Rotarian, there are no formal requirements going forward. […]

The “Each One, Bring One” campaign by 2021-22 Rotary International President Shekhar Mehta encourages every Rotarian to get non-Rotarians to visit us, learn more about us, and maybe even become a member or otherwise involved with Rotary. Don’t forget to talk about Rotary with your friends, family, coworkers, anyone! Invite them to one of our […]

Join the Rotary Road Waste Warriors for the club’s fall highway trash pick up scheduled for Saturday, October 2. The only date not conflicting with Michigan home football games. This years participants in groups of four will be assigned to less than a city block in length, on one side of the highway, to help […]

Over the past eighteen years of our annual event, the Golf and Tennis Outing (GTO), our club has raised over a half-million dollars for various local causes including scholarships for high school graduates, the local literacy and health initiative Washtenaw Success by 6, and the replacement of trees lost to disease. We are pleased to […]

The August 18, 2021 meeting opened on Zoom with social time.  Karl Edelmann announced his retirement from the Air Force and his celebratory bow-tie was admired by all. Lori Walters opened the meeting and provided Zoom reminders. At 12:29, President Susan Froelich started the meeting by ringing the bell. Tom Strode led us in “The […]

The recent reports of violence and political turmoil in Afghanistan were disconcerting to all of us but especially to Rotarians who track polio eradication efforts.  Cases of the wild polio virus are now only found in two countries:  Afghanistan and Pakistan.  The number of cases in 2020 Afghanistan were 56.  There is only one wild […]

Music: Tom Strode, our piano virtuoso played the national anthem to begin the meeting. Inspiration:  Ryan Peterson asked us to put one word in the chat that we love about Ann Arbor. We live in a great community but our current reality makes it hard to have community. The power of community is so important […]

The July 21, 2021 meeting opened on Zoom with social time.  Lori Walters opened the meeting and reminded members to make sure that their name is shown accurately in Zoom so attendance can be recorded correctly and for guests to indicate which member has invited them.  Please sign in using the Chat function and respond […]

As is our wont, we gathered on Zoom at 12 Noon for this week’s meeting. The social half hour featured an eclectic selection of topics, including: Shopping for shoes on line and the difficulty of finding the perfect pair of black pumps. Trips up North, including spending time on the Leelanau peninsula (Don Deatrick illustrated […]