Dan Romanchik

Molly Dobson, a local philanthropist with ties to our Club, has been honored with the title of 2020 Woman of the Year by United Way of Washtenaw County. She was recognized by our club with a Distinguished Service Award (DSA) in 2010, an award which was also bestowed upon her late husband Bill, as well […]

Our historic meeting location, the Michigan Union, is planned to reopen on January 13, 2020. This will be following closure since May 2018 for an $85 million renovation. A special celebration will take place on that day. Read more here: https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/12/michigan-union-to-reopen-on-jan-13-after-85m-renovation.html

A total of nine gathered in the lower level of the Pretzel Bell for the latest meeting of our Satellite club. In addition to Rotarians President Rosemarie, Don Deatrick, Ebru Misirli Mansfield, Paul Webb, and John White, we enjoyed the company of Austin Broda (a recent U-M Rotaractor now working in Dundee), Brian Mansfield (Ebru’s […]

Rotarian Joyce Hunter was installed as an Honorary Member of the Ann Arbor Kiwanis Club at its weekly luncheon meeting on November 25. The headline article in their subsequent newsletter recounted her accomplishments around the world and in our community over a long career. Apparently, the list was so long that the editor of the […]

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in Rotary – Many of us are aware of, and maybe even involved in, the U-M’s major initiative in DEI but  did you know the Rotary International is also on board with this critical aspect of today’s most successful organizations? Here’s RI’s statement: “As a global network that strives to build […]

The following are highlights from November 2019 as reported by our Director of Community Service, Peg Talburtt.   *Big news! The new Co-Chairs of the 2020 Golf and Tennis Outing event are Charlie Koopmann and Greg Stejskal. The Committee has determined that the 2020 event will be moved to Fox Hills Golf & Banquet Center […]

Early on the morning of Sunday, November 24th, only a few days away from Thanksgiving, a group of enthusiastic Rotarians arose and gathered at the Girls on the Run of Southeastern Michigan 5K Event. For those who are unfamiliar, Girls on the Run (GOTR) is a nation-wide after-school program for girls in grades 3-8 that, […]

If you missed it on the morning of Monday, November 25th, you can now listen online to WEMU’s interview of Bob Mull on the VITA Tax Clinic. The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor supports this organization annually, and many of our members also volunteer at VITA. Click here to read the article and listen online: […]

After President Rosemarie rang the bell, we launched into a spirited rendition of “God Bless America.” Peg Talburtt then provided a Thanksgiving inspiration. She said that even though the first thing that comes to her mind when Thanksgiving is mentioned, is “eat, eat, eat,” there’s much more to the holiday. She treated us to a […]

Please submit your ideas for the next recipient of the Robert S. Northrup Humanitarian Award, named after our own club member Rob Northrup, in recognition of his lifelong humanitarian work. Nominees can be residents of any part of the world.  However, the recipient will be asked to present a 25-minute presentation to our Club on […]