Dan Romanchik

Meeting Notes for June 12, 2019:

With President Greg’s ringing of the Rotary bell, all stood to proclaim “God Bless America” to the accompaniment of Tom Strode’s and Deanna Relyea’s wonderful piano. Steve Pierce came to the podium to give a stirring Inspiration, complete with many quotes by leaders having to do with the environment, politics, and on developing (and maintaining) […]

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Harpoon Notes for June 5, 2019: Pushing Back Against Global Warming

After Tom Strode’s marvelous prelude and accompaniment to the national anthem, which everyone sang with that 1970s equivalent of enthusiastic approbation — gusto — Barbara Niess-May came forward to share the day’s inspiration. “I’ve been thinking lately of a vision of hope,” she began. “I’d like to read a poem by Anne Lamott; author of […]

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Report from the Rotary International Conference in Hamburg, Germany

The following photos and notes were provided by our President Elect Rosemarie Rowney, who is currently at the Rotary International Conference in Hamburg, Germany with several other RCAA members. — Greetings from the Rotary International Conference in Hamburg, Germany! There are 27,000 Rotarians here from all over the world who care about their communities and the […]

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Great Success for Former STRIVE Student

One of our former STRIVE students and scholarship recipients, Joi, has some wonderful news to share with us. She recently graduated from Washtenaw Community College with a degree in Culinary Arts. She has been accepted to Eastern Michigan University and will be transferring in the fall. You may recall that Joi was also our keynote […]

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Celebrate Independence Day with Rotary!

July 4 – Celebrate Independence Day with your fellow Rotarians as we march in the annual Ann Arbor Jaycee’s Fourth of July Parade Our district governor, Sparky Leonard, will lead our group in his eye-catching Rotary Mobile, we’ll have signs to carry promoting some of our amazing projects, and two patriotically-painted mobility carts to drive. Marchers […]

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