Dan Romanchik

President Mark Welcomes a gathering of nearly 60 Rotarians in the Anderson Room at the Union on a humid and sunny afternoon.  Resident Pianist Tom Strode gathers us in joyous song as we sing God Bless America during our patriotic opening of the meeting.  New member Dennis Burke shares an inspirational story to help his […]

The June 28, 2023 meeting opened on Zoom (33 members on zoom) and in person. At 12:29, President Ouimet called the meeting to order.  Tom Strode led us in “America the Beautiful”.  Inspiration was provided by Downs Herold who commemorated President Ouimet’s year of service and celebrated incoming President Foster. Here’s the inspiration: “Today is […]

The May 24, 2023 meeting opened on Zoom and in person. At 12:30, President Ouimet called the meeting to order.  Tom Strode strode into the room to a round of applause and lead us in “The Star-Spangled Banner”.  Inspiration was provided by Kathy Waugh shared a reading by Rudyard Kipling “Glory of the Garden” in […]

Congratulations to Wayne Colquitt who received Rotary Emeritus status at the Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Rotary meeting. Here are Tom Millard’s remarks about Wayne: “It is my honor and privilege today to share with you some background information about the next recipient of the Club’s emeritus status. Wayne Colquitt was born in Detroit, Michigan. He […]

It was a warm, sunny day on campus when nearly 80 Ann Arbor Rotarians and guests gathered to listen to the indomitable Pioneer High School Jazz Band on Wednesday, May 17th, in the Anderson Room at the Michigan Union. Over 30 members of the band joined us for lunch and entertained Rotarians with stories about […]

Dear Ann Arbor Rotarian, I am looking forward to serving as your next President! The Rotary International focus for the upcoming 2023-24 Rotary year is “Focus Hope in the World.” President-elect Gordon R. McInally says: “The goal is to restore hope – to help the world heal from destructive conflicts and, in turn, to help […]

From Susan M. Smith: As a co-host of this exciting Happy Hour/Social Mixer in celebration of AA Kiwanis’ 100th Anniversary (two years late due to Covid), it would be my pleasure to personally invite the Ann Arbor Rotarians to come to the Kiwanis Center on Thursday, June 15 from 4 to 7 pm. While we […]

The following is shared by ARC, the AntiRacism Committee, as we work to implement President Jennifer Jones’ message to all Rotarians: Excerpt from a Message from 2022-23 RI President Jennifer Jones “Dear fellow Rotary member: In Rotary, we celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). It does not matter who you are, who you love, how you worship, whether […]

April 26 was a great day to be a Rotarian as RCAA presented the Robert S Northrup Humanitarian Award to Dr. Nelson Edwards. Dr. Edwards was inspired to improve vision to people around the world, after visiting Haiti many years ago as an optometry student at Michigan College of Optometry. He participated in an International […]