Dan Romanchik

The Foundation Development Committee seeks to increase the Club’s permanent endowment fund by promoting annual contributions or pledges, and encouraging bequests and memorial gifts. Annual distributions from the Foundation portfolio have risen to $68,571, increased from $64,119 in FY2017, and averaging a 6.7% annual increase over the past 13 years. Here is a comparison of […]

The March 2018 D6380 newsletter includes a front page article by DG Barry Fraser noting that March is Water and Sanitation Month on the Rotary calendar. The calendar in the sidebar reminds us about World Rotaract Week (March 12-18), the upcoming District Assembly (April 14), the District Conference (May 4-6) and the RI Convention in […]

ByAshish Sarkar, Past President During my recent trip to India, I visited two Global Grant (GG) project sites.  These projects are co-sponsored jointly by several clubs in District 6380 and Detroit Rotary Club. The first project is in Hardaspur, a village near Pune, in Southern India. The goal is to enhance the neo-natal care unit […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held Wednesday, February 21, 2017 at the United Way Building. President John called the meeting to order and motions were made and approved to accept the Agenda and December Minutes. The Club’s membership on January 31 was 306 Active Members plus six Honorary members and seven Inactive Emeriti. The […]

ROTARY FIGHTS SUMMER HUNGER! The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor has been partnering with our local food bank, Food Gatherers, for the past 13 years to fight hunger in Washtenaw County. Our food drive, called Rotary Fights Summer Hunger, helps lower income children who receive subsidized school lunches during the school year stay fed through […]

President John rang the Rotary bell, and the assembly rose to sing “My Country, Tis of Thee.” Richard Carlisle delivered a fascinating Inspiration about former U.S. presidents as fathers: “I can recommend Joshua Kendall’s book, First Dads. It’s not about presidential indiscretions, about which we have heard a lot, but about presidents as First Fathers.” […]

On Wednesday, Feb. 21, our club welcomed the latest group of Junior Rotarians from Greenhills: Liz Shoenfeld, who intends to get a degree in public health, Richard Shi, who will be pursuing a career in engineering, and Jacob Berger, who plans to follow his dream to become an opera performer.

The luncheon meeting opened with a gentle ringing of the Rotary bell by President John. A lusty “Star-Spangled Banner” followed, after which Amy Goodman came forward to deliver the Inspiration. “Happy Valentine’s Day,” Amy began. “This is the day when one billion dollars’ worth of chocolate is sold world-wide; a billion Valentine’s cards are sent […]

One of the Objects of Rotary is, “The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.” For the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor, the Social Committee of The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor provides these opportunities outside our lunch meetings. These opportunities include Tigers Baseball games, University of Michigan musical events, tours of downtown Detroit, […]

Dr. Tim Johnson said his involvement in Boy Scouting as a youth, prepared him to take on leadership roles as an adult, most recently as the chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan Medical School. Johnson will now use those leadership skills in his new role as President of the Southern Shores […]