John White

Click here for our Program and Event Schedule covering December through February. It includes a range of luncheon speakers, social events, and service projects. Please use it for your planning and for inviting guests to join us. Contact John White with updates, corrections or suggestions.

Our club can take great credit for raising $1,002.35 over the five weeks of the campaign which ended with the presentation on polio by Matt Boulton of the U-M School of Public Health on October 22. With the generous 2:1 match from the Gates Foundation and the cost $0.60 per dose, our efforts will pay […]

Our 2026-2027 President-elect Roy More attended the Rotary Large Club Conference (LCC) in Dallas during the week of October 21. The LCC is an annual gathering of Presidents-elects and senior staffers from about 50 of the largest Rotary Clubs in the US and Canada. The purpose of the gathering is to share information and address […]

Week two of our five-week “Pennies for Polio” campaign brought in almost $40 in pennies (about 20 pounds – whew!) and $34 more in change and dollar bills. With over $50 from the first week, a 2:1 match by the Gates Foundation, and a $0.60 cost per dose, Rotary will be able to immunize over […]

Pennies are on the way out. Nevertheless, our pennies can still help with polio eradication. It’s time to go through your jars, cans, and couch cushions and bring them to lunch on Wednesday. We will be set up to weigh your pennies, reward you with a “purple pinky*” and announce the results from the podium. […]

The 70th anniversary of the announcement that the Salk polio vaccine was “Safe, effective, and potent” is Saturday, April 12. The announcement was made in Ann Arbor by Thomas Francis of the U-M’s School of Public Health. Here’s a link to the original press release: https://sph.umich.edu/polio/ On Friday, April 11, 2025, the School will be […]

It may be a wee bit after St. Patrick’s Day, but it’s still a “Good Time to Share your Lucky Charm” by giving blood to help those in need. Our brothers and sisters in service at the Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor are hosting the Red Cross on Friday, March 21 from 8:00 to 2:00. […]

Condensed from history.com. Click here for the full link. On December 9, 1979, a commission of scientists declare smallpox has been eradicated. The disease is the only infectious disease afflicting humans that has officially been eradicated. Something similar to smallpox had ravaged humanity for thousands of years. In 1796, the English scientist Edward Jenner discovered […]

The polio vaccine is “safe, effective, and potent.” With these words on April 12, 1955, Dr. Thomas Francis Jr., director of the Poliomyelitis Vaccine Evaluation Center at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, announced to the world that the Salk polio vaccine was up to 90% effective in preventing paralytic polio. Dr. Francis […]

New (plus not so new and even veteran) Rotarians are invited to attend a district-wide training session at the Brighton Community Center from 9:00am to 1:00pm on Saturday, November 9. Speakers will cover a wide range of valuable topics. The price is right (free) and includes a light breakfast and pizza lunch! Here’s the link […]