Michael Field

Huron Valley Habitat for Humanity is the largest H4H chapter in the country.   When James Hannah spoke at our lunch meeting a few weeks ago, he mentioned the Homes Tour and several people expressed interest.   If you are interested in what Habitat is up to, they are having a Home Tour on Wednesday, April 10 […]

On Saturday March 30, 6 Rotarians, 1 guest and 2 future Habitat for Humanity (H4H) homeowners were on a job site in Ypsilanti for our first workday.    The projects for the day were to remove a brick wall from the basement as well as “energy enveloping” in the upstairs which means caulking all wood […]

Dear Fellow Rotarians, I have been asked to succeed Melissa Stricherz as Coordinator of the Volunteer Program for the 2019 Rotary Club Golf and Tennis Outing at Travis Pointe Country Club scheduled for 9/9/19. The event has enabled the Rotary Club to fund numerous successful efforts to provide assistance to at-risk children, disabled children, and […]

(Notes by Nishta Bahtia, photos by Fred Beutler except where noted.) President Greg called the meeting to order at 12:30, we started with God Bless America. With a nod to the day’s speaker and the subject, Eric Lipson led with an invocation for which he chose a speech Haile Selassie of Ethiopia gave before the […]

Greetings Rotarians! We will be meeting across the street from Weber’s next week at the Wyndham Garden, 2900 Jackson Ave. Please drive past the front entrance and you will see a “Banquet” door. Also, if you keep driving around to the back there is another “Banquet” entrance. All other details pertaining to the meeting will […]

On Tuesday, March 26, I attended the meeting of the Destin FL club. It meets at 7:15am in a local country club with a breakfast buffet for $12. The club has 55 members and a large portion of them were there. With the speaker (owner of a local brewpub), two guests and two Visiting Rotarians, […]

CALL TO ACTION: We are all Agents of Change Rotary Large Club Conference Long Beach 2019 The Long Beach Rotary Club gave a GIGANTIC welcome to the 117 participants representing 50 large Rotary clubs from across the nation.   Lori Walters, Executive Director, and Rosemarie Rowney, President Elect, represented Ann Arbor at the three day event […]

Summary of the Board of Director’s Meeting December 19, 2018 The Board of Directors’ Meeting was held Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at the United Way Building. The Club’s membership on November 30 was 293 Active members plus six Honorary members and nine Inactive Emeriti. Inactive Emeritus member Reno Maccardini passed away on November 7. Attendance […]

Rotary at Glacier Hills met Friday, January 18.  After an effusive welcome by Past President Ashish Sarkar, Al Storey informed us on the history of the Pledge of Allegiance, after which we stood to recite the Pledge in its present form. The Pledge was followed by a round robin introduction conducted by Burt Voss among […]

Summary of the Board of Directors Meeting January 16, 2019 The Board of Directors’ Meeting was held on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at the United Way Building. The Club’s membership on December 31 was 286 Active members, plus six Honorary members and nine Inactive Emeriti. Attendance for the month’s three meetings was 34%. Average attendance […]