Michael Field

Want to reduce your home’s energy use? Opportunity knocks. Using the climate change millage funds, the city’s sustainability office will offer cash rebates to Ann Arbor residents for energy-efficiency and electrification improvements, including replacing gas appliances with electric models. You could get rebate $$ and technical advice for projects in your home. With a total […]

As the winter term begins, a number of Ann Arbor elementary schools are in need of additional Reader & Tutor volunteers to work with students. Please see the accompanying information sheet (click here). Follow the link there to volunteer, or reach out to Jim Egerdal with any questions, 734 612-9887.

The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor “Cocktails Among the Chrtistmas Trees” event was a great success!  Hosted by Bob and Victoria Buckler at their beautiful home, this was the final component of our annual fundraiser, the Golf and Pickleball Outing which supports NOT the Club operating budget, but our outreach to the community.  Here are […]

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On September 30 a group of 12 Rotarians gathered on a very foggy morning to collect trash along the I-94 freeway as part of the Michigan Adopt-A-Highway fall cleanup. The fog lifted into a beautiful morning the Road Waste Warriors went to work collecting 37 bags of trash between State St. and Platt Road. Included […]

Representatives from our club met recently with a visiting Rotarian Minal Goyal, President Palmville Rotary Club of Bangalore, India.  She is pictured here in a flag exchange with John Sepp and President Mark Foster.

A lot of people (not necessarily Rotarians) simply don’t know the proper conduct when the national anthem is played. According to the revised Flag Code passed in 1985 by the 99th Congress, the right hand over the heart is standard procedure for all Americans. When paying respect to the Flag of the United States of America […]

Planning your September? Here is an event you might want to attend: Second Annual Local Food Festival A fun family activity Thursday, September 14th. 5:00-8:00pm. Ann Arbor Farmers Market. The Office of S​ustainability and Innovations and Argus Farm Stop’s second annual Ann Arbor Local Food Festival, an event to celebrate and enjoy harvest from local […]

How are your gardens working out with so much of the country, including Michigan, hit with very dry or moderate drought conditions? To get started, mulch , mulch, and more mulch! Pull weeds that suck up water. Water occasionally but deeply. Check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_Yo8SrHTjU

Our own Don Deatrick was invited last month to brief the Kiwanis Club about Hire MI Vet, the non-profit that RCAA  helped him start a few years ago to assist veterans.  Here’s a link to the Kiwanis newsletter summary.