Michael Field

by Paul Smith When the International Humanitarian Projects Committee let it be known a project to upgrade an orphanage in Kumasi, Ghana could not be completed because the existing building had so deteriorated it had to be razed and rebuilt,  Ann Arbor Rotarians came forward.  Ian Bund challenged us with a matching grant.  If we […]

PROGRAM COMMITTEE The Program Committee schedules a wide-variety of high-quality speakers reflecting both the interests of our members and the diversity of our community. Member surveys show that the lunch meeting is the single most important influencer of our members’ excitement about the club, and that the speaker is the single most important influencer of […]

Our Rotary club accomplishes its success through the work of its committees. We begin a series of articles for the Harpoon that describes the purpose, activities, and accomplishments of many of our club committees. In this way, we seek to publicize the vast, diverse accomplishments of our club. Each club committee reports to a club […]

Notes by Agnes Reading The dulcet notes of Moon River put the crowd in the mood for the program. Norma Sarkar’s Inspiration continued the theme with an essay from a young woman who left Seattle to settle along a beautiful river in Arkansas. She wrote about how floating in the river washed away the stress […]

To remain vital, a Rotary Club needs to continually recruit new members. Our club inducts new members twice a year—in March and October. The deadline for nominating new members to join us in March is fast approaching. New member nomination forms must be completed and submitted by Wednesday Feb 7th.   Now is the time […]

The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor embraces with love Collyer and Annie Smith, parents of Cam, who passed away unexpectedly last Friday.  While various arrangements are being made to free Collyer from club responsibilities, the most important thing is to let Past President Collyer know that we are all there for him and his wife […]

After Carolyn Grawi announced that she will be leaving her post as executive director of the Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living, Ann Arbor Mayor (and Honorary Rotarian) Christopher Taylor honored her with a proclamation at the city council meeting. The Mayor proclaimed Jan. 8 to be known as “Carolyn Grawi Day” in the City […]

The January meeting takes place on Friday the 19th in the Board Conference Room in The Manor of Glacier Hills Senior Living Community (1200 Earhart Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105). Doors open at 9:45am for coffee and cookies, and the meeting runs from 10-11am. The guest speakers are Club member Joanne Pierson, Ph.D. and her […]

Monthly Membership Report to the District: After the departures of Loveleen Bajwa, Thomas Bradshaw, Yulanda Curtis, Joh Kang, Bruce Martin, Linh Song and Rob VanRenterghem, we finished the month of December with 306 Active Rotarians. Average attendance during the month was 36% for the three meetings. Not reported to the district but calculated for club […]

Ride to End polio raises $11.7 million The 2017 Ride to End Polio posted another successful year at El Tour de Tucson (AZ) in November. A team of staff members and Rotary General Secretary John Hewko joined about 120 cyclists from 18 U.S. states and Canadian provinces, Australia, Brazil, Germany, and France. Considering the match […]