Michael Field

Former Ann Arbor Mayor, Ingrid Sheldon, was interviewed at the recent Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor Centennial Picnic, staged on the 100th anniversary to the day that the club was chartered, Sunday, June 13, 2021 (chartering in 1921).  Rotarian Sheldon complimented both service organizations for their joint cooperation and their dedication to public service.  A […]

Service Above Self is taken to heart by all Rotarians, but like everything involving people in Ann Arbor, you will find your “overachievers.”  Among the many overachievers in our Club, one member that truly stands out in this category is our dearly loved and truly inexhaustible Barbara Eichmuller. Barbara has been a Rotarian since 1996 […]

The Nominating Committee met to select a new Director for Youth Development.  This two year position on the Board is responsible for oversight of Rotaractors, Interactors and RYLA.  The newly elected candidate had recently declined to serve in the position due to competing demands. Arthur Williams graciously accepted the nomination to continue to serve July […]

Tom Strode led the meeting with God Bless America. Though we were all on mute, you could see people singing. Shelly McMillan’s meditation on mothers and children was in honor of Mother’s Day and from the Sondheim Into the Woods, recited the lyrics “Children will Listen.” Our music selection was Espranza Spalding singing On the […]

Fourteen Rotary Club of Ann Arbor road waste warriors were once again smiled upon by the Highway Gods with a sun-kissed sky on Saturday, April 17, 2021 for the State of Michigan Adopt-A-Highway trash pickup on the 2.1 mile stretch of I-94 between State Street and Platt Road. Fueled with Washtenaw Dairy donuts provided by […]

The Community Allocations Committee met on April 14 and recommended grant awards to 12 organizations as part of the Community Grants Program.  All in all, we received 27 applications totaling over $118,000 in funding.  Our fundraising for this fiscal year was impacted by the COVID pandemic, but we were still able to cobble together $52,000 […]

Join with Rotary to promote the power of vaccines. During World Immunization Week, 24-30 April, join with Rotary to combat vaccine hesitancy and misinformation by spreading the facts about why #VaccinesWork.With decades of experience fighting polio, Rotary plays a key role in informing people about the power and effectiveness of vaccines. As COVID-19 vaccines become more […]

It’s a pleasure and a privilege for me to help bestow Emeritus status on Bob Foster. It’s also a not-so-gentle reminder of where Bob and I are, chronologically, on a long life journey that we’ve shared for almost 50 years. Without making this too much about me rather than Bob, let me just say that […]

The weekly meeting of members and guests started with the usual virtual chit-chat among those arriving via Zoom. In an extension of last week’s program on University of Michigan’s growth and in anticipation of the day’s program, comments were made about the growth of the UM’s North Campus since its initial buildings in the 1950’s […]

Classifications of the Original Fifteen, Early Troublesome Problems, and a Horse… Imagine for a moment the resulting alchemy from the pooled talents and resources of a landlord, abstractor, attorney, business manager, clergyman, efficiency manager, editor, doctor, insurance broker, motor manufacturer, music manager, university secretary, farmer, banker and steel ball manufacturer. Such were the classifications of […]