Activities

Email Tom Millard @ publicimage@a2rotary.org to sign-up for the Club’s participation in the State of Michigan Adopt-A-Highway Program trash pick-up scheduled for Saturday, September 26, 2020. Activity begins at 9:00am. Further details will be sent by email to those wanting to be a part of this all important civic duty. Rotary members and their friends, neighbors, family (children […]

The Public Image Committee’s job is to share the good works of our club and of Rotary with both our own members and with the greater public. These jobs directly relate to our public image, so can you help share with the world what we do? Paparazzi. Take photos at club meetings and events with […]

Hankering to be Hemingway, striving to be Steinbeck, fancying yourself as Faulkner, or perhaps pursuing Poe-dom? The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step and your first one can be as a reporter for the Harpoon. Imagine an article with your byline going out to over 500 email addresses every Monday! In order […]

Register Now! Please join the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor for a special evening featuring an informative talk by wine experts Mike Roddy, founder of Paesano Restaurant & Wine bar, and Chaad Thomas of Eagle Eye Imports. A gourmet Italian wine and dinner menu is available for purchase, enhancing the entire experience. This event will […]

Tired of binge-watching old TV series? Longing to get back with friends in person but need to keep six feet apart? Has your interest in Zoom meetings waned? If so, a weekly pickleball outing could be just the ticket. John White is organizing a few Rotarians and others who might be interested in getting together […]

Rotary and Toastmasters Strategic Alliance-  By Collyer Smith As many of you are well aware, Rotary International, and Toastmasters International, have developed a strategic alliance that was announced this past winter. Here are some quotes highlighting this alliance:  “Collaborating with Toastmasters will provide our members with even more opportunities to develop and improve their leadership […]

  (From the Rotary International Membership Minute) Registration is free and open to all Rotarians Rotary’s first online convention will be a great way to connect with members around the world. Now More Than Ever, Rotary Connects the World: The 2020 Rotary Virtual Convention is happening 20-26 June. You’ll find breakout sessions on new ways […]

On Friday, June 5, John White zoomed in on the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of Lansing. Their club is now just under 200 members and the peak of attendees was 79. On the call was their Executive Director Cathy Andrews and Donna Gardner. Donna was a member of our club in 2001-2002 while […]

The Fisher House Project that Rotary started in 2015 is now complete in Ann Arbor (Detroit to come). Channel 4 featured the new house on the news last night with pictures from the interior. It is beautiful!  Please follow the following link to view the clip: https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/06/02/ann-arbor-fisher-house-opens-to-support-veterans-families/    

Thanks to the District 6380 100K Mask Challenge, the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor has been able to provide 300 surgical masks to the VA Hospital in Ann Arbor.  The masks will be provided to homeless veterans, veterans that have VA medical appointments, and VA essential volunteers like chaplains and others, and will provide them […]