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After distributing KN95 masks to several hospitals in the district including Michigan Medicine, St. Joseph, and Ann Arbor VA over the last 3 weeks, the District is focusing now on local frontline workers and residential settings; such as nursing homes, assisted living facilities, homeless shelters, correctional facilities and public safety organizations in the District.  This […]

Ever wanted to attend an RI Annual Convention but couldn’t spare the time, were unable to justify the expense, or just not interested in visiting exotic locations? If so, this news is for you! The live convention scheduled for this summer in Honolulu was canceled but is now being replaced by a free virtual gathering […]

You’ve heard of the “Dream Team”… –  … but you have a lot better chance qualifying for the Club’s new “Zoom Team.” We are looking for members who have some experience with Zoom Videoconferencing and would like to share it with other Rotarians so more can participate in our luncheon meetings, committee functions, and even social […]

Christie Bacon is mentioned in an article in the Washington Post.  Her husband, and frequent Rotary Club of Ann Arbor speaker John U. Bacon had trained to run the Boston Marathon but instead created his own marathon here in Ann Arbor after the Boston event was cancelled.  He then contributed an entertaining story to the […]

Though our Rotary Fights Child Hunger campaign was originally to end on April 6th, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, need in our community remains high. We have now EXTENDED this campaign so that you can continue to make contributions to this drive that we have in partnership with Food Gatherers. Both you and our club […]

We have heard from Hilda Alcindor, member of the Rotary Club de Port-au-Prince, about their club’s efforts during the COVID-19 outbreak. Hilda is from Leogane Haiti and is the dean of FSIL, the Haiti Nursing Foundation school which has received funds from our club.  They made and distributed 4,000 masks with the Rotary Logo. What […]

Dear Rotary Members and Friends, In response to these extraordinary times, we must join together in extraordinary ways. The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor Board is mobilizing resources to focus on immediate and longer-term responses to the Covid 19 epidemic in our community. The International Humanitarian Projects Committee has been re-tasked as the newly-formed Disaster […]

Our Rotary Fighting Hunger Food Drive, in partnership with Food Gatherers, is chaired by Todd Kephart. Last year, Rotary raised $13,000 and food for 84,000 meals. This year’s goals were: $15,000 in cash and enough food for 90,000 meals. However, due to the closing of schools, the suspension of our Rotary lunch meetings, and general […]

Bob Mull informed us that all VITA tax services at the United Way have been suspended as the building is closed until April 6th. Rotary volunteers will continue to complete all the tax returns that are in our system.   They hope to resume services, but they have no definitive plans for how to do this […]

On this past Wednesday’s Zoom meeting, we discussed ways that we can help the community during the novel coronavirus pandemic. It was mentioned that some members wanted to put out the “Thank You Healthcare Workers” signs that have been popping up around town. Here is some additional information (posted on NextDoor) from Susan Schmidt, who […]