Club News

The new Rotary year began on July 1st, 2021, and with the new year we have some exciting new changes to our weekly newsletter. First, the name has changed from the Harpoon to the Ann Arbor Rotarian. Thanks to all members who submitted new name suggestions and cast votes for this new name earlier this year. Second, there […]

A Peace Pole is an internationally-recognized symbol of the hopes and dreams of the entire human family, standing vigil in silent prayer for peace on earth. Each Peace Pole bears the message May Peace Prevail on Earth in different languages on each of its four, six or eight sides. There are estimated over 250,000 Peace […]

Executive Director Lori Walters shut down the pre-meeting chatter at 12:30 with the regular reminders and turned the meeting over to President Joanne. This was her next-to-last meeting as President and she promoted herself to Queen, donning regal robes and a sparkly coronet which balked at cooperating. Tom Strode played the Star Spangled Banner. Ingrid […]

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 […]

As usual, the June 16, 2021 Zoom meeting featured lots of good conversation, good music, and an interesting speaker. The hot topic of conversation during the social hour was the cicada invasion, with some noting that they have seen the long-hibernating insects, while others saying that they haven not seen any yet. Following the inspiration […]

A song especially written by Marlena Studer and Steve Pierce to the tune of “I Got Rhythm” (“who could ask for anything more”) was celebration of our speaker and Boston. What talent we have in our club! President Joanne’s Report—full of news, as usual. As Joanne said, dear Al Storey levitated us all with his […]

Greg Stejskal has spent the pandemic writing a book that summarizes many of his cases as an FBI agent in Southeast Michigan. Rotarians familiar with his stories presented through the Golf and Tennis outing fundraiser will no doubt enjoy reading more of them. The book will be released on June 21 and can be pre-ordered […]

During the years 1916 to 1947, Club membership grew from the original fifteen to 132 active and four honorary members. On average, ten new names were added each year to the roles with about half that number lost due to death or resignation. Time, circumstance and the 1988 inclusion of exceptional local women to Rotary […]

If you have not paid your membership dues by now, they are overdue.  It is important to be mindful of the fact that being tardy with your dues creates a lot of extra work for the Executive Director and Leadership.  We know you are busy so we have created many options to make payment(s) easy. […]

Rotary Club of Ann Arbor Established A Peace Committee in 2018 Our mission is to work locally and globally for peace, social justice, and the non-violent resolution of conflict.       When choosing a project to meet our mission statement, the Peace Committee members were drawn to planting a Peace Pole.  Peace Poles are an iconic […]