Club News

Executive Director Lori called a halt to the social hour and made only one announcement: please refresh your ClubRunner if you are accessing it on a cell phone. Tom Strode played “My Country ’tis of Thee”. Shelley MacMillan combined our Inspiration and music. She referenced William James’ reflection that he was done with doing the […]

The Rotary Fights Summer Hunger food drive kicks off this month, March.  Todd Kephart, the chair of the committee will give more info on March 3rd, but for now know that the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a massive increase in demand at Food Gatherers.  Reflecting this need and acknowledging the realities […]

Now that the Disaster Relief Committee has completed its work of providing a quick community response to the pandemic, I want to take an opportunity to extend a very special thanks not only to the many donors who helped us to raise $61,792 for the Pandemic Response Fund, but the people who worked behind the […]

Mentors Needed: A Very Rewarding Opportunity to Serve Our Rotary Mentorship Program is very popular and successful this year even despite the pandemic. We have a record number of Mentorship matches and now have three more University of Michigan undergraduates who would like a Rotary mentor. The goal of the Mentorship Program is to create […]

A Rotary community conversation sponsored by ARC-AntiRacism Community about housing descrimination, its roots and impact will be held on Tuesday, February 23, 1:30 PM. All Rotarians are invited to join the conversation. Email Marcia Lane at mlane0407@gmail.com to be included with a Zoom link.

Rotary began today with a lively social half hour. At 12:27 PM, Lori Walters, our Executive Director, reminded us of Zoom etiquette and to check in to the meeting through Zoom Chat. At 12:30 PM, President Joanne called the meeting to order. As a wonderful beginning to the meeting, Tom Strode played “America the Beautiful” […]

Since social media dominates the internet, our great club needs a presence there. There are social media infographics below, following this brief guide. I think we can agree that the world is connected, like never before, and, like everything else, “with great power comes great responsibility.” Ours is a unique opportunity to publish positive, constructive […]

Thank you to everyone who submitted suggestions for a new name for our club’s weekly newsletter. This past Wednesday evening, our Public Image Committee carefully reviewed the names and have reduced the long list down to 6 possible names: Ann Arbor Rotary Wheel Ann Arbor Rotary Bytes Ann Arbor Rotary News Ann Arbor Rotary Advisor […]

Our club is doing a great job of helping our community, and now we need you to help the club! We are seeking individuals willing to assist our team of Reporters, who write up the wonderful meeting notes after each of our Wednesday meetings. This job simply requires that you be able to pay attention […]

See below an article from the Hindustan Times about polio eradication in India. This has been a tremendous achievement, but we still have a long way to go before polio is eradicated worldwide. To make a donation toward PolioPlus, see number #3 after clicking here.  Miracles do happen, that’s how India won the battle against polio […]