Club News

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 […]

Our President, Joanne Pierson, officially called our meeting to order at 12:30pm with an invitation to sing along as our talented in-house pianist, Tom Strode, played the National Anthem, our Patriotic Song. (Prior to the ringing of the meeting start bell, Lori Walters gave us a brush-up on Zoom Etiquette. We were also reminded to […]

The January 27, 2021 meeting opened on Zoom with social time to start the meeting and members announced their attendance via the chat function in Zoom. Lori Walters opened the meeting and said that there was some interference with the speaker last week and due to this issue, everyone will be muted upon entering the […]

Thank you to all the Rotarians and friends of Rotary who made it possible for RCAA to support the most vulnerable in our community. The Pandemic Response Fund allocated $61,793 to twelve non-profits in Washtenaw County to reduce the impact of COVID on vulnerable populations. Rotarians were on lockdown, but we found a way to […]