Club News

The 2019-2020 Annual Report for the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor is now available. Click here to view the report electronically. A limited number of hard copies are available for $10 to cover printing and shipping. Please contact Lori Walters at executivedirector@a2rotary.org if you would like to order a copy. 2019-2020 RCAA Annual Report PDF […]

You’re invited to join us for a discussion of two videos ARC members are watching this month. We’re meeting via Zoom on Tuesday, January 26 at 1:30 to talk about the following two videos by Emmanuel Acho from his series “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man”: With Magnolia co-founders Chip and Joanna Gaines (just under […]

WATCH THE FULL MEETING RECORDING HERE Our Zoom meeting began at noon with a half hour of social time. The group was smaller than usual because of the Presidential Inauguration At 12:27; Lori Walters reminded everyone of Zoom meeting etiquette. President Joanne rang the bell at 12:30, opening the business meeting. 61 members were in […]

Our weekly newsletter, the Harpoon, dates back to our club’s beginnings in 1916. Though it has evolved over the years, from being   a single type-written page, mailed to each member’s home (click here to read more history on the Harpoon), to its current email version appearing in every member’s inbox each week, the newsletter’s important […]

Created and named in 1916 by the Club’s first secretary, Charles A. Sink, the Harpoon has had a continuous role chronicling Club history. The letterhead, conceived and drawn by past-presidents Shirley Smith and Wilfred Shaw, depicts a whale stabbed to the heart by a spear with it’s meaning revealed in a 1918 Harpoon by the following conversation […]

Rotarians, Family and Friends are cordially invited to the 2021 edition of Wine, Women, and Song, our 20th annual event benefitting the Kerrytown Concert House. The gathering starts at 7:30 and the performance begins at 8:00 pm. This is an event you won’t want to miss. For more information and to RSVP, contact Shelley Macmillan […]

Executive Director Lori Walters shut down a lively conversation to make a couple of announcements.  Please pay your Community Service Assessment if you have not done it.  Here is the link:  a2rotary.org/donate.  And she gave a few reminders about Zoom etiquette. Tom Strode started us off with God Bless America. Christina Ferris lit a candle […]

On January 6, Heather Eckner, Julie Picknell and Kate VanHorn were inducted into the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor. Each of these new members brings experience, skills and enthusiasm to RCAA. Click on their names to read their profiles and be sure to introduce yourself when you see them at a ZOOM meeting, or send […]

The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor is soliciting applications for grants to non-profits that are working on programs oriented around Helping Kids Succeed.  Click here for more information. Share this information with organizations you think may benefit in Washtenaw County.

A lively group of Rotarians gathered on the Zoom call between noon and 12:30PM to check in and socialize. At 12:27, Lori Walters provided the “Zoom Etiquette” for members. At 12:30, President Joanne rang the bell to start the official meeting and introduced Tom Strode on the piano with our National Anthem. Barbara Eichmuller provided […]