Club News

Myth: Rotary is a secret private luncheon club for old white men Reality (word by word): Secret – Rotary is a service organization of 1.2 million persons in 35,000 clubs around the world. It is not clandestine but Rotarians are generally humble in going about the good work they perform in their community and internationally. […]

Do you have updates from your RCAA committees? News about your  projects, events and grants? Do you want to share with the club when your volunteer event is happening, or a happy hour, or maybe even a committee meeting?  We want to share them for you! But how do you submit these articles, photos, and […]

The Ann Arbor Observer creates a weekly email newsletter called a2view, which features local news, events, and interesting stories. In the August 13th edition, our own Past President Ashish Sarkar was interviewed about the District 6380 100k Mask Challenge, as well as a global grant supported by Rotary clubs in the area and in India […]

Fifty-nine Rotarians gathered on the Zoom call shortly after noon to check in and socialize. At 12:27, Lori Walters provided the “Zoom Etiquette” for  members. At 12:30, President Joanne Pierson rang the bell to start the official meeting, she then introduced Tom Strode on the piano with the “Star Spangled Banner.” Ryan Peterson provided the […]

See below an update from Mary Avrakotos on our Global Grant project with Bumpeh Chiefdom, Sierra Leone.

It is with great pleasure that the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor and District 6380 welcome Global Grant Scholar Dr. Norihito Kaku. He will be joining the Ann Arbor Rotary meetings via Zoom and hopefully, before too long, you will be able to meet him in person. He is here with his wife Sachiko and […]

Our RCAA meeting on Wednesday, October 21 will focus on polio. If you have had an experience with polio, or know someone who has, please contact Susan Froelich at slfroelich@gmail.com, and give her that information. We would like to feature some cameo presentations that feature some polio experiences by our members, or friends/relatives of our […]

The August 26 meeting was preceded by lots of interesting and diverse chatter. Tom Strode started by announcing that just yesterday he became a septuagenarian. Some one of us asked if he could spell it, and advised he start learning to spell octogenarian. We then noted the loneliness of campus, the success of telemedicine, the […]

The Rotary Anti-Racism Committee (ARC) presents to you the following article about how a business makes a commitment to addressing racism: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/08/20/detroit-free-press-staff-diversity-inclusion/5607357002/

Twenty-two Rotarians and guests were elated to gather in-person at Past President Karen Kerry’s home on Wednesday, August 26, 2020, for a safe-socializing, BYOE (Bring Your Own Everything) happy hour. Karen told President Joanne that she had a surprise for her – and up wheeled her good friend Mark Braun (aka Mr. B.) and his […]