Club News

(Notes by Nishta Bahtia, photos by Fred Beutler except where noted.) President Greg called the meeting to order at 12:30, we started with God Bless America. With a nod to the day’s speaker and the subject, Eric Lipson led with an invocation for which he chose a speech Haile Selassie of Ethiopia gave before the […]

Rotary Proud! March proved to be a month of action for the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor.  Our monthly meeting average was still a little low at 84 (27.5%), but a definite improvement over February.  However, this percentage should not bring us down, for the engagement numbers are quite astounding!  When including the first quarter’s […]

Greetings Rotarians! We will be meeting across the street from Weber’s next week at the Wyndham Garden, 2900 Jackson Ave. Please drive past the front entrance and you will see a “Banquet” door. Also, if you keep driving around to the back there is another “Banquet” entrance. All other details pertaining to the meeting will […]

Winter wound down with our April 20 meeting the day of the Vernal equinox. it was a gloomy day but Brendan Black lightened our mood with a very bad joke and then an Inspiration that drew parallels between the life skills our speaker Coach Berenson instilled in his hockey players and our Rotary MOTTO. And […]

The Board of Directors’ Meeting was held on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at the United Way Building. The Club’s membership on February 28 was 284 Active members, plus six Honorary members and eight Inactive Emeriti. Attendance for the month’s four meetings was 24%. Average attendance at each meeting was 70 members plus 25 others. Emeritus […]

Rotary has partnered with Food Gatherers to fight hunger in our community through the Rotary Fights Summer Hunger Food Drive, and the Pioneer Interact Club has been leading the effort! This food drive is a critical source of food for families with children who depend on free/reduced breakfast and lunch programs during the school year, as […]

Past President John Ackenhusen’s piano was as beautiful as always. The Weber’s ballroom was crowded, with everybody enjoying lunch, though it seemed less animated than usual — probably the result of losing fellow member, Howard Cooper. President Greg said it best: “Since the first of the year, it’s been my sad duty to ring the […]

The grand daughter of a Past President of the  Rotary Club of Ann Arbor (James Brinkerhoff- 1967-1968) is working on a project with Youth for Understanding (YFU), the organization that she went on exchange with at Pioneer High School. They’re doing a 2-week program in mid-April (13th-26th) that provides German youth from disadvantaged backgrounds an […]

From Helen Starman, Chief Development Officer, Food Gathers: I thought you all might like to see the Rotary Fights Summer Hunger food and fund drive in the media! https://weloveannarbor.com/2019/03/07/rotary-club-campaign-to-fight-summer-hunger-is-underway/  https://www.clickondetroit.com/all-about-ann-arbor/local-rotary-clubs-join-forces-to-fight-hunger-in-ann-arbor-ypsilanti https://www.ecurrent.com/food/rotary-fights-summer-hunger-fund-and-food-drive/ Additionally, Current shared the blurb on their social media, and Food Gatherers publicized the drive on Facebook (garnering 1,750 impressions and 7 shares), as […]

Ingrid Deininger, RN, BSN, MS June 4, 1935 – February 25, 2019 Ingrid Deininger passed away on February 25 at the age of 83. Ingrid joined Rotary in 1992. Her sponsors were William Bottum and Elizabeth Stranahan. She was a multiple Paul Harris Fellow and a member of the Sustainer Society. She was awarded our […]