Club News

We want you!  Help us shape the club’s plans for appearing in the Ann Arbor Jaycees 4th of July Parade. Even if you won’t be in town for the parade this summer, we want your ideas about how to use this fun opportunity to connect with the community and showcase all the great things that […]

  Amanda Reel, Community Impact & Volunteer Center Manager of theUnited Way of Washtenaw County: I’m writing to let you know that Rotarian Bob Buchanan has been selected to receive an award from the United Way of Washtenaw County at our Annual Meeting & Volunteer Recognition event!  The SPIRIT of Washtenaw County Award serves to recognize […]

Evidence of widespread awareness of our G&TO While Ingrid Sheldon and John White were golfing in Hilton Head last week, other members of the group went shopping in a nearby outlet mall. As you can see, shirts from last year’s G&TO were found on clearance in a Pro Golf store. Hopefully, these several shirts will […]

Put that stuffy Mothers’ Day Brunch in your rear view mirror and bring Mom (and kids) to revisit her young adulthood at our Spring Fling, held at the Ypsilanti Heritage Automobile Museum on Sunday, May 12, 4:00 – 7:00pm. Supper will bee catered by Sidetrack and beer and wine are available at a Cash Bar. Cost is $30.00 […]

An impressively large group of us met at the Wyndham Gardens Conference Center for the April 10 meeting. They had no piano so President Greg offered to sing solo, an offer that was met with a few groans. A better option was aadopted – Past President Ingrid Sheldon led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. […]

Wednesday, April 3rd’s Rotary Club of Ann Arbor’s meeting was teetering on “standing-room-only”.   With 99 in attendance, despite the change in venue, I think it is safe to say “Hello and Welcome Back” to our snowbirds!  On a sadder note, it was the RCAA’s first official meeting without the amazing Mr. Ackenhusen.  John, you will […]

On Saturday March 30, 6 Rotarians, 1 guest and 2 future Habitat for Humanity (H4H) homeowners were on a job site in Ypsilanti for our first workday.    The projects for the day were to remove a brick wall from the basement as well as “energy enveloping” in the upstairs which means caulking all wood […]

(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 […]