Events

There was no gavel, just the blow of an almighty horn. President Greg was there, but nowhere to be seen. The Weber’s ballroom had transformed into a lush carpet of green, where redoubtable men and women scythed their way from field to field. Others, more confined, battled with sticks at close range in unforgiving rectangles. […]

Each summer, Rotary Club of Ann Arbor provides a grant of up to $5,000 to a local non-profit for a project that incorporates Rotary volunteers in its execution.  The program is selected from proposals submitted to the Community Allocations Committee.  Our grant is then submitted for a 50% match from Rotary District 6380. This year, […]

Ann Arborite, Madison Vorva is a 2017 graduate of Pomona College, where she majored in environmental analysis. At 16, she was honored as a United Nations “Forest Hero” for leading an eight-year campaign to get Girl Scouts USA to source responsible palm oil in its cookies. Partnering with Climate Advisers, the Packard Foundation and the Union of […]

For the first time, President Greg Stejskal struck the Rotary bell. Ninety Rotarians and their guests stood to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner,” after which Club Administrator John White came to the podium. “It is my honor to deliver the inspiration on this momentous day in the Rotary calendar for our club,” John began. “It’s a […]

Upcoming Event at the New Kiwanis Center! Come Shop Till You Drop at the New Kiwanis Center on August 4 with lunch at noon to hear why the downtown and west locations were combined into one 30,000 square foot THRIFT SALE. In the interest of providing Rotarians with something different to do together, the Social […]

Associate Director/Chief Administrator of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan, and Rotary Club of Ann Arbor Member, Dawn Johnson, shares news on the Kelsey Museum- The walk to my office takes me through cases of artifacts holding stories of the past from ancient Greece, Rome, dynastic and Roman Egypt, and the […]

Our club has had the opportunity to hear about the Tiny Homes in Detroit, a community of small living spaces created to serve those who experience housing insecurity in the city, including the formerly homeless, senior citizens, and young people just out of foster care. Our very own Ed Wier designed one of the tiny homes and has been […]

On June 13, the Community Allocations Committee celebrated the 2018 CAC grantees at a special reception held at Gladwin Farms. Due to space restrictions, invitees were limited to: the Rotary Board, the CAC Committee, and one staff and one Board member from each 2017 and 2018 grantee organization. But a great time was had by […]

  Ralph Zuke, President of the Rotary Club of Fairview Heights, Illinois and his Barcalounger Rickshaw are riding from Fairview Heights near St. Louis to Toronto, Canada where the Rotary International Convention is being held. The ride will take 22 days, symbolizing each of the preventable cases of polio last year. There are only three […]

Many thanks to the 22 members of the Ann Arbor Rotary & Lyn Elwell, 4 members of the Ypsilanti Rotary, Anne Nauts, Assistant Governor and Interactor, Aakarsh Verma for braving the elements to volunteer at the 10th Annual Touch A Truck on Saturday, May 12 sponsored by Washtenaw Success by 6 Great Start Collaborative and […]