Member News

Music: Tom Strode, our piano virtuoso played the national anthem to begin the meeting. Inspiration:  Ryan Peterson asked us to put one word in the chat that we love about Ann Arbor. We live in a great community but our current reality makes it hard to have community. The power of community is so important […]

If you want to learn one of the ways the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor impacts our community, we invite you to read the incredible story of the VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) Clinic’s success.  Despite COVID and many changes to the tax code, 535 returns were filed with over $ 1.3 million of refunds […]

Your annual Community Service Assessment (CSA) donation in December allows our club to do great things in the community. Student Advocacy Center Executive Director Peri Stone-Palmquist sent this note of thanks for our Community Allocations Grant: This past year was particularly challenging for youth with disabilities — but can you imagine navigating all of this […]

Get Involved with Fellowships Rotary extends beyond the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor — we’re part of a global network of clubs and passionate people wanting to connect and do good. Rotary Fellowships are international groups that share a common passion or profession. Membership in a fellowship is open to any person who’s interested.  How […]

On July 28 the premeeting chatter included a brief update from John Barrie about our project installing solar panels in Guatemala. A longer presentation will be made in the Fall. President Susan rang the meeting into session and Tom Strode led off with The Star Spangled Banner. Larry Eiler, with enthusiasm and passion, told us […]

Getting Back to the Michigan Union for our Weekly Meetings   Please know that the leadership and tech experts of RCAA are working hard to get us back to in-person meetings and we plan to have a fully capable in-person and Zoom hybrid meeting format in action by early September.  In the meantime, we continue […]

Annual RCAA Survey Thank you to the 83 people who have already responded to our annual survey!  That puts us at a 34% response rate.  Last year our response rate was 41%, and response rates in years prior were 35% in 2019 and 20% in 2018.  Please help us achieve our goal of a 50%+ […]

Ann Arbor Marathon Returns This October July 21, 2021 Epic Races and Rotary Club partner to E-Race the Stigma Ann Arbor, MI (July 21, 2021) – The 10th running of the Probility Ann Arbor Marathon will be held on October 24, 2021, after receiving final approval from Ann Arbor’s City Council last night.  Typically held in […]

RCAA member and Potters Guild member Mary Avrakotos is part of a creation team including Joan Harris, Joe Szutz and Shirley White-Black. Together this team of artists created three sculpture towers called “Woodlands – Seen, Unseen, and Imagined”. The exhibit is currently open by appointment through a link on the Matthaei Botanical Gardens website. Starting […]

To all Tutors and Potential Tutors: As Jim Egerdahl is taking a much needed break competitive sailing in Lake Superior- I have offered to help out- I believe all of us understand the need for tutors this coming school year has never been greater- this pandemic has knocked our kids further behind. Helping our kids […]