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Sunday, January 27th is International Remembrance of the Holocaust in which 6 million Jews were killed- for no other reason, than their religion. To put 6 million in perspective- you would need to combine the total number of deaths of the next 8 worldwide genocide atrocities together, to approximate the 6 million Jews that were […]

Summary of the Board of Director’s Meeting December 19, 2018 The Board of Directors’ Meeting was held Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at the United Way Building. The Club’s membership on November 30 was 293 Active members plus six Honorary members and nine Inactive Emeriti. Inactive Emeritus member Reno Maccardini passed away on November 7. Attendance […]

Past President John Ackenhusen’s resplendent piano prelude morphed dramatically into an impassioned “Star-Spangled Banner.” Frankly, the man can play anything. How much brighter, one might ask, would Dickens’ Atlantic crossing on the Britannia have been — let alone his subsequent appraisal of our young republic in his American Notes of 1842 — had he and […]

Grant Peterson, Assistant Head Coach of the University of Michigan Cheerleaders, and Mortgage Banker, was honored recently as The Jaycee Board Member of the Year. The Award was given by the Chapter’s President at their year end banquet for exceptional efforts. The Jaycees are a leadership training and civic organization for people between the ages […]

Leo Shedden, the leader of our STRIVE Mentor group, worked with Marissa Bailey-Johnson (Pathways counselor) in arranging to have the Pathways to Success seniors and the Ann Arbor Rotary Club mentors meet in groups of 2 students for about 10-15 minutes on November 9, 2018 and December 14, 2018. The purpose of these meetings was […]

The RCAA Peace Committee mission is to work locally and globally for peace, social justice, and the non-violent resolution of conflict.  To accomplish this, our 2018-19 Action Plan is divided into efforts relating to: Ø  Our Club Ø  Our Community Ø  Our Region (A “Tri-Rotary” Peace Initiative with Windsor, Detroit, and Ann Arbor area Clubs) […]

Fritz Seyferth opened our 2019 year at the January 9 meeting with a poem on Justice by Carley Buckner. Ingrid Sheldon lightened our mood leading us in singing three Smile songs. President Greg honored two very special Rotarians who we lost over the holidays. Art Holst, who was a Rotarian for 61 years, 17 of […]

Naren Bhatia was a familiar face before he rejoined the Club this Fall as he is the husband of Past President Nishta. You will find him one of the most interesting people you will ever meet, not only because of his life story but because he is a riveting story teller. Naren was born in […]

Transition The month of December was one of continued education for taking over the roles of administrator and controller. Through meetings with key personnel in leadership, John White and Dave Keosaian, most responsibilities for the role of Executive Director have been touched upon. The shift in tasks is mostly complete and there is no concern […]

Members of the Ann Arbor Rotary Club joined fellow Rotarians from districts 6380, 6290, 6310, 6360 and 6400 to participate in a Regional Membership Seminar in Lansing on 1/5/19. There was a lot of good cheer and fun whilst learning a great deal about how to invigorate our membership engagement and clever ideas for recruitment. […]