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Project in cooperation with a club in India Our IHPC was contacted by the incoming president of Rotary Club of Madras East, Chennai, India regarding a project for improving a school for girls with dyslexia.  This club has led numerous global grants and anticipates an additional three Global Grants this year which the club has […]

Kathy Barden–Perlberg’s Outreach Committee coordinated with Susan Smith, Chair of the Social Committee of the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor, to invite a group of about 30 Rotarians for shopping, lunch and a tour at KC on Saturday, August 4. Alan Burg gave a talk on the transition of the Thrift Sale from the downtown […]

This year’s theme is Be The Inspiration, as highlighted by Rotary International President Barry Rassin, and championed by our District Governor, Jane McManus. New Rotary member, Lauren Heinonen, certainly embodies inspiration. Here is her story: I graduated from the University of Michigan in the Spring of 2017 with a degree in Biological Anthropology and immediately […]

by Dave Williams Seventy Seven Ann Arbor Rotarians attended our first August meeting at Weber’s. We hosted seven guests, including our lively speaker and her father. Five visiting Rotarians joined us – ADG Anne Nauts, Dave Gilbert, Paul Schlisser and Lori Walters from Chelsea. and  Manish Mehta from Ann Arbor North. Sixteen members of the Golf […]

What’s up with Renovation of the Union:Work is underway. You can keep up by visiting the “Re-Union” website on occasion. Click here. <link to: https://uunions.umich.edu/reunion>> Let the G&TO Fundraising Begin! Two lucky Rotarians shared the three soccer game tickets gifted to us. They were sold at face value which resulted in $441 “kicking off” the […]

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 […]

President Greg rang the Rotary bell soon after Joan Knoertzer’s beautiful serenade and everyone crowding Weber’s ballroom stood to sing the national anthem. John Sepp stepped to the podium to pinch hit for vacationing Steve Pierce. Commemorating the centenaries of the births of Leonard Bernstein and Nelson Mandela, John shared some salient quotes; of the […]

Club Leadership Roster for 2018-2019: Click here for the Club’s roster of officers, directors, committee chairs and other board-level personnel. Thanks to all the volunteers who help to keep the club engaging, successful and thriving.  Please contact John White if any corrections or updates are needed.

Weekly Meeting Statistics: A total of 80 members heard Brenda Quiet describe the work with victims of the Las Vegas shooting in October 2017. We did not have any visiting Rotarians but did have four guests. In conjunction with the meeting, eleven members of the International Humanitarian Projects Committee met. Twelve Rotarians participated in the […]

I first became aware of Rotary at the age of 6. My Dad, an Episcopal Priest, joined Rotary shortly after we moved to North Attleboro, MA in 1970. At this tender age I was taught “the Rotary song” which went something like this: R-O-T, A-R-Y, That spells ROTARY Rotary (genuflect) Rotary (genuflect) That spells ROTARY […]