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President Joyce Hunter rang the opening bell at 12:30.   Richard Ingram tuned us up with My Country Tis of Thee. Shelley MacMillan’s Inspiration included two quotes about Preservation, today’s speaker topic. Architectural Historian William Murtaugh said, “It has been said that, at its best, preservation engages the past in a conversation with the present over […]

Our club members brought red, white and blue balloons and colorful signs to the Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Saturday August 17 to welcome Tamaki Miura, our club’s exchange student from Japan.  The welcoming crew included Tamaki’s host family (Sara and Todd Maddock, Ashton and Ainsley), FanFan Zheng, Laura Valencia (former Rotary exchange student), Steve Ragsdale […]

The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor bowling team enjoys camaraderie and bowling on Monday nights from September until April at Station 300 in Saline, Michigan. Bowling has always been a traditional club activity and the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor team has been in existence since the 1940s! While Rotarian bowlers strive to do their […]

Here is a great opportunity for Rotarians to learn more about what you can do about Climate Change. The Summit is happening in person only right here in Ann Arbor. The program is designed to inform, inspire, and uplift. It will explore the intersections between civic engagement, social justice, and climate action. Here is further […]

The RCAA Environment Action Group received the nicest note last week. Kelly Hall of GenEarth wrote: “I work with an environmental club for girls and we just wanted to reach out to let you know that your Environmental Action Group’s webpage was such a help to us! The girls came across it while they were […]

Recent figures from RI show a total of 36,530 Rotary Clubs with a total of 1,145,462 Active Rotarians. Thus, the average club has 31 members. The median is 25. At 202, our club ranks in the 99.8 percentile. We are 82nd in the world and 44th in the US. The big shift in recent years […]

The meeting began with a ringing of the bell by President Joyce Hunter.  President Hunter began the meeting with a video of the late Tom Strode’s Star Spangled Banner, followed by a moment of silence for Tom’s passing. Rosemary Rowney shared inspiration for success. Jim Irwin shared fond memories of Tom Strode’s music, and we […]

Your club’s Program Committee has been hard at work filling out our meeting schedule with speakers and programs designed to: • Excite and Entice (get potential attendees, and not just our own Rotarians, to want to come to meetings and events) • Enlighten, Educate, and/or Entertain (once in the room or on Zoom, give them […]

We are excited to announce that the 21st Annual Golf and Pickleball Outing (GPO) is scheduled for September 16, 2024. We are thrilled to be returning to the historical and elegant Barton Hills Country Club! The GPO is our club’s signature fundraiser that allows RCAA to fund our “Helping Kids Succeed” scholarship programs, distribute grants […]

The Pioneer High School Interact Club held their final meeting of the school year on June 5. Interact Committee members Ginny Leone, Mary Jean Raab, and Ed Wier attended the meeting to recognize and celebrate Pioneer Interact Club accomplishments for the year. Faculty Advisors Julie Burdick and Rachel Deacon continue to provide exemplary guidance and […]