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A²ZERO Week starts this Sunday! Each year, the A2 Office of Sustainability and Innovations organizes A2ZERO Week to commemorate the passing of the A2ZERO plan and to celebrate the work done to promote climate sustainability. Check it out at a2gov.org/a2zeroweek. Lots to learn and enjoy this week.

There was a lot of chatter as we looked forward to greeting eight new members to the club. President Mark Foster rang the opening bell and Jody Tull deSalis did piano duty with My Country ’tis of Thee. Becky Pazkowski’s Inspiration celebrated June. Jim Irwin told us about enjoying his “Great Day to be a […]

President Mark Foster started the meeting with the customary Ringing of the Bell.  Our Patriotic Song today is ‘My Country Tis of Thee’, accompanied by Rick Ingram. Don Deatrick provided our inspirational message today and in line with today’s speaker (A2 Thrift Shop) spoke of the value of compassion and generosity when a community comes […]

On this lovely and breezy May day, President Mark Foster started our meeting with Ringing the Bell and Downs Herold lead us in our patriotic song, ‘America the Beautiful!’ Just in time for Memorial Day! Rick Jarzembowski provided our inspirational message today.  Also in honor of the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, he gave a brief […]

Past President Mark Ouimet rang the opening bell and The Star Spangled Banner turned us up.  Foreshadowing this week’s program on the Robert S. Northrup Humanitarian Award, Bev Seiford’s Inspiration identified passion as the key driver of accomplishment. Joey D and pianist Curt Waugh turned out the DipSticks and DipChicks to reprise the Everly Brothers’ […]

YOU can get a customized “path to zero” decarbonization plan for your home. The A2ZERO Home Energy Advisor will evaluate the “health, safety and energy efficiency” of your home and offer recommendations. The free assessments take about two hours to gather data throughout your home. Most assessments are conducted virtually while a small portion will […]

On Saturday, June 29 at Pioneer High School, Zero Waste.org is sponsoring a Neighborhood Swap Day. There are THREE ways Rotarians can help. 1. Give your unwanted items a new home instead of sending them to the landfill. 2. Find that item you’ve been looking for, without having to buy it new! (No need to […]

May 8th was a great day to be a Rotarian as RCAA presented the Robert S. Northrup Humanitarian Award to Dr. Robert H. Gilman MD, DMD. He is recognized for serving in multiple Rotary International areas of focus, including Disease Prevention and Treatment, Maternal and Child Health, and Basic Education and Literacy. As a practicing […]

Three distinct-sounding sighs were heard while coming to today’s meeting. The first – the sigh of students stuffing their dorm belongings into the family car – already wistful for their time so quickly passed as a student. The second – a parent’s sigh who, while happily anticipating their child being home for the summer, is […]

Linda Sheryl Carter was born in Detroit, Michigan on July 24, 1952, the first child born to Flossie and Nolan Carter. Linda Sheryl enjoyed a happy childhood in a working-class neighborhood on Detroit’s West side. Two of her childhood passions – “playing teacher” to a classroom of neighborhood kids and playing music, were precursors of her future […]