Member News

On the final day of the month of November our club had 215 Active Members. Attendance for November’s three meetings was 37% (up 5% from last month). Average attendance at each meeting was 79 members and 7 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 59% (up 3% from last month). This month’s membership saw […]

President Mark rang in the last meeting of 2023 at 12:30. Tom Strode played our national anthem. Peg Talburtt read Edgar Guest’s poem “A Friend’s Greeting”. Joanne and Kathy Waugh stood in for Don Duquette and lead us in “Let There Be Peace On Earth”. President Mark thanked the people who make the meetings run […]

The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor “Cocktails Among the Chrtistmas Trees” event was a great success!  Hosted by Bob and Victoria Buckler at their beautiful home, this was the final component of our annual fundraiser, the Golf and Pickleball Outing which supports NOT the Club operating budget, but our outreach to the community.  Here are […]

ARE YOU READY TO GO SOLAR? Ann Arbor set a record in 2023 for the most solar arrays installed in a single year. Most were done through the city’s Solarize Program. Solarize provides technical assistance and group buys, which saves you lots of money. Collectively they installed over 840 kilowatts of solar in 2023 resulting […]

*EAG will recycle your batteries, plastic bags, and printer cartridges for you.  Bring them to a Rotary meeting.  We’ll have bins and will see that these are properly recycled.  Thanks. *QUIZ FUN.  We received several requests for our December 13 Recycling Quiz. Here it is.  Try it on your family and friends. Check their plastic […]

Dear Valued Rotarian, Thank you for your continued membership in our club! We have a lot to be proud of with all that our organization accomplishes within our community and worldwide. In keeping with this year’s theme of “Creating Hope in the World” we rely on your financial contributions along with your participation through time […]

  The November 29, 2023 meeting opened on Zoom and in person at the University of Michigan’s Anderson Room.  Zoom etiquette was provided by Leo Shedden. At 12:31, President Foster called the meeting to order.  Tom Strode led us in “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee”.  Inspiration was provided by Shelley MacMillan who talked about how […]

I am among the 50% of Ann Arbor residents who rent or live in MUDs (multi-unit dwellings). We don’t have discretion over installing an EV charger where we park our car. What to do? Ann Arbor to the rescue! Our fair city is expanding availability of public charging stations. There are 237 presently available. For […]

Become an A2Zero Sustainability Ambassador. Maybe YOU are right for this serious commitment to our environmental challenges. Learn what it takes to equitably transition to a carbon neutral community in a 12-Session Weekly Training Program. Pledge to complete a small team sustainability project. Volunteer for at least 20 hours on community sustainability efforts. This is […]

President Mark rang the opening bell on a meeting packed with Rotarians and guests eager to hear our speaker Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor. Tom Strode tuned us up with God Bless America. Greg Stejskal honored our veterans and Thanksgiving, recounting some of the momentous events of 1863: the promulgation of the Emancipation Proclamation, the […]