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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 […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. On the final day of the month of October, our club had 217 Active Members. Attendance for October’s four meetings was 32% (down 8% from last month). The average attendance at each meeting was 70 members and 7 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for […]

All Rotarians are being offered a unique opportunity to attend a special holiday party at the home of Bob and Victoria Buckler. This exclusive event, which was also one of the GPO Auction Items, has now been extended to all Rotarians. You can join in the festivities at the Bucklers’ home, where 25 Christmas trees, each beautifully […]

Our club was chartered on October 1, 1916 so none of us today know the full story on how we came to be the 252nd club in Rotary. Fortunately, a document assembled in 1947 recounted the history of the club from its inception to that point. Combining the account of our formation with some historical […]