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At 12:29, President Ouimet started the meeting and Tom Strode led us in our patriotic song with Rotarians joining in.  Inspiration was provided by Cyril White who quoted from Alexander the Great. Downs Herold led us in “Sing, Rotarians” to the tune of “On Wisconsin” accompanied by Tom Strode with the second song being “Sing […]

The Club’s Public Image Committee is seeking to expand our presence on Social Media. We are looking for more team members. See the graphic below. If you have some skills, or even just interests, please contact Jennifer Fike, Sara Maddock, or John White. Thanks!

Today’s pre-meeting zoom chatter ranged from talk of the gray weather here in Ann Arbor and Florida’s sunny skies to Barbara Niess-May’s goose-bump experience of being at Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in person to hear Rafael Warnock and Bernice Albertine King speak on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Dawn Johnson helped all zoomers with […]

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. Join the Environmental Action Group’s February sustainability action – a community SWAP day in the Bryant neighborhood on February 3rd and 4th! This event is an opportunity for residents to share materials and resources they no longer need with their neighbors. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

Due to limited cloud storage, we are unable to keep our Weekly Business Zoom recordings beyond 30 days of the meeting. If you are interested in receiving a meeting recording, please notify the club secretary (and eventually our new administrator) prior to this 30 day cut-off. After 30 days, recordings will be deleted. Thanks for […]

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. Join the Environmental Action Group’s first sustainability action – a community SWAP day in the Bryant neighborhood on February 3rd and 4th! This event is an opportunity for residents to share materials and resources they no longer need with their neighbors. If you’re able and interested in volunteering, please send a note to […]

The Academy of Natural Sciences says that individual actions can truly make a difference. Since January is the darkest month of the year, the ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION GROUP is calling for REDUCE YOUR JUICE JANUARY. Turn off lights, buy LEDs, Reduce the wattage; Avoid multiple fittings; Use multiple switches; Install dimmers; Use lamps; Install motion detectors; […]

(Thanks to history.com for this article with some background behind RI’s goal to eradicate polio) Franklin Delano Roosevelt, an adult victim of polio, founds the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which he later renamed the March of Dimes Foundation, on January 3, 1938. A predominantly childhood disease in the early 20th century, polio wreaked havoc […]

RI Month of Disease Prevention & Treatment December 14, 2022 President Mark Ouimet welcomed a festive and happy crowd in the Union’s Anderson Room and a smiling array of Rotary Zoomers to Wednesday’s meeting. Our Club’s Orchestra, led and performed by ivory tickler extraordinaire Tom Strode, played our National Anthem. Eli Savit gave our inspirational […]

Actually, you need to do more than just smile. You have to sign up for Amazon Smile (smile.amazon.com) and identify a charity to receive a small percentage of the cost of each purchase you make there. Amazon Smile is exactly the same as the regular Amazon in all respects except for the donation it makes […]