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Hey ROTARIANS: When you are ready to change out your kitchen stove, hot water heater or HVAC systems, or improve your home insulation, you can go Green AND save money. There is no longer a “Green Premium” for climate conscious actions, but market prices are coming down anyway. AND there are also rebates available locally. […]

Click here for our Program and Event Schedule covering December through February. It includes a range of luncheon speakers, social events, and service projects. Please use it for your planning and for inviting guests to join us. Contact John White with updates, corrections or suggestions.

In July of 2025 the Service Above Self Committee met and evaluated applications for a Rotary Scholarship to Washtenaw Community College (WCC) from 34 candidates. These applicants must have a financial need as determined by WCC. Led by our chairman Christopher Lemon and committee members Don Deatrick, Jennifer Richard, Carolina Typaldos, Ella Dunajsky, and Larry […]

President Dawn Johnson opened today’s meeting with ringing the bell, and Jody Tull de Salis accompanied our club on piano as we sang our National Anthem. Together, 81 Rotarians (10 via Zoom) and six guests, recited the 4-way test. Linda Wallis shared what has been inspiring, helping her to focus in the moment, and maintaining […]

Working with global partners, the Ann Arbor Rotary Club International Humanitarian Projects Committee (IHPC) made a meaningful, measurable impact throughout the 2024-2025 Rotary year, accomplishing our mission of service, sustainability, and international goodwill. IHPC invested in health access, women’s and children’s services, education, and essential infrastructure. These efforts provided direct benefit to vulnerable populations across […]

Past President Ingrid Sheldon’s husband Cliff passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, November 8 2025 – of a tired heart. One of Cliff’s favorite movies was “It’s a Wonderful Life” starring his distant relative, Jimmy Stewart. Cliff felt he had a wonderful life starting with his very special and loving wife Ingrid, daughter Amy […]

THANK YOU to everyone who brought recyclables to our November RCAA meetings so far. Let’s do it ONE MORE TIME. Throughout November EAG IS recycling your batteries, plastic bags, and printer cartridges. Bring them to our Wednesday meeting. Bins will be there as usual, and we will see that these are properly recycled. When it […]

Seventy-five Rotarians and guests met on a windy November 5 at the Michigan Union and via zoom. President Dawn Johnson rang the bell to begin the meeting, and while the club sang along, pianist Richard Ingram played My Country ’Tis of Thee. President Dawn led us in reciting the 4-Way Test, and Greg Stejskal inspired […]

World Polio Day 2025 is now in the books as is our club’s “Pennies for Polio” campaign. Following five weeks of activity plus one additional day for stragglers, we finished with $414.75 in pennies plus $779.10 in other coins, some currency, and a few checks. This $1113.85 total, when matched 2:1 by the Gates Foundation […]

Our club can take great credit for raising $1,002.35 over the five weeks of the campaign which ended with the presentation on polio by Matt Boulton of the U-M School of Public Health on October 22. With the generous 2:1 match from the Gates Foundation and the cost $0.60 per dose, our efforts will pay […]