Member News

We’ve received a request for several individuals to help as tutors through the end of the school year (June 10th) in several schools.  The needs include: Math support for 5th graders at Pittsfield Elementary. Academic support for Kindergarteners at Bach Elementary. Reading, Writing and Math Support for 4th Graders at Burns Park. Classroom Support for K-5 […]

On Thursday, March 24th from 7-8pm on Zoom, Districts 6380, 6400, and 6600 will be hosting a seminar on “Tools & Skills for Critical Thinkers and Peacemakers in a Confusing Information Age.” This is part of a seminar series leading up to the Taking Action for Peace Conference taking place at the Michigan League on Sep […]

The Rotary membership engagement team (Marlena Studer, Sal Barbatano, Kate VanHorn and Kim Krahn) on Fri, Feb 25th kicked off the first of what will become a monthly event on the fourth Friday of every month at 4 o’clock in the afternoon.  All new members who joined since the beginning of the pandemic (2020) were […]

From a contrite John White: I was charged with playing Don Duquette’s “Return to the Union” video on Zoom as part of our luncheon meeting on March 2. It was the one he created for our earlier return on October 6 of last year. Despite some successful trial runs just before noon, the sound didn’t […]

Spring was in the air as Rotarians gathered online and in-person for the March 2 meeting. By the time the meeting got underway, online attendance was up to about 40, and it would eventually hit 60. As usual, discussion in the Zoom portion of the meeting was quite eclectic. Topics included: the decline of bowling […]

ROTARY FIGHTS CHILD HUNGER! Spring Food Drive March 7–March 18, 2022 The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on demand for food resources in Washtenaw County. In the first six months of the pandemic child food insecurity in our community doubled; today the rate is decreasing, but still remains […]

During their February meeting the RCAA Board voted to allocate an additional $26,765 to RCAA service programs. The following programs will receive additional funding because the GTO event brought in a net of $54,765. Congratulations to the GTO Event Committee for 2021 and all the members and guests who supported it! Peace Conference Sponsorship $8,000; […]

The February 23, 2022 meeting opened on Zoom with social time.  Dawn Johnson provided Zoom etiquette guidelines to the virtual attendees. At 12:29, President Susan Froelich started the meeting by ringing the bell. Tom Strode led us in “America the Beautiful”.  Inspiration was provided by Dawn Johnson who read “Eagle Poem” by Joy Harjo, current […]

NB: Starting March 2, our club will be meeting again at the Michigan Union. Members may also attend via Zoom. Laughter, the sharing of good news, seeing Rosemarie and Don looking rested and sunny from their retreat on Longboat Key, hearing about Fanfan’s immersion into a new video game, and Bob and Ken regaling us […]

See below an interesting story by member Bob Mull, our VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) Program lead: This is in the way of sharing what the world of tax preparation is like these days. My very first return was indicative of why we in Rotary support the VITA tax program. Here is the situation: Single […]