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Annual RCAA Survey Thank you to the 83 people who have already responded to our annual survey!  That puts us at a 34% response rate.  Last year our response rate was 41%, and response rates in years prior were 35% in 2019 and 20% in 2018.  Please help us achieve our goal of a 50%+ […]

Ann Arbor Marathon Returns This October July 21, 2021 Epic Races and Rotary Club partner to E-Race the Stigma Ann Arbor, MI (July 21, 2021) – The 10th running of the Probility Ann Arbor Marathon will be held on October 24, 2021, after receiving final approval from Ann Arbor’s City Council last night.  Typically held in […]

RCAA member and Potters Guild member Mary Avrakotos is part of a creation team including Joan Harris, Joe Szutz and Shirley White-Black. Together this team of artists created three sculpture towers called “Woodlands – Seen, Unseen, and Imagined”. The exhibit is currently open by appointment through a link on the Matthaei Botanical Gardens website. Starting […]

To all Tutors and Potential Tutors: As Jim Egerdahl is taking a much needed break competitive sailing in Lake Superior- I have offered to help out- I believe all of us understand the need for tutors this coming school year has never been greater- this pandemic has knocked our kids further behind. Helping our kids […]

We know, you really want to know what the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor’s Annual Survey says!  Despite our initial hiccup, we are off to a great start!  So far, 25% of RCAA members have responded to the survey.  The survey is thorough and your input is so important to help our Club continue to […]

As is our wont, we gathered on Zoom at 12 Noon for this week’s meeting. The social half hour featured an eclectic selection of topics, including: Shopping for shoes on line and the difficulty of finding the perfect pair of black pumps. Trips up North, including spending time on the Leelanau peninsula (Don Deatrick illustrated […]

Susan Froelich officially began her reign as president with her first full meeting. She identified timing as the biggest issue and that making the meeting run well and on time is still part of the new role. Happy rotary New Year was the greeting! Joanne Pierson jumped right back in with music with “it’s a […]

Former Ann Arbor Mayor, Ingrid Sheldon, was interviewed at the recent Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor Centennial Picnic, staged on the 100th anniversary to the day that the club was chartered, Sunday, June 13, 2021 (chartering in 1921).  Rotarian Sheldon complimented both service organizations for their joint cooperation and their dedication to public service.  A […]

Past President Ashish Sarkar, along with our club and District 6380, were featured in the July issue of the Rotary Magazine for the incredible work on the Pandemic Relief for Detroit Global Grant that he spearheaded last year. Check it out on page 14 under “Friends in Need.”

President Joanne called the meeting to order at 12:30 P.M with the clinking of champagne glasses. This was a very special meeting – the last for President Joanne and the first for President Susan. Tom Strode led us in the National Anthem. Bob Buchanan’s inspirational message was about change in leadership. He said that we […]