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Join us for the 18th Annual Rotary Club of Ann Arbor Golf and Tennis Outing on September 13, 2021. For more information visit the Club’s website by clicking here: https://www.a2rotary.org/events-news/signature-fundraiser-gto/ If you know you will be joining us for this exciting event, you can register now by clicking here: https://birdease.com/A2Rotary2021.

A Peace Pole is an internationally-recognized symbol of the hopes and dreams of the entire human family, standing vigil in silent prayer for peace on earth. Each Peace Pole bears the message May Peace Prevail on Earth in different languages on each of its four, six or eight sides. There are estimated over 250,000 Peace […]

Executive Director Lori Walters shut down the pre-meeting chatter at 12:30 with the regular reminders and turned the meeting over to President Joanne. This was her next-to-last meeting as President and she promoted herself to Queen, donning regal robes and a sparkly coronet which balked at cooperating. Tom Strode played the Star Spangled Banner. Ingrid […]

Service Above Self is taken to heart by all Rotarians, but like everything involving people in Ann Arbor, you will find your “overachievers.”  Among the many overachievers in our Club, one member that truly stands out in this category is our dearly loved and truly inexhaustible Barbara Eichmuller. Barbara has been a Rotarian since 1996 […]

As usual, the June 16, 2021 Zoom meeting featured lots of good conversation, good music, and an interesting speaker. The hot topic of conversation during the social hour was the cicada invasion, with some noting that they have seen the long-hibernating insects, while others saying that they haven not seen any yet. Following the inspiration […]

A song especially written by Marlena Studer and Steve Pierce to the tune of “I Got Rhythm” (“who could ask for anything more”) was celebration of our speaker and Boston. What talent we have in our club! President Joanne’s Report—full of news, as usual. As Joanne said, dear Al Storey levitated us all with his […]

Greg Stejskal has spent the pandemic writing a book that summarizes many of his cases as an FBI agent in Southeast Michigan. Rotarians familiar with his stories presented through the Golf and Tennis outing fundraiser will no doubt enjoy reading more of them. The book will be released on June 21 and can be pre-ordered […]

During the years 1916 to 1947, Club membership grew from the original fifteen to 132 active and four honorary members. On average, ten new names were added each year to the roles with about half that number lost due to death or resignation. Time, circumstance and the 1988 inclusion of exceptional local women to Rotary […]

If you have not paid your membership dues by now, they are overdue.  It is important to be mindful of the fact that being tardy with your dues creates a lot of extra work for the Executive Director and Leadership.  We know you are busy so we have created many options to make payment(s) easy. […]

The June 2, 2021 meeting opened on Zoom with social time.  Lori Walters opened the meeting and provided Zoom reminders. At 12:29, President Joanne Pierson started the meeting by ringing the bell. Tom Strode led us in “America the Beautiful”.  Inspiration was provided by Versell Smith who reflected on the importance of fathers and father […]