Member News

The April 28, 2021 meeting opened on Zoom with social time.  There were questions about when in-person Rotary meetings may resume.  September 1 is the possible resumption date but is dependent upon U-M.  There is research and ongoing discussions of incorporating a meeting hybrid option (zoom/filming of meetings) and how this would work. Lori Walters […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, April 21 via Zoom. Club membership on March 31 was 259 Active members, plus five Honorary members and seven Inactive Emeriti. Attendance for the month’s five meetings was 35%. Average attendance at each meeting was 90 members plus seven others. Our Engagement Ratio for the month […]

Fourteen Rotary Club of Ann Arbor road waste warriors were once again smiled upon by the Highway Gods with a sun-kissed sky on Saturday, April 17, 2021 for the State of Michigan Adopt-A-Highway trash pickup on the 2.1 mile stretch of I-94 between State Street and Platt Road. Fueled with Washtenaw Dairy donuts provided by […]

The Community Allocations Committee met on April 14 and recommended grant awards to 12 organizations as part of the Community Grants Program.  All in all, we received 27 applications totaling over $118,000 in funding.  Our fundraising for this fiscal year was impacted by the COVID pandemic, but we were still able to cobble together $52,000 […]

If you’ve been following our club’s social media accounts, notably Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, you may have noticed lately that our posts have been extra vibrant, interesting, and useful. Our new Social Media Lead, University of Michigan Rotaract member Trevor Soranno, has been behind these wonderful changes. Trevor is a rising senior at the University […]

President Joanne called the meeting to order at 12:26 PM. Tom Strode was unable to be with us, today, but he led us in “The Star-Spangled Banner” via video. Collyer Smith gave the inspiration message. Last Thursday, April 8, was Yom HaShoah, the Jewish remembrance of the Holocaust, a time when 6 million people were […]

During the social hour before the meeting Bob Mull told us about the work of VITA – Volunteer Income Tax Assistance. This is an IRS sponsored program that offers free help in computing and filing tax returns for low income and disabled people. Bob has headed thee program in Washtenaw County for several years. He […]

Including Food Gatherers’ Peplau Match of $10,000, $46,600 has been raised as of April 1st, 2021 for the Rotary Fight’s Child Hunger Food Drive, which is the equivalent of 141,200 meals. We are still tallying some actual food that was donated. We are so close to our 150,000 meal stretch goal — you can help […]

As you may have heard by now, our weekly newsletter the Harpoon is getting a name change. Within the next several months, it will be changed to the Ann Arbor Rotarian. Thanks to everyone who suggested names and subsequently voted to make this final selection. This name was also agreed upon by the Board of Directors at their […]

The March 31, 2021 meeting opened on Zoom with social time and much discussion regarding Covid vaccines. Members announced their attendance via the chat function in Zoom. Lori Walters opened the meeting and reminded members to make sure that their name is shown accurately in Zoom so attendance can be recorded correctly, to sign in […]