Member News

Rotarians Bev Seiford and Paul Izenberg joined our fantastic and service-minded group of Rotaractors from the University of Michigan at Food Gatherers this weekend. They had a wonderful time and hope that you will join the group during future joint service projects!

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, January 15 at the United Way Building. Club membership on December 31 was 282 Active members, plus six Honorary members and six Inactive Emeriti. Attendance for the month’s three meetings was 34%. Average attendance at each meeting was 97 members plus nine others. Resignations from Reed […]

The Club’s first meeting in the new decade found a full room of Rotarians and guests filling their plates with salads, do-it-yourself Dagwood sandwich fixings, and soup of the day that wasn’t the usual black bean. There were more surprises to come. The singing of our National Anthem was followed with inspirational thoughts prepared by […]

Last fall, the Rotaractors raised more than $3000 from Rent-A-Rotaractor to support their spring trip to Honduras and their other service projects. Fall cleanup projects are now a distant memory as winter settles in. But are you having a party or reception that needs staffing? Do you need house-sitting or pet-sitting while you head out […]

The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor is proud to announce its 2020 Community Service Grants Program. Applications are requested from Washtenaw County not-for-profit organizations whose purpose aligns with the Program theme, “Helping Kids Succeed.” For more information on the program visit our Club website by clicking here. Click here to view the REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP). Proposals […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, December 18 at the United Way Building. Club membership on November 30 was 283 Active members, plus six Honorary members and six Inactive Emeriti. Attendance for the month’s three meetings was 30%. Average attendance at each meeting was 85 members plus six others. Our Engagement Ratio […]

Your Program Committee has been working hard to schedule a diverse slate of speakers for 2020. Thanks to the excellent nominations that you submitted this fall, the available slots through Tax Day (a.k.a. April 15) are filled. We therefore are pausing scheduling additional speakers. We encourage and welcome speaker nominations at anytime. But we likely […]

While we don’t need many more resolutions to start the new year, the one proposed here doesn’t involve much long-term discipline, peer pressure, or physical exertion. In fact, some percentage of club members are already on board. For the rest, the only commitment you need to make is to sign up for accounts with “My […]

Rotarians and individuals from Thomson Reuters partnered up to prepare and deliver personal hygiene kits to 114 veterans at the Veterans Affairs hospital, Ann Arbor. The Rotarians joining the team, including including Leo Shedden and Don Deatrick, distributed the kits to veterans, wishing them happy holidays and also taking time to chat with them. Many big […]

Most of us are familiar with the reference to the “Twelve Days of Christmas” but did you know about the “Eleven Months of Rotary?” Rotary has identified a theme for each month except July. July is the first month of the Rotary year and is when the annual theme kicks in. This year’s annual theme […]