Member News

On Friday, November 8 Rotarians Karen Driggs and Ebru Misirli Mansfield joined Sally Petersen at the Michigan Chapter of Best Buddies International inaugural gala at the Gem Theater in Detroit. The gala was to celebrate the successful fundraising activities of 13 local Champions. Our own Sally Petersen was one of those Champions! Best Buddies is […]

President Rosemarie, no longer sporting purple hair, opened the meeting at 12:25pm. Don Duquette started the meeting with thoughtful words: “Today we celebrate our Rotary Foundation and the work that it does around the world. The task we set ourselves to is enormous. Service above Self. When the going gets tough, the tough get going. […]

Christina Ferris, Development Director at the St. Louis Center in Chelsea, told the story of the sixty-year old organization to the members of the Ann Arbor Kiwanis Club at their luncheon meeting on November 4. Click here to read the article (and get a peek at what our partners-in-service-to-kids are up to).

The annual Hire MI Vet career fair, which aims to help military veterans and their families find meaningful employment, was held Nov. 5 in the Morris Lawrence Building. The event is a joint effort of Hire MI Vet and Washtenaw Community College with the assistance of members of the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor. Our […]

Our own Ken Fischer will be awarded a honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts during the University’s winter commencement on December 15 at Crisler Arena. His service as President of the University Musical Society from from 1987 to 2017 garnered him widespread recognition as a national leader in the arts. In 2015, President Obama […]

Incoming President Joanne announced on 30 October 2019 the slate of club officers for 2020-2021. Club by-laws specify that the slate must be presented at at least 30 days before voting at the Annual Club Assembly, which will be December 4. The slate included: Sergeant-at-Arms: Karen Wasco Director of Public Image: Lauren Heinonen Director of […]

Take the “Ann Arbor Rotary Challenge!” (an invitation from John White) – This one doesn’t involve a bucket of ice water dumped on your head so please read on. What I am suggesting is that you take on the challenge of wearing your Rotary pin every day for a week or so. The idea is […]

We are actively recruiting people to fill ‘jobs’ to help with our public image. Commitment levels vary, and most positions are set up to be taken on on a rotating weekly basis. The more people we have to help, the less time you have to commit! Each job is very flexible and we can work […]

President Rosemarie couldn’t keep a secret – the success of the World Polio Day community event was too much for discretion so our first glimpse of her purple hair trumpeted the success. After we sang the Star Spangled Banner, Amy Goodman inspired us to be kind: “…as leaders, we must practice intentional acts of kindness…Strong […]

In January, David Moran gave a well-received presentation to the Club about the Innocence Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School. He co-founded it with Bridget McCormick, now the Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, in 2009 to investigate and litigate prisoner claims of actual innocence that are not based on DNA evidence. […]