My Rotary

As a Rotarian, I will: 1) Act with integrity and high ethical standards in my personal and professional life 2) Deal fairly with others and treat them and their occupations with respect 3) Use my professional skills through Rotary to:  mentor young people, help those with special needs, and improve people’s quality of life in […]

John Hewko, General Secretary and CEO of Rotary International, and Rosemarie Rowney, RCAA President, were interviewed on Wednesday, February 5th on The Lucy Ann Lance Show. The great work the Rotary does was emphasized and was broadcast to the Ann Arbor area on 1290 WLBY. A recording of the interview will be posted online here. Check […]

Membership: As of July 1, 2019, there are 1.2 million Rotarians in 36,000 clubs around the world. In addition, there are 183,000 Rotaractors in 10,000 clubs and 566,000 Interactors in 25,000 clubs. Service: A special report prepared by the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies estimated that Rotarians volunteer nearly 47 million hours in […]

Homelessness significantly impacts the learning ability of public school children. Surprisingly, we had 361 such students in Washtenaw County during the 2019-2020 school year, 129 of which were identified in Ann Arbor Public Schools. To help combat this problem, the Ypsilanti Rotary Club invites you and the “People of Action” in the Ann Arbor Rotary Club […]

See below an exciting message from John Germ, Chair of the End Polio Now Countdown to History Committee and Rotary Foundation Trustee. “I’m delighted to let you know that Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation just announced the extension of our fundraising partnership. The Gates Foundation will continue matching donations to Rotary’s PolioPlus program […]

At the January 15th Board of Directors meeting, our Club leaders sported their funky Rotary (or just funky!) socks to support the Club. Hard work and fun always go hand in hand — or maybe foot in foot?

(from the RI website) Rotary International President-elect Holger Knaack is encouraging Rotarians to seize the many opportunities Rotary offers to enrich their lives and the communities they serve. Knaack, a member of the Rotary Club of Herzogtum Lauenburg-Mölln, Germany, revealed the 2020-21 presidential theme, Rotary Opens Opportunities, to incoming district governors at the Rotary International […]

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 […]

I suspect all of us club members received the latest issue of the District 6380 Newsletter via email. In it, Peter Tanner, District Website Ambassador, notes that Facebook is the way to go nowadays and gave us instructions on how to “Like” our District’s Facebook page with official postings and “Join” the District’s Facebook group […]

See below the holiday greeting from our Rotary International General Secretary, John Hewko, and his family. He will be our speaker when we return to the Michigan Union on February 5th, 2020.