Service Projects

You may have noticed the MDOT Adopt-A-Highway sign on I-94 announcing the Next 2 Miles sponsored by the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor. Last Sunday, 7 Rotarians, 2 Rotaractors and 1 Guest were lucky enough to spend a beautiful fall morning on I-94 and collected 46 bags of trash, then returned safely to the Relish […]

Our Annual Fundraiser “Helping Kids Succeed” will be here before you know it! We are already working behind the scenes to prepare for the event being held on Monday, September 14, 2026. The Silent Auction is the top fundraising component of our annual event and is pivotal in helping fund our club’s work supporting children […]

The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor just completed its 22nd annual Rotary Fights Child Hunger food and fund drive, supporting Food Gatherers, the largest sponsor of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) in Washtenaw County. The SFSP is a critical source of food for children and teens in the summer, replacing the free and reduced-price […]

This year, the Washtenaw County Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program assisted in preparing 1,392 tax returns in the 2026 tax season, a 31% increase over last year. Refunds and tax preparation fees avoided came to a total of $3,270,430, an increase of 65% over the prior year. RCAA supported VITA’s 2026 tax season with […]

Rotary International is asking Clubs to work collaboratively with other service organizations in your communities to undertake a service project on EPIC Day May 16th this year. Rotary Club Ann Arbor (RCAA), with Rotary North, Huron Watershed Council, Ann Arbor Parks Dept., and Washtenaw Parks Dept. has organized a Huron River Day of Events May […]

Thanks to a grant we received through the Ann Arbor Rotary Club, 2025 became a year of deeper care, wider reach, and lasting recoveries at our malnutrition center in Haiti.  {Ed. comment: This was a grant of $5,000 sponsored by the IHPC supplemented by a District Grant of $2,133.} We saw a record number of […]

K-12 education in the U.S. is truly in a state of crisis. Globally, among the 38 countries in the OECD, the US ranks 13th in reading, 18th in science, and an egregious 37th in math. Michigan is in the bottom 14% of all states, ranked 44th. This is not acceptable. To improve our ranking, there […]

Working with global partners, the Ann Arbor Rotary Club International Humanitarian Projects Committee (IHPC) made a meaningful, measurable impact throughout the 2024-2025 Rotary year, accomplishing our mission of service, sustainability, and international goodwill. IHPC invested in health access, women’s and children’s services, education, and essential infrastructure. These efforts provided direct benefit to vulnerable populations across […]

More than 200 volunteers gathered on Saturday, November 8, at Pioneer High School to pack almost 60,000 meals to help those affected by food insecurity. The three Ann Arbor Rotary Clubs, as well as the Ann Arbor community raised $20,000 for this cause. This exceeded our goals of $17,500/50,000 meals, making this the most successful […]

On Saturday, September 27, Fifteen Rotarians gathered early in the morning and took action for our local environment. As a part of the State of Michigan’s Adopt-A-Highway Program, the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor sponsors a section of I-94 between State St. and Platt Rd, and we conduct a semi-annual cleanup. This time we were […]