Service Projects

Do you remember the World War I marching song, “Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag; And smile, smile, smile”? You have an opportunity to donate to a veteran’s kit-bag! Our Veterans Initiative is collecting Chap Stick and Kleenex packets for veterans hospitalized at the VA Ann Arbor. The personal hygiene kits will be […]

Our Veterans Initiative is collecting Chap Stick and Kleenex packets for veterans hospitalized at the VA Ann Arbor. The personal hygiene kits will be distributed at the hospital during the holidays. Please consider purchasing fragrant free Chap Stick and tissue packets the next time you are at the store. You can drop them off at […]

The efforts of Rotary Club of Ann Arbor, among others, to raise money for food insecurity in Washtenaw County have been recognized in two recent articles. Meredith Bruckner of WDIV-TV has published an article featuring Todd Kephart, in particular.  Click here to read it. Martin Slagter has published a similar article in MLive.  Click here.

Children’s Literacy Network BookPALS is a club funded project. They need volunteers for 1.5 hour shifts throughout the school year — up to 40 in total. Below is the formal description of BookPAL, but it is an easy commitment, working with 2nd and 3rd graders in small reading groups on Zoom. They get free books […]

During the Adopt-a-Highway cleanup day on Saturday, September 26th, our Rotarians found some very interesting items along the highway, including a car spring and a gold lame skirt. Past President Greg Stejskal’s group found one of the strangest items: a working electronic tablet. The tablet had a 2|24 Church sticker on the back, was scuffed […]

Fun, colorful and educational too!  Six environmental education signs are now designed, fabricated and ready to install at the Universal Access Playground in Gallup Park. This project represents our final contribution to the UAP to celebrate our Centennial.  Sumedh Bahl, Rotary Project Manager, met with representatives of Flutter and Wow and the City of Ann […]

The Rotary Road Waste Warriors attacked the I-94 corridor between State St. and Platt Rd. during the Club’s inaugural participation in the State of Michigan Adopt-A-Highway Program. Twenty one enemies of roadway trash swept the area clean of fifty six bags of trash, car parts, pieces of tires, cell phones, clothing, and one computer tablet […]

Are you interested in helping with the on-line auction but don’t know what to donate? Well, we’ve got the answer for you! We are planning to put together themed baskets and could use your help to fill them! Anything you want to contribute to the themes is welcome and wonderful. Just put it in the […]

Rotary has funded this Children’s Literacy Network project through both a CAC and a District Grant and CLN needs volunteers in 1.5 hour shifts throughout the school year — up to 40 in total. Below is the formal description of BookPals, but it is an easy commitment, working with 2nd and 3rd graders in small […]

The Ann Arbor Observer creates a weekly email newsletter called a2view, which features local news, events, and interesting stories. In the August 13th edition, our own Past President Ashish Sarkar was interviewed about the District 6380 100k Mask Challenge, as well as a global grant supported by Rotary clubs in the area and in India […]