Service Projects

Dopp Kits For Veterans at VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System  Rotary Club of Ann Arbor and Thomson Reuters are collaborating on a project to bring 100 kits of personal hygiene items (“Dopp Kits”) to  deserving veterans at the VA Facility in Ann Arbor. Specific items needed are pocket-size Kleenex and Chap Sticks. The items must […]

Girls on the Run is a nation wide organization that helps the more than 200 local councils to organize young girls in 3rd through 8th grade to come out after school to participate in an enrichment and running program.  The program inspires self confidence, teaches life skills, and gets girls who may not have other […]

A mighty group of Rotarians worked on the re-build of the Eberwhite Elementary playground on October 17-18. The playground was erected and completed at an astonishing pace, and is now open for play! See below Rob Shiff’s photos from when we worked on the build on Oct 17, compared to the finished project on Oct […]

At RCAA Satellite, our alternative way of being part of the club, we’ve started a new (and fun!) service project. It involves soft fleece with fun prints, scissors, tying knots, and plenty of camaraderie and laughter. Haven’t guessed what the project is yet? We’re making fleece blankets to donate to the University of Michigan Comprehensive […]

On Thursday, October 17, 7 hearty Rotarians (6 in morning session, 1 in afternoon) fought off the chill to help with the community build of the new playground at Eberwhite Elementary School. An additional Rotarian was able to help on Friday the 18th. The effort was well organized and very productive. It was very inspiring to about […]

Attention Rotarians! We have been presented with a new volunteer opportunity with the Ann Arbor Public Schools. The playground at Eberwhite School is being replaced and the community is very involved to assist in the process. The current playground is 30 years old. It is a wonderful structure that was built by the community and […]

The International Humanitarian Projects committee of the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor, Michigan is pleased to announce the successful completion of a Rotary Global Grant providing Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) medical equipment for medically underserved infants in Pune, India. The recipient of this grant, the SGAK Charity Hospital in Pune India, serves over 175,000 patients […]

Our Community Allocations Committee has been bustling with activity lately! Peg Talburtt, RCAA Director of Community Service, volunteered this past week with our 2019 Grant recipient, Sweet Dreamzzz. Their mission is to improve children’s health, well-being, and academic performance by providing sleep education and bedtime essentials to economically disadvantaged students and their families. Their R.E.M. […]

In recent years, we have been bombarded by reports that we don’t get enough sleep here in the U.S. The CDC, for example, estimates that 35% of adults don’t get enough sleep, and Fortune magazine has reported that the lack of sleep costs the United States more than $411 billion annually. If it’s that big […]

See below an update from RCAA member Mary Avrakotos on our Global Grant project in Sierra Leone.