Service Projects

By Leo Shedden One of the many ways that our Rotary Club helps kids succeed is our Rotary Readers and Tutors program. A few years ago I thought I would give tutoring a try, and it’s been a great experience. One that has been as rewarding for me as it has been for the students. […]

by Ed Wier, Interact Committee Chair It was a wet morning, but spirits remained high among the Interact students (and Rotarians) manning the Ann Arbor Marathon Rotary aid station on Sunday, October 13. Students from from Pioneer High School Interact, Huron High School Interact, and Skyline High School Interact (sponsored by Ann Arbor Rotary North) […]

RCAA member John Barrie is traveling to Guatemala to install solar power and water filters on the homes of families having babies and families with very young children. The region of Guatemala where John will be working is “beyond the last mile”, where tools and equipment must be carried by hand through the mountains to […]

On Sunday September 22, 18 Rotarians, Rotaractors, and a couple of guests spent their morning cleaning up I-94 as part of the semi-annual MDOT Adopt-A-Highway program. If you drive along there between State Street and Platt Road, you might notice a couple of sections that are quite a bit tidier. That is because this amazing […]

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) is one of of the most vital (pun intended) services that our club provides. This year, we offered in-person tax preparation at the United Way building on Platt Road. Scan-And-Go was offered at UWWC,  Manchester Community Resource Center and at the University Michigan Housing Bureau for Seniors on State […]

A big thanks goes to the Rotary Road Waste Warriors who spent last Saturday morning along I-94 picking up all manner of trash as a part of the Michigan Adopt-A-Highway program. The Rotary Club sponsors the section of I-94 between State Street and Platt Road and twice a year we gather to clear up the […]

Spring Food Drive runs from March 4 – March 15, 2024 Right now in Washtenaw County, more of our neighbors are facing food insecurity than at the height of the pandemic. This means that more individuals and families in our community are turning to their local food pantries and meal programs to fill the gaps. The […]

On Saturday, October 28, 183 hearty volunteers met in the cafeteria at Pioneer High School for our Send Hunger Packing food packaging event. Participants came from many groups including: – Members from the three Ann Arbor Rotary Clubs – UM Rotaract members – Interact members from all three Ann Arbor public high schools – Reinhart […]

Tree planting makes a comeback.   The Environmental Action Group is looking for volunteers to plant trees on Saturday, October 7th from 9 am to 12 pm in the Bryant neighborhood.  Sign up is easy, please use the link below to sign up. https://forms.office.com/g/TRPGxXkvTb

Join the Rotary Road Waste Warriors for the club’s fall highway trash pickup scheduled for Saturday, September 30. Participants in groups of four will be assigned to less than a city block in length, on one side of the highway (I-94 between State and Platt), to help pitch-in against the never-ending battle to eliminate highway […]