Service Projects

(by John White)  John White arrived at the podium at the June 21 luncheon wearing an apron, a hair net, and a packet of ingredients from last year’s food packing event. He quickly had everyone’s attention and offered attendees a chance to participate in a kickoff meeting to plan this year’s edition. The meeting will […]

Our own Don Deatrick was invited last month to brief the Kiwanis Club about Hire MI Vet, the non-profit that RCAA  helped him start a few years ago to assist veterans.  Here’s a link to the Kiwanis newsletter summary.

Join the Rotary Road Waste Warriors for the club’s spring highway trash pickup scheduled for Saturday, April 22. 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 […]

DARE to be a CLIMATE CHANGE HERO Participate in any 3 of the following activities in April. 1. Walk, Bus, Bike, or Car Pool to at least one April Rotary Meeting. 2. April 15; 9–12; Argo Natural Area Preservation Workday 3. April 22, 9-12; RCAA Highway Clean-up, 9 am – 12 4. April 23; 12-4; […]

Join us July 22 – 30 in Guatemala to visit RCAA International Humanitarian projects, Mayan Ruins and the UNESCO Heritage Site, Antigua Guatemala. We will stay at the beautiful Jardines del Lago on lake Atitlan, visit Rotary projects and more. The Rotary e-Club of lake Atitlan has arranged an optional volunteer activity to install a […]

Once again this year, our Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Committee (VITA) will be hard at work offering free tax preparation services through the United Way of Washtenaw County (UWW). This service is available free of charge to anyone living in Washtenaw County who earned less than $60,000 in 2022. Led by Rotary VITA Committee chair Bob […]

Actually, you need to do more than just smile. You have to sign up for Amazon Smile (smile.amazon.com) and identify a charity to receive a small percentage of the cost of each purchase you make there. Amazon Smile is exactly the same as the regular Amazon in all respects except for the donation it makes […]

The video of the SEND HUNGER PACKING slated for presentation at the Club’s luncheon meeting on November 30 is now available online. As a bonus, the folder also contains a one-page handout documenting the event and a copy of the slides shown to the volunteer packers in the cafeteria of Pioneer High School on November […]

Prior to the December holidays, Rotary Clubs throughout Washtenaw County goal is to gift 100 personal hygiene kits to veterans at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. NEED: pocket combs, pocket size tissue and Classic Original ChapStick. Each kit will include a tooth brush, tooth paste, tooth floss package, Chap Stick, comb, tissue packet (small […]

Make your Polio donation by October 24 and you may take Jonas Polio Bear home and know that you have contributed to our goal to END POLIO! We welcome any amount that you can make to this important cause. Here are your choices: POLIO PLUS SOCIETY Membership in the PolioPlus Society requires you to donate […]