Service Projects

To all Tutors and Potential Tutors: As Jim Egerdahl is taking a much needed break competitive sailing in Lake Superior- I have offered to help out- I believe all of us understand the need for tutors this coming school year has never been greater- this pandemic has knocked our kids further behind. Helping our kids […]

Past President Ashish Sarkar, along with our club and District 6380, were featured in the July issue of the Rotary Magazine for the incredible work on the Pandemic Relief for Detroit Global Grant that he spearheaded last year. Check it out on page 14 under “Friends in Need.”

“Infections, deaths and breakdowns that began in big cities a few weeks ago are rapidly advancing into rural areas, unleashing deep fear in places with little medical safety net.” NYT May 11, 2021 Today in India the coronavirus crisis is engulfing the healthcare system. The country has been disastrously overwhelmed and on Tuesday India was […]

Fourteen Rotary Club of Ann Arbor road waste warriors were once again smiled upon by the Highway Gods with a sun-kissed sky on Saturday, April 17, 2021 for the State of Michigan Adopt-A-Highway trash pickup on the 2.1 mile stretch of I-94 between State Street and Platt Road. Fueled with Washtenaw Dairy donuts provided by […]

Including Food Gatherers’ Peplau Match of $10,000, $46,600 has been raised as of April 1st, 2021 for the Rotary Fight’s Child Hunger Food Drive, which is the equivalent of 141,200 meals. We are still tallying some actual food that was donated. We are so close to our 150,000 meal stretch goal — you can help […]

Adopt-A-Highway Sign-up 2021 The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor is participating in the State of Michigan Adopt-A-Highway Program and has been identified with roadway signs as responsible for trash pick-up on a 2.1 mile stretch of I-94 between Platt Road and State Street. Dates for this years spring pick-up are Saturday, April 17 with Saturday, April 24 […]

(March 19, 2021) Kofi Gyan from our Club’s International Humanitarian Projects Committee is the lead for a Global Grant recently approved by Rotary International! The project addresses the critical need for clean and potable water for the Kporkuve United Community in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is made up of nine adjoining villages with […]

The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor is participating in the State of Michigan Department of Transportation’s Adopt-A-Highway Program and will again clean-up the 2.1 mile stretch of I-94 from Platt Road to State Street. Signs identifying the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor as responsible for clean-up of that stretch of I-94 have been posted at […]

The Rotary Fights Summer Hunger food drive kicks off this month, March.  Todd Kephart, the chair of the committee will give more info on March 3rd, but for now know that the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a massive increase in demand at Food Gatherers.  Reflecting this need and acknowledging the realities […]

Now that the Disaster Relief Committee has completed its work of providing a quick community response to the pandemic, I want to take an opportunity to extend a very special thanks not only to the many donors who helped us to raise $61,792 for the Pandemic Response Fund, but the people who worked behind the […]