Service Projects

Mentors Needed: A Very Rewarding Opportunity to Serve Our Rotary Mentorship Program is very popular and successful this year even despite the pandemic. We have a record number of Mentorship matches and now have three more University of Michigan undergraduates who would like a Rotary mentor. The goal of the Mentorship Program is to create […]

Thank you to all the Rotarians and friends of Rotary who made it possible for RCAA to support the most vulnerable in our community. The Pandemic Response Fund allocated $61,793 to twelve non-profits in Washtenaw County to reduce the impact of COVID on vulnerable populations. Rotarians were on lockdown, but we found a way to […]

The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor is soliciting applications for grants to non-profits that are working on programs oriented around Helping Kids Succeed.  Click here for more information. Share this information with organizations you think may benefit in Washtenaw County.

On Tuesday, December 15 from 10:00-11:00 a Zoom meeting was held to Celebrate a $15,000 grant to Gleaners Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan from the Pandemic Relief for Detroit Project which was matched by the Kroger Foundation ($15,000). This $30,000 donation will provide 90,000 meals to provide food assistance to the hardest hit areas around Detroit […]

As we’re all aware, 2020 has been a challenging year. Our annual Rotary Fights Summer Hunger food drive with Food Gatherers, which takes place each spring, was changed this year to be Rotary Fights Child Hunger, and we’ve kept the drive open since it commenced in early spring. COVID-19 has impacted many in our community, […]

The new educational signs that we helped design and instal at our Universal Access Playground in Gallup Park were featured in an MLive article on November 19th, 2020 and in the Ann Arbor Family newsletter on December 3rd, 2020. If you missed them, you can read the full article on MLive here and the Ann Arbor […]

This past year, our club supported Habitat for Humanity Youth Build program with a community grant. See below a message received from Leah Borst, from Habitat of Humanity Huron Valley. This is a great example of your CSA donation dollars at work! “I hope this email finds you all well, and your loved ones healthy […]

The school year is well underway, and the teachers and students have been exploring and learning how to best make educational progress in new virtual learning environments.  Much is new and still being tested, as an example some teachers are combining the strengths of traditional materials and lesson plans with new virtual offers, to find […]

In partnership with the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor and the City of Ann Arbor, Flutter & Wow designed and created fantastic new interactive educational signs at our Universal Access Playground in Gallup Park.  These signs are fun, engaging, and help children learn about their environment. They’re great for children of all ages and abilities. […]

Hello to our friends at the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor, I hope this finds you all well, and your loved ones healthy during this difficult year. I just wanted to send a quick update related to our Youth Build, in which the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor supported with grant funding. We are pleased to […]