Please read the following from Crain’s Detroit Business regarding our generous member Agnes Reading and husband Stephen’s establishment of the Reading Nursing Scholarship Endowment at the Washtenaw Community College Foundation. A $1 million gift to Washtenaw Community College by Stephen and Agnes Reading of Ann Arbor will create a permanent endowment to fund annual scholarships for registered […]

Past President Greg Stejskal was featured in the December edition of Michigan Today, and a podcast interview was made with him talking about his latest book, FBI Case Files: Michigan. You can listen to the podcast here.

Join Us for New Member Orientation! On Wednesday, December 8 at 11 am, in the Anderson Room, the Membership Committee Orientation Team will be welcoming new members Sofia Nordenstam (Sponsors: Marlena Studer and John White) and Arianne Slay (Sponsors: Libby Hines and Yolanda Whiten.) All members of RCAA are invited to attend via in-person or […]

Rotarian Tim Marshall and his wife Emily Moorre-Marshall have been recognized at 2021 Volunteers of the Year by SOS Community Services. https://twitter.com/SOS_Community/status/1452704645302870017?s=20

Long-time Rotarian Larry Eiler was awarded Honorary status by the Ann Arbor Kiwanis Club at their meeting on November 8. Here’s the writeup from their newsletter: “Larry and his late wife, Sandy, helped raise funds to start the Ronald McDonald House at CS Mott Children’s Hospital and would take homemade meals to the families staying […]

Our club’s own Norman Herbert was recently honored by the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation (AAACF) for his long and valuable contributions to the Foundation.  For over 23 years Norman served in a variety of volunteer positions including long service guiding the Investment Committee and helping to develop a modern approach to the management of […]

See below the remarks by Past President Rosemarie Rowney and Director of Youth Achievement John Sepp as they presented Collyer Smith with his Distinguished Service Award.   Distinguished Service Award to Collyer A. Smith October 6, 2021   The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor annually recognizes members with the Distinguished Service Award (DSA).  The DSA is the Club’s […]

Hopefully you still have your copy of the Rotary International magazine for September, as one of our former members and former Club Presidents was mentioned in that issue. John Ackenhusen was our President from 2017-2018. He now lives in the State of Washington with his wife, Ruthie. Mention of John was made on p. 64 […]

Former Ann Arbor Mayor, Ingrid Sheldon, was interviewed at the recent Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor Centennial Picnic, staged on the 100th anniversary to the day that the club was chartered, Sunday, June 13, 2021 (chartering in 1921).  Rotarian Sheldon complimented both service organizations for their joint cooperation and their dedication to public service.  A […]

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.”