The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor is proud to announce its 2020 Community Service Grants Program. Applications are requested from Washtenaw County not-for-profit organizations whose purpose aligns with the Program theme, “Helping Kids Succeed.” For more information on the program visit our Club website by clicking here. Click here to view the REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP). Proposals […]

As we prepare to move back to the Michigan Union on February 5th 2020 for our Wednesday luncheon meetings, our historic home, here is a summary of where our club has met since 1916.   In 1916 the Club’s original fifteen charter members began weekly luncheon meetings in the Catalpa Inn, located at the corner […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, December 18 at the United Way Building. Club membership on November 30 was 283 Active members, plus six Honorary members and six Inactive Emeriti. Attendance for the month’s three meetings was 30%. Average attendance at each meeting was 85 members plus six others. Our Engagement Ratio […]

Your Program Committee has been working hard to schedule a diverse slate of speakers for 2020. Thanks to the excellent nominations that you submitted this fall, the available slots through Tax Day (a.k.a. April 15) are filled. We therefore are pausing scheduling additional speakers. We encourage and welcome speaker nominations at anytime. But we likely […]

While we don’t need many more resolutions to start the new year, the one proposed here doesn’t involve much long-term discipline, peer pressure, or physical exertion. In fact, some percentage of club members are already on board. For the rest, the only commitment you need to make is to sign up for accounts with “My […]

Rotarians and individuals from Thomson Reuters partnered up to prepare and deliver personal hygiene kits to 114 veterans at the Veterans Affairs hospital, Ann Arbor. The Rotarians joining the team, including including Leo Shedden and Don Deatrick, distributed the kits to veterans, wishing them happy holidays and also taking time to chat with them. Many big […]

Most of us are familiar with the reference to the “Twelve Days of Christmas” but did you know about the “Eleven Months of Rotary?” Rotary has identified a theme for each month except July. July is the first month of the Rotary year and is when the annual theme kicks in. This year’s annual theme […]

I suspect all of us club members received the latest issue of the District 6380 Newsletter via email. In it, Peter Tanner, District Website Ambassador, notes that Facebook is the way to go nowadays and gave us instructions on how to “Like” our District’s Facebook page with official postings and “Join” the District’s Facebook group […]

Though we were missing a Reporter for the December 18th meeting, we still have some announcements and photos to share! President Rosemarie started the meeting with a ring of the Rotary Bell, ending our musical interlude and calming the crowd of Rotarians bubbling with holiday spirit. Rick Ingram and Joan Knoertzer led us through some […]

See below the holiday greeting from our Rotary International General Secretary, John Hewko, and his family. He will be our speaker when we return to the Michigan Union on February 5th, 2020.