On Friday, November 8 Rotarians Karen Driggs and Ebru Misirli Mansfield joined Sally Petersen at the Michigan Chapter of Best Buddies International inaugural gala at the Gem Theater in Detroit. The gala was to celebrate the successful fundraising activities of 13 local Champions. Our own Sally Petersen was one of those Champions! Best Buddies is […]

President Rosemarie, no longer sporting purple hair, opened the meeting at 12:25pm. Don Duquette started the meeting with thoughtful words: “Today we celebrate our Rotary Foundation and the work that it does around the world. The task we set ourselves to is enormous. Service above Self. When the going gets tough, the tough get going. […]

Girls on the Run is a nation wide organization that helps the more than 200 local councils to organize young girls in 3rd through 8th grade to come out after school to participate in an enrichment and running program.  The program inspires self confidence, teaches life skills, and gets girls who may not have other […]

Christina Ferris, Development Director at the St. Louis Center in Chelsea, told the story of the sixty-year old organization to the members of the Ann Arbor Kiwanis Club at their luncheon meeting on November 4. Click here to read the article (and get a peek at what our partners-in-service-to-kids are up to).

Our Executive Director Lori Walters would like to remind you that we will not be having our weekly luncheon meetings on the week of Thanksgiving (Nov 27), Christmas (Dec 25), or New Year’s (Jan 1) — that leaves us with 9 more meetings at Weber’s before we return to the Michigan Union!

The annual Hire MI Vet career fair, which aims to help military veterans and their families find meaningful employment, was held Nov. 5 in the Morris Lawrence Building. The event is a joint effort of Hire MI Vet and Washtenaw Community College with the assistance of members of the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor. Our […]

Our own Ken Fischer will be awarded a honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts during the University’s winter commencement on December 15 at Crisler Arena. His service as President of the University Musical Society from from 1987 to 2017 garnered him widespread recognition as a national leader in the arts. In 2015, President Obama […]

Incoming President Joanne announced on 30 October 2019 the slate of club officers for 2020-2021. Club by-laws specify that the slate must be presented at at least 30 days before voting at the Annual Club Assembly, which will be December 4. The slate included: Sergeant-at-Arms: Karen Wasco Director of Public Image: Lauren Heinonen Director of […]

Take the “Ann Arbor Rotary Challenge!” (an invitation from John White) – This one doesn’t involve a bucket of ice water dumped on your head so please read on. What I am suggesting is that you take on the challenge of wearing your Rotary pin every day for a week or so. The idea is […]

The Rotary Clubs of Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Windsor, Ontario, in collaboration with Wayne State University’s Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, held a two-day conference highlighting the root causes and potential solutions to violence in our communities. Entitled “Peace in the Streets,” the event took place October 25th at Wayne State University and October […]