Weekly Meeting Statistics: A total of 93 members witnessed the “changing of the guard” and heard from Michael Score on the Hantz Farm Project in Detroit. We also had one visiting Rotarian (B. Yawson of Ann Arbor North) and seven guests (including former club member Katherine Larson). In conjunction with the meeting, nine members of […]

A great civic organization (the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor) marched in a great civic event (the JayCee’s Fourth of July Parade) on Wednesday, and the results were fantastic! Our marchers include Greg and Patricia Stejskal, Ashish and Norma Sarkar, Mary Avrokatos, Ed Wier, Ed Hoffman, Roger Fraser, Agnes and Jim Reading, Art Williams, Art […]

Joan Knoertzer played a wonderful piano prelude, then led the assembly in singing “God Bless America”. President John, presiding over his final RCAA meeting (has the year gone by that fast?), escorted Joanie to the podium. One can always depend on a musician to do triple-duty at a Rotary meeting, and Joanie was no exception, […]

Newly elected President of the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor, Greg Stejskal, just returned from a very inspirational Rotary International Convention in Toronto. He states he has become a re-inspired Rotarian- ready to tackle the new year!!   Greg writes: Having just attended the RI Convention in Toronto, I know that human trafficking which often involves […]

PUBLIC IMAGE Sign on Interstate 94, Ann Arbor, MI, publicizing our Rotary club (L); transition from established website (top) to new website (bottom) (R). The Public Image effort responds to the Rotary International priority of “Enhance Rotary’s Public Image and Awareness,” one of three major goals set by RI President (2017-18) Ian Riseley. Public Image […]

Associate Director/Chief Administrator of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan, and Rotary Club of Ann Arbor Member, Dawn Johnson, shares news on the Kelsey Museum- The walk to my office takes me through cases of artifacts holding stories of the past from ancient Greece, Rome, dynastic and Roman Egypt, and the […]

Weekly Meeting Statistics: A total of 90 members learned about dyslexia from Joanne Pierson. We also had three visiting Rotarians (Former Ann Arbor member Christina Ferris of Flint, Neil McMullan of Sacramento CA and B. Yawson of Ann Arbor North)and eight guests. In conjunction with the meeting, eight members of the Community Allocations Committee met […]

What an inspiring experience–photo was sent to Ian Bund, by the wife of a long time business partner from California, who is now at the big Rotary convention in Toronto

Summary of the Board of Director’s Meeting June 20, 2018        From the Desk of our Club Secretary Barbara Eichmuller: The Board of Director’s Meeting was held Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at the United Way Building. President John called the meeting to order and motions were made and approved to accept the Agenda and May Minutes. […]

The meeting began with a ringing of the Rotary bell by President John. Tom Strode hammered out our national anthem, with the assembly, a hundred strong in Weber’s ballroom, fighting lustily to keep up. Joyce Hunter came to the podium. “For my Inspiration, I’m going to read a poem, ‘The Carpenter’, to you,” she explained. […]