The Rotary sponsored Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) tax clinic is in full swing.  The month of January was spent training our volunteers with sessions on Thursday nights and Saturdays.  We operate primarily out of the Washtenaw County United Way office on Platt Road, but also do taxes at MI Works in Ypsilanti and have […]

The Foundation Development Committee seeks to increase the Club’s permanent endowment fund by promoting annual contributions or pledges, and encouraging bequests and memorial gifts. Annual distributions from the Foundation portfolio have risen to $68,571, increased from $64,119 in FY2017, and averaging a 6.7% annual increase over the past 13 years. Here is a comparison of […]

ByAshish Sarkar, Past President During my recent trip to India, I visited two Global Grant (GG) project sites.  These projects are co-sponsored jointly by several clubs in District 6380 and Detroit Rotary Club. The first project is in Hardaspur, a village near Pune, in Southern India. The goal is to enhance the neo-natal care unit […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held Wednesday, February 21, 2017 at the United Way Building. President John called the meeting to order and motions were made and approved to accept the Agenda and December Minutes. The Club’s membership on January 31 was 306 Active Members plus six Honorary members and seven Inactive Emeriti. The […]

ROTARY FIGHTS SUMMER HUNGER! The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor has been partnering with our local food bank, Food Gatherers, for the past 13 years to fight hunger in Washtenaw County. Our food drive, called Rotary Fights Summer Hunger, helps lower income children who receive subsidized school lunches during the school year stay fed through […]

President John rang the Rotary bell, and the assembly rose to sing “My Country, Tis of Thee.” Richard Carlisle delivered a fascinating Inspiration about former U.S. presidents as fathers: “I can recommend Joshua Kendall’s book, First Dads. It’s not about presidential indiscretions, about which we have heard a lot, but about presidents as First Fathers.” […]

With the help of the Membership Committee, we now have a list of several dozen specific “bite-size” jobs that could be undertaken by individual members. The objective of this effort is to increase membership engagement and expand the work that we do. None of these opportunities require major time commitments, large scale coordination or exceptionally […]

At the February 21 meeting, the Board of Directors approved thirteen new members, including Lori Athey, Kati Bauer, Lauren Heinonen, Heather Kendrick, Kate Lewis, Fernando Ortiz, Darlene Sosenko, Carolina Typaldo and Karen Wasco. Also included in the class are Toni Gupta and Greg Holcombe (previously approved by the board). In addition, the board reinstated Karen […]

One of the Objects of Rotary is, “The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.” For the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor, the Social Committee of The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor provides these opportunities outside our lunch meetings. These opportunities include Tigers Baseball games, University of Michigan musical events, tours of downtown Detroit, […]

Dr. Tim Johnson said his involvement in Boy Scouting as a youth, prepared him to take on leadership roles as an adult, most recently as the chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan Medical School. Johnson will now use those leadership skills in his new role as President of the Southern Shores […]