The meeting started at 12:30pm with the singing of our National Anthem with Tom Strode at the piano. Our inspirational message today came from Cyril White, who asked us ‘What is your ‘why’?  Self-help materials says we need a strong ‘why’ to achieve goals and the deeper your why, the more it affects the larger […]

April 26 was a great day to be a Rotarian as RCAA presented the Robert S Northrup Humanitarian Award to Dr. Nelson Edwards. Dr. Edwards was inspired to improve vision to people around the world, after visiting Haiti many years ago as an optometry student at Michigan College of Optometry. He participated in an International […]

ROB NORTHRUP ROTARY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Presented at University Living, Ann Arbor, April 11, 2023 and at Rotary Club of Ann Arbor, April 26, 2023 Rob, you have always been a stand-out person. From Yale University undergrad to Harvard Medicine – you excelled. We are here to honor you. We live our own values by […]

The Rotaract Club had a very successful 2022-2023 program year. 13 new members joined; there were 21 dues-paying members in all, 18 of whom were paired with a Rotarian mentor through the mentor-mentee program that junior Simran Singh coordinated with Don Duquette. A total of 210 hours were volunteered for local service projects. 7 students […]

At 12:30, President Mark Ouimet called the meeting to order in the Anderson Room and on zoom (29 attendees).  Tom Strode led us in “God Bless America”.  Inspiration was provided by Sarah Strader who said “Tout ce qui est fait pour moi, Mais sans moi, Est contre moi” which translates to “Everything that is done […]

A big thanks goes to the Rotary Road Waste Warriors who spent Saturday morning along I-94 picking up all manner of trash as a part of the Michigan Adopt-A-Highway program. While the weather cooperated to stop raining for the time we were outdoors, the team picked up a record 69 bags of trash, followed by […]

  Lively zoom conversation among our Rotary Club members preceded the official start of our meeting with talks ranging from trails in Gregory, MI to Tom Strode’s new microphoning of his piano for our patriotic song. Dawn Johnson gave us our zoom etiquette rules and President Mark Inclosing President Mark helped get our meeting started. […]

April is Earth Month. DARE to be a CLIMATE CHANGE HERO 1. Print off the activity sheet. 2. Participate in 3 of the 7 activities in April. 3. Turn in your activity sheet May 3 4. Earn your Super Hero Certificate. 1. Walk, Bus, Bike, or Car Pool to one April Rotary Meeting 2. Sign […]

The April 5 meeting got under way at 12:30pm. This is the first meeting for our new Club Administrator, Shari Faulhaber. Everyone is glad to have Tom Strode back as the Rotary Orchestra. He started us off with The Star Spangled Banner. District Governor Elect Collyer Smith shared his demanding DG Training schedule with us. […]

Join the Rotary Road Waste Warriors for the club’s spring highway trash pickup scheduled for Saturday, April 22. Participants in groups of four will be assigned to less than a city block in length, on one side of the highway (I-94 between State and Platt), to help pitch-in against the never-ending battle to eliminate highway […]