President Susan Froelich’s term came to an end at the meeting on June 29, 2022 and Mark Oiumet assumed the mantle of leadership. Susan’s presidency was packed with activity and success on many different fronts. Read the full text of her remarks here.  The meeting opened with Tom Strode’s playing of The Star Spangled Banner. […]

Most of us become members of Rotary because someone encourages us to do so. For me that was friend and colleague in the arts, Deanna Relyea, and my father-in-law, Gene Ingram. I knew Deanna because my Art Fair office was located in the Kerrytown Concert House, where she was the Founder and Director. And I […]

Wagar A. Glas, Club President in 1954-55, as a dedicated Rotarian attended several International Rotary Conventions. He brought back “The Shirt” from a Rotary International Conference in Hawaii.  He gave it to President Carl Gingles (1980-81), who passed it on to incoming President Russ Reister at the start of his 1981-82 term. Russ continued the […]

Are you ready to IMAGINE ROTARY with RI President 2022-23 Jennifer Jones and First Gent Nick Krayacich? President Jones, the first woman RI President, started her Rotary year with a Cross Canada Imagine Tour. “Our hope is to attract top-tier media, influencers, and notables to help us share our members’ stories and to draw attention […]

Parting Thoughts – June 29,2022 Good Afternoon, Rotarians and Guests, I have had the pleasure of serving as Club Outreach Director from July, 2019 until Friday. My term began with in-person meetings and all the activities that RCAA has supported. We had just returned to the Michigan Union with great fanfare, a lovely dinner in […]

On a perfectly warm, sunny, summer day, the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor celebrated the “5th Birthday” of our Universal Access Playground (UAP) in Gallup Park. In conjunction with The City of Ann Arbor Parks and Recreation Services, the UAP was built in 2017 to commemorate the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor’s 100-year anniversary. On […]

During the June 22, 2022 RCAA Luncheon Meeting, Lauren Heinonen, our outgoing Director of Public Image (2020-2022), made the following remarks on her time serving in our club.  When I first found Rotary, I was 22 and fresh out of college. I had been coming to the Union to study, not for Rotary meetings in […]

While traveling on a highway superseded by a nearby parallel expressway, I came upon this sign at the city limit of Ft. Morgan, Colorado. For a town of 12,000, its public image seems pretty advanced. The combination of the sophisticated sign, the service club logos, and their claim to be a “Tree City” was very […]

After a two-year hiatus, the JayCees’ Fourth of July Parade will again be held this year, and our Rotary Club will be marching. We’ll be meeting somewhere on the north side of the Diag, although the exact spot has yet to be determined. I’d ask that you arrive by 9 am, as the parade will […]

During the June 22, 2022 RCAA Luncheon Meeting, our Immediate Past President Joanne Pierson made the following remarks on her time serving in our club. Her term as Immediate Past President will end as the 2021-2022 Rotary Year comes to a close at the end of this month.  First, I would be remiss if I […]