The May 25, 2022 meeting opened on Zoom and in person with social time.  Emily Olson provided Zoom etiquette guidelines to the virtual attendees. At 12:32, President Susan Froelich called the meeting to order. We all joined in the singing of “America the Beautiful”.  Inspiration was provided by Ryan Peterson who shared the meaning of […]

Alfred Storey 6/15/1921 – 1/24/2022 The family of Alfred Storey invites you to celebrate his remarkable 100-year life with stories, music and ice cream at 1:00 on Friday June 17, 2022 at First United Methodist Church of Ann Arbor, 120 S. State St. Published by Ann Arbor News from May 27 to May 29, 2022.

On the evening of May 19, 2022, nine University of Michigan Rotaract leaders, members from 2004 (the charter year) to the present, joined District Governor-Nominee Collyer Smith, Fanfan Zheng, and Joanne Pierson to discuss their experiences in Rotaract. As part of his goals, DG-Nominee Collyer plans to work toward launching more Rotaract Clubs in District […]

On Sunday, June 12th from 1:00pm – 3:30pm our Rotary Club and the City of Ann Arbor are co-hosting “Music in the Playground” as a 5th Birthday Party for the Universal Access Playground at Gallup park, which was our Club’s Centennial gift to the community. Community High’s Jazz Band will perform at 1:00 and the […]

During our clean-up of I-94 on April 23, seven-year-old Gavin Luczak and his grandmother stopped at an exit to congratulate Tom Millard and John Sepp. Gavin was so inspired by the time he reached home that he got his gloves and bag and cleaned up trash in a wooded area behind his house! Our own […]

Lively discussion and laughter romped through both the zoomers and the in-person crowd at the Anderson room before our meeting. After Emily Olson’s zoom etiquette, Tom Strode and his trusty grand piano accompanied the Club in God Bless America. Bev Seiford inspired us with a poem penned by treasured A2 Rotary Club member, the late […]

James E. Brown arrived in late August 2021 as a Global Grant Scholar sponsored by the Tameside Rotary Club, District 1285 in UK. RCAA was the host club for this global grant. James thoroughly enjoyed this opportunity to pursue his Master of Law (LLM) degree at the University of Michigan Law School. He completed his […]

In case you missed it, here’s a blurb mentioning our annual food drive in the Michigan Daily‘s A2 Outlook newsletter: “110,000 MEALS: The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor has been hosting a food drive since mid-March and has now collected enough food products and funds to provide 110,000 meals over the summer for children in […]

President Susan Froelich rang the opening bell at 12:30 and Tom Strode played the Star Spangled Banner. Peg Talburtt’s Inspiration was  taken from The Organic Commandment, 1940, by Frank Lloyd Wright: “Love is the virtue of the Heart; Sincerity is the virtue of the Mind; Courage is the virtue of the Spirit; and Decision is […]

May is mental health awareness month. Unfortunately, there is stigma still attached to mental health issues. There is inspiration to be had when progress is made. However, much of it comes from the sad and true stories of those who have suffered most. On “Washtenaw United” this week, WEMU’s David Fair discusses mental health, addiction […]