See below the remarks by Past President Rosemarie Rowney and Director of Youth Achievement John Sepp as they presented Collyer Smith with his Distinguished Service Award.   Distinguished Service Award to Collyer A. Smith October 6, 2021   The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor annually recognizes members with the Distinguished Service Award (DSA).  The DSA is the Club’s […]

The “Three Rs” of education are well known but I am suggesting we consider another “Three Rs” in the invitations to our events and activities. They are RSVPs, Reservations Required and Regrets Only. I am not an ardent follower of Miss Manners or Emily Post but my mother was always keen on the differences between […]

Notes from October 13, 2021 Ann Arbor Rotary Meeting The October 13, 2021 Rotary meeting was called to order by Public Image Board Director, Lauren Heinonen at 12:30 PM. President Susan was away, today, participating in a Rotary Conference. Tom Strode began the meeting by playing “God Bless America.”  Victor Stoeffler brought us an inspirational […]

Rotary Meeting Notes The two ways to participate (in person and Zoom) was pulled off expertly by the club. Masks were plentiful, as requested. The Zoom conversation was lively throughout the 30 minutes and we could see everyone passing the camera before the in-person meeting began. Tom Strode played our patriotic music from Zoom to […]

    Rotary Road Waste Warriors were once again smiled upon by Señor sol for the State of Michigan Adopt-A-Highway fall trash pick up. Pictured above are members of the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor and UM Rotaractors who joined forces on Saturday, October 2, to attack highway blight on I-94. The road waste warriors, […]

The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor is happy to report that our first meeting back in person at the Michigan Union, Anderson Room was a success!  53 members attended live and 47 on Zoom. In order to accommodate the University’s new policies for a guaranteed lunch count and health screen check-in, we will need to […]

Thank you to all who came to participate in the RCAA River Cleanup at Argo Park on Sunday, September 26th to celebrate World Rivers Day.  It was wonderful to work with you and I am looking forward to this becoming an annual (if not 2x a year) event.  I also want to thank those of […]

Hopefully you still have your copy of the Rotary International magazine for September, as one of our former members and former Club Presidents was mentioned in that issue. John Ackenhusen was our President from 2017-2018. He now lives in the State of Washington with his wife, Ruthie. Mention of John was made on p. 64 […]

The deadline to reserve a lunch for each weekly meeting at the Michigan Union is nine (9) days prior. So, the deadline for Oct. 13 RSVP is the end of the day on Monday, October 4th, Oct. 20 meeting deadline is end of day on Monday, Oct. 11 and Oct. 27 meeting RSVP deadline is […]