President Dawn Johnson rang the bell to begin today’s Club meeting and pianist extraordinaire, Jody Tull de Salis, accompanied Club members as we sang our National Anthem. The 61 members and guests – in person and via zoom – recited the Rotary 4-Way Test. Paul Webb delivered a passionate inspirational welcome on the importance of […]

The meeting was called to order at 12:25 pm by President Dawn Johnson, and Chief Andre Anderson inspired 59 members and 16 guests by urging us to turn the impossible into the possible by shifting perspective. He stressed that the impossible is yesterday’s understanding of what we have already achieved. Believe! Announcements The District 6380 […]

On the final day of the month our club had 200 Active Members. All membership information is pulled from ClubRunner statistics. Attendance for January’s meetings was 36% (down 4% from last month). Average attendance at each meeting was 71 members and 11 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 66% (up 1% from last […]

President Dawn rang the bell at 12:30 pm and we sang one of our favorite patriotic songs “America the Beautiful” accompanied by Jody Tull at the piano. Ramon Harris led our inspiration. He began with “in a time when most conversations happen through screens and comments, Rotary still does something wonderfully old-fashioned. We all sit […]

February 25 Keep books from the landfill • Bring a book or 2 or 3 • Browse; Discuss; Take a Book or 2 or 3 Non-fiction, mystery, historical fiction, fiction. Not desirable, encyclopedias, textbooks. Questions: Dennis Burke, EAG Chair – dburke130533mi@comcast.net

March is recycle month at Rotary. Bring your batteries, plastic bags, and printer cartridges to a Rotary meeting in March. EAG will have bins and will see that these are properly recycled. We thank you. Our Mother the Earth thanks you!

Before COVID, our club conducted an annual survey of the membership early in the new calendar year. The results provided the Board with information and recommendations that supported program planning and budgeting for the upcoming Rotary year. Enthusiastic new Rotarian Rona Hu has connected us with a graduate-level, semester-long class offered through the U-M’s Institute […]

Eric Keller (Sponsors: Mark Ouimet and Carolyn Hiatt) Eric first moved to Ann Arbor in the 2000s. Having spent his entire life as a Michigander, he has established strong connections throughout both the region and the state. These deep roots have shaped his commitment to local and statewide initiatives. Eric currently serves as the Director […]

Today’s meeting was called to order by President Dawn and Jody Tull led us in singing the National Anthem.  The membership then proceeded to recite the 4-way test. Emily Olson’s inspirational message centered around our town and community of Ann Arbor, mentioning how fortunate we are to consider Ann Arbor an extraordinary place. The vast […]

Suzanne Armstrong Beutler was born in Cincinnati on October 23, 1930, to Robert Morrell Armstrong and Marguerite (Pierson) Armstrong. She joined the saints in eternal life on January 26, 2026.  Following a happy childhood and two years of college, Suzanne—or Sue as she was universally called–was wed to Robert Ellsworth Ireland in 1950; two boys […]