Unfortunately, it’s unseasonably quiet at the Rotary Centennial Playground at Gallup Park. Here is a photo from last Thursday (April 9th, 2020), the same day the State of Michigan extended its Stay-at-Home order through the end of April. Hopefully, all of us will adhere to the directions, remain well and stay safe until we can […]

In a previous article, you learned about how zones fit into the Rotary organization chart and how each pair within the 34 zones supplies a member to the RI Board of Directors for a two-year term. You also learned that our Zone 28 and adjacent Zone 32 combine to cover most of Canada, a number […]

No, “Memory” was not misspelled. “Membery” is a combination of “Memory” and “Member” and it leads to a look back on our club’s membership stats over the past few years. For example, we had 326 Active Rotarians on July 1, 2016. As of June 30 last year, we were down to 280. During those three […]

Many of our neighbors are struggling as the COVID-19 pandemic takes hold, and we know that Rotarians are wondering how they can help.  This page will list organizations, some for-profit, some non-profit, some public, that have some connection to Rotary and are in need.  This list makes no claim to be all-inclusive, and it is […]

When I first learned this week that the global polio eradication campaign was temporarily paused and that some activities including vaccination campaigns were on hold during the COVID-19 crisis, my heart sank and I heard myself say “Oh no!” The End Polio Now campaign is the signature global project for Rotary International as well as […]

Our Club’s weekly meeting convened, via Zoom, with 77 members in attendance, at 12:30 p.m.  on Wednesday, April 1, 2020.  This week’s Rotary Orchestra had technical difficulties, so the Pledge of Allegiance was substituted for our usual patriotic song.  There followed a series of announcements, summarized below: Amy Goodman, speaking on behalf of the non-profit […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, March 18 via Zoom in observance of Governor Whitmer’s mandate that people do not gather in groups to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Twelve board members and one guest were in attendance. Club membership on February 29 was 280 Active members, plus six […]

The Penny Stamps Lecture Series that the School of Art & Design puts on at the Michigan Theater every Thursday during term time videotapes all its presentations and posts them for viewing on the School’s website. They run between 60 and 90 minutes in length — Here’s the link for viewing them: https://stamps.umich.edu/stamps/past  — “Art” […]

On Wednesday, March 25th, we hosted our first Zoom meeting in place of our Wednesday Luncheon meetings. The bell was rung, songs were sung, announcements were made, and discussions were had. Over 60 members joined our meeting. Check your email for details on upcoming meetings!  

The RI Bylaws require that districts and clubs be divided into 34 zones of approximately equal number of Rotarians. The Zone level falls in between the 530 districts and Rotary International. As you would suspect, the objective for the zones to contain equal numbers of Rotarians results in some large differences in geographic area. For […]