Rotarians and individuals from Thomson Reuters partnered up to prepare and deliver personal hygiene kits to 114 veterans at the Veterans Affairs hospital, Ann Arbor. The Rotarians joining the team, including including Leo Shedden and Don Deatrick, distributed the kits to veterans, wishing them happy holidays and also taking time to chat with them. Many big […]

Most of us are familiar with the reference to the “Twelve Days of Christmas” but did you know about the “Eleven Months of Rotary?” Rotary has identified a theme for each month except July. July is the first month of the Rotary year and is when the annual theme kicks in. This year’s annual theme […]

I suspect all of us club members received the latest issue of the District 6380 Newsletter via email. In it, Peter Tanner, District Website Ambassador, notes that Facebook is the way to go nowadays and gave us instructions on how to “Like” our District’s Facebook page with official postings and “Join” the District’s Facebook group […]

Though we were missing a Reporter for the December 18th meeting, we still have some announcements and photos to share! President Rosemarie started the meeting with a ring of the Rotary Bell, ending our musical interlude and calming the crowd of Rotarians bubbling with holiday spirit. Rick Ingram and Joan Knoertzer led us through some […]

See below the holiday greeting from our Rotary International General Secretary, John Hewko, and his family. He will be our speaker when we return to the Michigan Union on February 5th, 2020.

Molly Dobson, a local philanthropist with ties to our Club, has been honored with the title of 2020 Woman of the Year by United Way of Washtenaw County. She was recognized by our club with a Distinguished Service Award (DSA) in 2010, an award which was also bestowed upon her late husband Bill, as well […]

The meeting room was packed with Rotarians and guests for the annual Christmas Concert. After our singing of The Star Spangled Banner, Amy Goodman, sporting a sequined Christmas cap, told us the history of letters to Santa and read several.  These letters are usually the first missive of children and remind us that children are […]

Well, we have gained 43 more Community Service payments putting us at 98.  Wow, we still have a way to go!  We still need over 180 members to get their checks in!  Remember payment is easy on-line at https://www.a2rotary.org/donate/   Choose #1 for the Community Service Assessment (CSA) and #2 to make a voluntary donation to […]

Our historic meeting location, the Michigan Union, is planned to reopen on January 13, 2020. This will be following closure since May 2018 for an $85 million renovation. A special celebration will take place on that day. Read more here: https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/12/michigan-union-to-reopen-on-jan-13-after-85m-renovation.html

(from the Rotary Weekly of Dec. 6): A special report prepared for Rotary International by the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies estimated the value of Rotary member volunteer hours at $850 million a year. That Rotary members log a lot of volunteer hours should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the […]