Dopp Kits For Veterans at VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System  Rotary Club of Ann Arbor and Thomson Reuters are collaborating on a project to bring 100 kits of personal hygiene items (“Dopp Kits”) to  deserving veterans at the VA Facility in Ann Arbor. Specific items needed are pocket-size Kleenex and Chap Sticks. The items must […]

A Public Service Announcement ​The Ann Arbor Citizens Academy (A2CA) is returning for a third year in 2020 to provide a broad view of local government for Ann Arbor residents. During a series of nine weekly sessions, from Wednesday, Jan. 22 to Wednesday, March 18, 6:30–9 p.m., participants will connect with city staff and officials […]

Your Program Committee has been working hard to schedule a diverse slate of speakers for 2020. Thanks to the excellent nominations that you have submitted this fall, more than half the available slots through the end of March are already filled. We therefore are pausing scheduling additional speakers. We encourage and welcome speaker nominations at […]

After President Rosemarie rang the bell, we launched into a spirited rendition of “God Bless America.” Peg Talburtt then provided a Thanksgiving inspiration. She said that even though the first thing that comes to her mind when Thanksgiving is mentioned, is “eat, eat, eat,” there’s much more to the holiday. She treated us to a […]

Please submit your ideas for the next recipient of the Robert S. Northrup Humanitarian Award, named after our own club member Rob Northrup, in recognition of his lifelong humanitarian work. Nominees can be residents of any part of the world.  However, the recipient will be asked to present a 25-minute presentation to our Club on […]

Member Bob Mull was recently interviewed by WEMU on the VITA Tax Clinic that our Club supports. The interview is scheduled to air on Monday morning, November 25, during Morning Edition at 7:49 am, again at 9:49 am, and then again later in the afternoon. Don’t forget to listen in!

Our Bylaws state that an Annual Meeting shall be held on the first Wednesday in December in each year to conduct the business of the club.  Our business in the first half of the meeting includes:   Election of Directors and Officers Approve Bylaw Changes – Emeritus Membership Ann Arbor Rotary Endowment – Report   […]

We were greeted with a slide show of our veterans – their recruiting pictures and pictures from their time in the service, and a current one. They all still look wonderful! President Rosemarie called the meeting to order and stepped aside for Michael Field’s very thoughtful inspiration. He examined what “Thank you for your service” […]

On Friday, November 8 Rotarians Karen Driggs and Ebru Misirli Mansfield joined Sally Petersen at the Michigan Chapter of Best Buddies International inaugural gala at the Gem Theater in Detroit. The gala was to celebrate the successful fundraising activities of 13 local Champions. Our own Sally Petersen was one of those Champions! Best Buddies is […]

President Rosemarie, no longer sporting purple hair, opened the meeting at 12:25pm. Don Duquette started the meeting with thoughtful words: “Today we celebrate our Rotary Foundation and the work that it does around the world. The task we set ourselves to is enormous. Service above Self. When the going gets tough, the tough get going. […]