Editor’s Note: Reporter Ed Hoffman wanted to provide a follow up to last week’s speaker,  Dr. Patrica Hall, on her presentation:  Music Making at Auschwitz Comes Alive Again.  Ed has provided pictures to the right and below. Also, Holocaust Survivor Martin Lowenberg will be speaking May 1st- at 7:30 pm at Beth Israel Congregation in […]

The following two Global Grant projects have recently been approved, led by the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor as the International Partner. As a member of our club, your generous donations are at play in these impactful projects, and every dollar has a huge amount of leverage through matching at the District and International levels. […]

President-Elect Rosemarie Rowney struck the Rotary bell, concluding Allison Pollard’s beautiful piano prelude. “America the Beautiful,” which hadn’t been sung for a while, was given full-throated emphasis by an enthusiastic assembly. Amy Goodman came to the podium and shared a moving, and often funny, Inspiration. “For over three quarters of a century children have been […]

Our veterans organization, Hire MI Vet, needs a Grant Writer to assist with preparation of several grant requests. GRANT WRITER – Job Description Please contact Don Deatrick to learn more details. Contact:   Don Deatrick email:       info@hiremivet.org

This is the first in a somewhat regular series of articles to provide you with information on ClubRunner, our club’s new membership management software. ClubRunner is cloud-based and provides each member with a personal password-protected account that can be used on both laptop/desktop computers and smartphone/tablet devices. The product offers a wide range of capabilities […]

Member Peter Brown is being inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame Class of 2019.  Here is a link: Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame .  The induction ceremony is on April 19 in East Lansing.

Rotary STRIVE Scholars and members of the STRIVE committee enjoyed a terrific experience learning about autonomous vehicles and the opportunities for Washtenaw Community College students.  Along with Pathways Counselor Marisa Bailey-Johnson, Rotarians Amy Goodman, Leo Shedden, Arthur Williams, and Nana Yawson, six STRIVE students traveled to the Bosch facility in Plymouth on February 21. Our […]

ClubRunner is our new cloud-based, membership software. It provides accounts for each member to manage his or her own entry and access contact information on other club members. Once fully implemented, it can provide for directories, event planning, calendaring, committee management, dues & billing, attendance records, storage/retrieval of documents, bulletins, website, etc. What’s planned for […]

President Greg rang the Rotary bell, and the assembly rose to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner,” which PP John Ackenhusen, on piano, played with particular elan. Indeed, John’s prelude earlier had deftly lulled the lunching Rotarians and guests into a meeting mindset. Barbara Niess-May then came forward for the Inspiration: “In [commemoration] of our speaker, I […]

Well, February was certainly the month of Weird Wednesdays! The weather greatly impacted our attendance resulting in a 24% average attendance per meeting. When totaling actual participation during the month however, which includes our membership participating in either a committee meeting, a regular meeting and our special meeting at Glacier Hills, that figure was a […]