On May 15, the board voted to welcome two new members to our club. One is Stephanie Baldwin-Ross. She has been a regular Visiting Rotarian and was formerly a member in Parker CO. Stephanie has moved here to be closer to family. She is a retired physical therapist and had volunteered at a food bank […]

Many thanks to the 22 members of the Ann Arbor Rotary & Lyn Elwell, 4 members of the Ypsilanti Rotary, Anne Nauts, Assistant Governor and Interactor, Aakarsh Verma for braving the elements to volunteer at the 10th Annual Touch A Truck on Saturday, May 12 sponsored by Washtenaw Success by 6 Great Start Collaborative and […]

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The anthems began with “God Bless America” and ended with “O Canada.” Joan Knoertzer’s virtuosity was decidedly on tap as the latter song was a spontaneous request from President John, a result of his remembering our contingent of Canadian brass — District Governor Barry Fraser and his wife, Carolyn. The Frasers, along with past Assistant […]

Having seven year old twins has given Carolina Typaldos a “don’t worry, be happy” attitude as she sees two individuals with nearly identical inputs develop along different paths to become their own persons.   They have made her more relaxed and flexible, which was an important attribute in her former job as the Infusion Center […]

By John Ackenhusen Our club was quite visible at the Rotary District 6380 Conference of May 4 to 6, 2018, Ypsilanti Eagle Crest Marriott: Members Norma Sarkar, Rosemarie Rowney, Marcia Lane, and Beverly Seiford comprised the Speaker Committee, along with Assistant District Governor Anne Nauts; Members Don Deatrick, Barbara Eichmuller, Rosemarie Rowney, and Norma Sarkar […]

This past weekend, nearly 40 District 6380 Rotarians, a U-M Rotaractor, and members of the community put on their steel-toed boots and leather gloves—a change in pace from the typical business attire and nice lunches—and got to work putting 100 trees in the ground in various parks in Ypsilanti. The efforts were lead by Ann […]

The ABC of Rotary (originally written by Past International President Cliff Dochterman) defines club services as “all of the activities necessary for Rotarians to perform to make their club function successfully.” As you can imagine, in a club our size, we need a lot of Rotarians to keep our club humming. Club service is the […]

By John Ackenhusen Although it is not imminent, our administrator John White has expressed the desire to retire, with the goal to be the end of our next Rotary year, i.e., June 30, 2019. Hence, we are beginning to explore new ways to get our paid administrative and financial services performed.  To that end, we […]

Photos by Fred Beutler A SPECIAL DAY Inaugurating its two-year sojourn at Weber’s Restaurant and Hotel while the Michigan Union undergoes its renovation, the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor was called to order by President John’s familiar ringing of the bell. That bell, symbol of our club, was the subject of a memorable celebration last […]