International Women’s Day  is Thursday, March 8 Now, more than ever, there’s a strong call-to-action to press forward and progress gender parity. There’s a strong call to #PressforProgress motivating and uniting friends, colleagues and whole communities to think, act and be gender inclusive.” Rotary International is on board with a celebration at the World Bank […]

The March 2018 D6380 newsletter includes a front page article by DG Barry Fraser noting that March is Water and Sanitation Month on the Rotary calendar. The calendar in the sidebar reminds us about World Rotaract Week (March 12-18), the upcoming District Assembly (April 14), the District Conference (May 4-6) and the RI Convention in […]

ByAshish Sarkar, Past President During my recent trip to India, I visited two Global Grant (GG) project sites.  These projects are co-sponsored jointly by several clubs in District 6380 and Detroit Rotary Club. The first project is in Hardaspur, a village near Pune, in Southern India. The goal is to enhance the neo-natal care unit […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held Wednesday, February 21, 2017 at the United Way Building. President John called the meeting to order and motions were made and approved to accept the Agenda and December Minutes. The Club’s membership on January 31 was 306 Active Members plus six Honorary members and seven Inactive Emeriti. The […]

ROTARY FIGHTS SUMMER HUNGER! The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor has been partnering with our local food bank, Food Gatherers, for the past 13 years to fight hunger in Washtenaw County. Our food drive, called Rotary Fights Summer Hunger, helps lower income children who receive subsidized school lunches during the school year stay fed through […]

President John rang the Rotary bell, and the assembly rose to sing “My Country, Tis of Thee.” Richard Carlisle delivered a fascinating Inspiration about former U.S. presidents as fathers: “I can recommend Joshua Kendall’s book, First Dads. It’s not about presidential indiscretions, about which we have heard a lot, but about presidents as First Fathers.” […]

With the help of the Membership Committee, we now have a list of several dozen specific “bite-size” jobs that could be undertaken by individual members. The objective of this effort is to increase membership engagement and expand the work that we do. None of these opportunities require major time commitments, large scale coordination or exceptionally […]

Did you know that a personal My Rotary account is the welcome mat and gateway to the vast world of Rotary’s on-line resources like Club Central, Brand Center, Learning Center, Showcase, Ideas, Groups, Official Directory and more? Did you know that it is also the place to go to update your personal information and learn […]

At the February 21 meeting, the Board of Directors approved thirteen new members, including Lori Athey, Kati Bauer, Lauren Heinonen, Heather Kendrick, Kate Lewis, Fernando Ortiz, Darlene Sosenko, Carolina Typaldo and Karen Wasco. Also included in the class are Toni Gupta and Greg Holcombe (previously approved by the board). In addition, the board reinstated Karen […]

On Wednesday, Feb. 21, our club welcomed the latest group of Junior Rotarians from Greenhills: Liz Shoenfeld, who intends to get a degree in public health, Richard Shi, who will be pursuing a career in engineering, and Jacob Berger, who plans to follow his dream to become an opera performer.