Former President Susan Froelich called our meeting to order today as she is filling in for President Joyce Hunter.  Thank you to Jody Tull who lead us in singing ‘America the Beautiful’ as our patriotic song.   Our inspirational message today was provided by Dennis Burke who spoke about a powerful 1964 University of Michigan commencement […]

President Joyce opened the meeting  with the  singing of the Star Spangled Banner Kathy Waugh then read The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost for a wonderful inspiration, and Dave Keosaian led our singing of  “In The Good Ole Summer Time and The Sidewalks of New York, accompanied by Jody Tull. We had three guests […]

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Past President Mark Ouimet reclaimed the podium for this meeting and rang the opening bell at 12:30. Jody Tull deSalis accompanied us in “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”. Carolyn Hiatt shared her thoughts on why THIS Club is so special. She celebrated the individual kindnesses and inclusiveness she sees every week , and the dedication […]

Recent figures from RI show a total of 36,530 Rotary Clubs with a total of 1,145,462 Active Rotarians. Thus, the average club has 31 members. The median is 25. At 202, our club ranks in the 99.8 percentile. We are 82nd in the world and 44th in the US. The big shift in recent years […]

A good crowd turned out for Wednesday’s lunch meeting, and when President Joyce rang the bell promptly at 12:30 pm, we all rose to sing a patriotic song. Joyce then called on past president John Ackenhusen to give a short remembrance of Rob Northrop, who recent passed away. We then observed a moment of silence […]

On the final day of the month of June our club had 214 Active Members. Attendance for June’s meetings was 34% (down 6% from last month). Average attendance at each meeting was 72 members and 5 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 56% (down 11% from last month). June’s membership saw six terminations […]

The meeting began with a ringing of the bell by President Joyce Hunter.  President Hunter began the meeting with a video of the late Tom Strode’s Star Spangled Banner, followed by a moment of silence for Tom’s passing. Rosemary Rowney shared inspiration for success. Jim Irwin shared fond memories of Tom Strode’s music, and we […]

Your club’s Program Committee has been hard at work filling out our meeting schedule with speakers and programs designed to: • Excite and Entice (get potential attendees, and not just our own Rotarians, to want to come to meetings and events) • Enlighten, Educate, and/or Entertain (once in the room or on Zoom, give them […]

We are excited to announce that the 21st Annual Golf and Pickleball Outing (GPO) is scheduled for September 16, 2024. We are thrilled to be returning to the historical and elegant Barton Hills Country Club! The GPO is our club’s signature fundraiser that allows RCAA to fund our “Helping Kids Succeed” scholarship programs, distribute grants […]