Our meeting was called to order today by President Joyce Hunter and Rick Ingram led us in our patriotic song. Rosemarie Rowney provided our inspiration message today….the day marking 23 years since the tragedy of 9/11.  We likely all remember and can easily answer the questions ‘where were you’ and ‘what were you doing that […]

A2SF and the Ann Arbor District Library celebrated some of our community’s most impactful leaders with Monuments by Australian-based visual artist Craig Walsh in early September. It was held in Ann Arbor at Wheeler Park. Built for the great outdoors, Craig Walsh’s Monuments celebrated selected individuals through large-scale, nighttime projected portraits onto live trees in […]

Newish (not quite one year) Rotarian Alexis Antracoli was featured on page 27 in the September 2024 issue of the Ann Arbor Observer. Alexis is the Director of the U-M’s Bentley Historical Library. The article notes her undergraduate time at Boston University, PhD from Brandeis, and Master’s Degree from the U-M School of Information (2011) […]

President Joyce rang the opening bell on our first meeting of the 2024 football season. Rick Ingram played My Country ‘Tis of Thee. Vic Stoffler’s inspiration contrasted parenting styles, one parent harsh and rough denying his son, one family engaged and encouraging the child’s curiosity. He invited us to choose which style  to emulate. Dave […]

Our meeting was called to order today by President Joyce Hunter followed by our patriotic song, compliments of Rick Ingram.  Dave Keren offered our inspirational message today which was tied to our Rotary 4-way Test motto – specifically Is It the TRUTH?  It’s a simple question but one that is not always easy to answer.  […]

The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor’s first yoga retreat, on Saturday and Sunday, August 17-18, 2024 in The Kensington Hotel was a great success. The 50 attendees, mostly non-Rotarians, heard from and practiced with outstanding yoga teachers, including several physicians and health care providers. Attendees received advice on how to manage common conditions and diseases, […]

The STRIVE Committee is looking for volunteers who are interested in helping disadvantaged students pursue their educations. We meet once a month, usually by Zoom. Some of the committee members choose to become mentors who work with the students at Pathways to Success High School once a month. It is a challenging and rewarding experience […]

President Joyce Hunter rang the opening bell at 12:30.   Richard Ingram tuned us up with My Country Tis of Thee. Shelley MacMillan’s Inspiration included two quotes about Preservation, today’s speaker topic. Architectural Historian William Murtaugh said, “It has been said that, at its best, preservation engages the past in a conversation with the present over […]

On the final day of the month our club had 207 Active Members. All membership information is pulled from ClubRunner statistics. Attendance for July’s meetings was 30% (down 4% from last month). Average attendance at each meeting was 61 members and 6 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 47% (down 9% from last […]

Our club members brought red, white and blue balloons and colorful signs to the Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Saturday August 17 to welcome Tamaki Miura, our club’s exchange student from Japan.  The welcoming crew included Tamaki’s host family (Sara and Todd Maddock, Ashton and Ainsley), FanFan Zheng, Laura Valencia (former Rotary exchange student), Steve Ragsdale […]