Despite some confusion over the location of the gavel, the bell was rung at 12 noon, and we started the meeting by singing a patriotic song, and Dennis Burke’s inspiration reminded us that we are part of a number of communities, including the Ann Arbor community and the Rotary community. After recognizing Jody Tull as […]

Richard “Dick” C. Marsh passed away on September 27, 2024 at his home in Ann Arbor after a long illness. He was the son of Harold and Helen (Dunford) Marsh. He grew up in Dearborn as the son of the local Chevrolet dealer in the hometown of the Ford Motor Company. This background resulted in […]

On Sunday September 22, 18 Rotarians, Rotaractors, and a couple of guests spent their morning cleaning up I-94 as part of the semi-annual MDOT Adopt-A-Highway program. If you drive along there between State Street and Platt Road, you might notice a couple of sections that are quite a bit tidier. That is because this amazing […]

President Joyce Hunter rang the bell to begin our meeting, and dynamo pianist Jody Tull de Salis played My Country Tis of Thee for us all to sing along. Next year’s President, Dawn Johnson, gave a spot-on inspirational welcome thanking DTE for providing our area with energy, and noted that we are our best selves […]

On the final day of the month our club had 205 Active Members. All membership information is pulled from ClubRunner statistics. Attendance for August’s meetings was 29% (down 1% from last month). Average attendance at each meeting was 59 members and 7 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 48% (up 1% from last […]

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.  […]