The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. On the final day of August, our club had 217 Active Members. The average attendance at each meeting was 90 members and 3 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 57% (up 10% from last month). We had no new members and […]

The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor (RCAA) held its 20th annual fundraising event this past Monday, September 11 at Barton Hills Country Club. The highly successful day and evening was a great time for participants and volunteers alike. It was the largest Rotary gathering since the COVID pandemic. The event also included pickleball for the first […]

The September 6, 2023 meeting opened on Zoom (29 members on zoom) and in person at the University of Michigan’s Anderson Room. At 12:32, President Foster called the meeting to order.  Tom Strode led us in “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee”.  Inspiration was provided by Ryan Peterson who talked the transition into fall about embracing […]

President Mark rang the opening bell about ten minutes late due to UM’s internet issues. After Tom Strode played a patriotic song, Arthur Williams read a Hiam Ginott quote about the power of teachers. Anna Byberg invited us to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries. A very enthusiastic Lori Walters thanked all the people who have pitched […]

Join the Rotary Road Waste Warriors for the club’s fall highway trash pickup scheduled for Saturday, September 30. Participants in groups of four will be assigned to less than a city block in length, on one side of the highway (I-94 between State and Platt), to help pitch-in against the never-ending battle to eliminate highway […]

The number four has long held significance in Rotary. “Four” example: the four founders, the Four-Way Test, the four-part Object of Rotary, and the four Avenues of Service (before Youth was recently added as the fifth). Did you know there are four principal ways for you to make an electronic connection with our esteemed organization? […]

Representatives from our club met recently with a visiting Rotarian Minal Goyal, President Palmville Rotary Club of Bangalore, India.  She is pictured here in a flag exchange with John Sepp and President Mark Foster.

A lot of people (not necessarily Rotarians) simply don’t know the proper conduct when the national anthem is played. According to the revised Flag Code passed in 1985 by the 99th Congress, the right hand over the heart is standard procedure for all Americans. When paying respect to the Flag of the United States of America […]

58 Ann Arbor Rotarians met via zoom for our August 23 meeting. The Comcast Blues was sung by many on our pre-zoom chat as well as how the Coach-on-the-Sidelines will play out for the Wolverines this fall. Steve Kesler advised us of our zoom etiquette and President Mark rang the coffee thermos “bell” to begin […]

The August 16, 2023 meeting opened on Zoom (24 members on zoom) and in person at the University of Michigan’s Anderson Room. At 12:31, President Foster called the meeting to order.  Tom Strode led us in “America the Beautiful”. Inspiration was provided by Bob Buchanan who talked about the importance a smile.  Bob’s inspiration is […]