Dear Ann Arbor Rotarian, I am looking forward to serving as your next President! The Rotary International focus for the upcoming 2023-24 Rotary year is “Focus Hope in the World.” President-elect Gordon R. McInally says: “The goal is to restore hope – to help the world heal from destructive conflicts and, in turn, to help […]

From Susan M. Smith: As a co-host of this exciting Happy Hour/Social Mixer in celebration of AA Kiwanis’ 100th Anniversary (two years late due to Covid), it would be my pleasure to personally invite the Ann Arbor Rotarians to come to the Kiwanis Center on Thursday, June 15 from 4 to 7 pm. While we […]

The following is shared by ARC, the AntiRacism Committee, as we work to implement President Jennifer Jones’ message to all Rotarians: Excerpt from a Message from 2022-23 RI President Jennifer Jones “Dear fellow Rotary member: In Rotary, we celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). It does not matter who you are, who you love, how you worship, whether […]

At the RCAA May 10 meeting the Environmental Action Group announced the April Earth Month Climate Change Heroes. For having completed 3 of 7 environmental challenges during April, Dennis Burke, Alexandra Galens, Shirlee Kipp, Ray More, and John Sepp received SUPER-HERO CERTIFICATES and an e-gift card for Sweetwaters Cafe. (You don’t think we would give […]

More than 100 Ann Arbor Rotarians and guests, including 16 via zoom, met to celebrate four STRIVE scholars on Wednesday, May 10. Dawn Johnson gave etiquette zoom reminders, and President Mark Ouimet rang the bell to start our meeting. Red bow-tied pianist extraordinaire Tom Strode, played My Country Tis of Thee, while the rest of […]

The meeting started at 12:30pm with the singing of our National Anthem with Tom Strode at the piano. Our inspirational message today came from Cyril White, who asked us ‘What is your ‘why’?  Self-help materials says we need a strong ‘why’ to achieve goals and the deeper your why, the more it affects the larger […]

April 26 was a great day to be a Rotarian as RCAA presented the Robert S Northrup Humanitarian Award to Dr. Nelson Edwards. Dr. Edwards was inspired to improve vision to people around the world, after visiting Haiti many years ago as an optometry student at Michigan College of Optometry. He participated in an International […]

ROB NORTHRUP ROTARY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Presented at University Living, Ann Arbor, April 11, 2023 and at Rotary Club of Ann Arbor, April 26, 2023 Rob, you have always been a stand-out person. From Yale University undergrad to Harvard Medicine – you excelled. We are here to honor you. We live our own values by […]

The Rotaract Club had a very successful 2022-2023 program year. 13 new members joined; there were 21 dues-paying members in all, 18 of whom were paired with a Rotarian mentor through the mentor-mentee program that junior Simran Singh coordinated with Don Duquette. A total of 210 hours were volunteered for local service projects. 7 students […]

At 12:30, President Mark Ouimet called the meeting to order in the Anderson Room and on zoom (29 attendees).  Tom Strode led us in “God Bless America”.  Inspiration was provided by Sarah Strader who said “Tout ce qui est fait pour moi, Mais sans moi, Est contre moi” which translates to “Everything that is done […]