VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. Join the Environmental Action Group’s first sustainability action – a community SWAP day in the Bryant neighborhood on February 3rd and 4th! This event is an opportunity for residents to share materials and resources they no longer need with their neighbors. If you’re able and interested in volunteering, please send a note to […]

The Academy of Natural Sciences says that individual actions can truly make a difference. Since January is the darkest month of the year, the ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION GROUP is calling for REDUCE YOUR JUICE JANUARY. Turn off lights, buy LEDs, Reduce the wattage; Avoid multiple fittings; Use multiple switches; Install dimmers; Use lamps; Install motion detectors; […]

(Thanks to history.com for this article with some background behind RI’s goal to eradicate polio) Franklin Delano Roosevelt, an adult victim of polio, founds the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which he later renamed the March of Dimes Foundation, on January 3, 1938. A predominantly childhood disease in the early 20th century, polio wreaked havoc […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. On the final day of the month of November our club had 231 Active Members. Attendance for the month’s four meetings was 38% (up 10% from last month). Average attendance at each meeting was 88 members and 8 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for […]

RI Month of Disease Prevention & Treatment December 14, 2022 President Mark Ouimet welcomed a festive and happy crowd in the Union’s Anderson Room and a smiling array of Rotary Zoomers to Wednesday’s meeting. Our Club’s Orchestra, led and performed by ivory tickler extraordinaire Tom Strode, played our National Anthem. Eli Savit gave our inspirational […]

Actually, you need to do more than just smile. You have to sign up for Amazon Smile (smile.amazon.com) and identify a charity to receive a small percentage of the cost of each purchase you make there. Amazon Smile is exactly the same as the regular Amazon in all respects except for the donation it makes […]

December 9, 2022 ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION GROUP Please check out our new webpage. https://www.a2rotary.org/current-members/committees/environmental-action-group/ Offer suggestions, additions, comments to heinonen.lauren@gmail.com. Green Question Box: What questions do you have about the environment? Climate change? Recycling? EAG aspires to be a club resource. We will answer any member’s question on environmental issues. Please submit your question to the […]

Former Ann Arbor Rotarian John Psarouthakis passed away on December 2, 2022 at age 90 after an exceptionally eventful and productive life. He was a member of our club from 1988-1994 and again from 2005-2007. John was a recipient of a Distinguished Service Award, our Club’s highest honor. Click here  for the obituary in MLive […]

Rotary members bring cheer again to veterans  Many thanks to our generous Club members and to  Ann Arbor North for their donations.  On Thursday December 8th twelve Rotary members, spouses and friends helped pack 104 hygiene kits for the Veterans at the VA hospital in Ann Arbor. Everyone agreed it was a fun and great experience.  We delivered […]

Your mandatory $200 Community Service Assessment (CSA) is due December 31, 2022! The CSA is part of the 1-2-3 Annual Contributions. Members are also invited to make a voluntary donation to the Ann Arbor Rotary Foundation and to the Foundation of Rotary International (EREY/PolioPlus). Visit our website for online payment options, as well as information about […]