Rotarians, we are getting together at Dominick’s on Friday, September 23rd 5PM to have a Happy Hour. If you would like to attend either click the link below, or email John Sepp.  If we get 10 or more participants John will try to get reserved section. Register: http://evite.me/cztZH1cRwf

“The Hills Are Alive”  with the sound of Steve Pierce in the role of Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music. Rotary Social and Membership committees have put together an outing on Sunday, September 25th at The Village Theater in Canton, MI for a 3:00 PM matinee. Let’s all be there and support the […]

The September 7, 2022 meeting opened on Zoom and at the Michigan Union with social time. At 12:29, President Ouimet started the meeting and expressed gratitude for the largest number of in-person attendees since the pandemic.  Tom Strode led us in “America (My Country ‘tis of Thee)”.  Inspiration was provided by Peg Talburt who provided […]

The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor is participating in the State of Michigan Adopt-A-Highway Program and has been identified with roadway signs as responsible for trash pick-up on a 2.1 mile stretch of I-94 between Platt Road and State Street. Date for this year’s fall pick-up is Saturday, October 1st. Start time will be 9:00am. […]

You’re invited to attend the following event, part of the ongoing Rotary Peace Conference movement:  

On Friday, August 26, 2022, 10 Rotarians, guests, and new members gathered at Gallup Park for an inspiring tour of the Embracing Our Differences installation. Our docent Linda Grekin provided some history about the project and shared interesting background as we visited each display. Each canvas has a drawing and a quote about Embracing Our […]

12:30 Emily Olson reminded all attendees of the Zoom Etiquette.      12:31 Tom Strode played the “Star Spangled Banner” as the Patriotic Song. 12:32 For the weekly inspiration, Rotary member Greg Stejskal shared a piece describing the current, tangible political division that the United States finds itself in as a country. He read the quote […]

The air is starting to feel crisper now that the football season is upon us. Soon leaves will start falling and, before you know it, winter will be here. Need help with your fall cleanup? Do you have other projects that could use some willing hands? Consider using Rent-A-Rotaractor. Our undergraduate Rotarians are available to […]

When the Michigan Union opened in 1919, our club was one of the first organizations to hold its meetings there. We have met in the venerable building ever since, except for short periods due to wartime priorities and renovations. In 2012, we documented our long relationship with a plaque mounted outside the hallway to the […]

The catchy title above is one of the highlights of an article in the September issue of Rotary magazine. The title is “Get connected: How to build outreach (and membership) for your club. Written by Patrick Galvin, a Rotarian in Portland OR, it synopsizes a new set of strategies for recruiting, which he shared in […]