President Joanne Pierson rang the opening bell at 12:25pm and turned the program over to Tom Strode, who played God Bless America. Kathy Waugh noted that music is important to communities as a whole. It has the power to heal and inspire. She cited two examples. Gabby Giffords was unable to speak after the attempt on […]

Seated: Ken Fischer, Tom Millard. Back row (L to R): Dan Romanchik, Don Deatrick, Barbara Bach, FanFan Zhang, Marlena Studer, Greg Campau, Betsy Hammond, Agnes Reading. Credit: Fred Beutler.   Eleven Rotarians enjoyed the beautiful County Farm Park this Saturday as well as some tasty treats: Dan Romanchik brought some home-made snickerdoodles, made using his […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, May 19 via Zoom. Club membership on April 30 was 254 Active members, plus five Honorary members and seven Inactive Emeriti. Attendance for the month’s four meetings was 33%. Average attendance at each meeting was 85 members plus 14 others. Our Engagement Ratio for the month […]

In the fall of 1920, the Principal of Perry School, Miss Carrie Dicken, sponsored continuing work to assimilate non-English speaking women of the city into local culture. That year, long walks to the school and weather conditions had been affecting attendance. This “Americanization Work” was made easier when Ann Arbor Rotary members put service above […]

The May 12, 2021 meeting opened on Zoom with social time. Past President Rosemarie Rowney was sporting her virtual Rosie the Riveter gear online. Lori Walters opened the meeting and reminded members to make sure that their name is shown accurately in Zoom so attendance can be recorded correctly and to sign in using the […]

Dear Fellow Ann Arbor Rotarians: I am writing to solicit volunteers for the 2021 Golf and Tennis Outing (GTO) to be held on Monday, September 13, 2021 at Fox Hills Golf and Banquet Center in Plymouth, Michigan. I know September seems like a long way off, but we’d like to know we have enough volunteers […]

Fellow Rotarian, Mousumi Banerjee, and Professor at the UM School of Public Health was recently featured in their newsletter. The article “Where Science Meets Humanity: A Story of Suffering and Love in India” is a beautiful and poignant account of  Mousumi’s recent return to her home in Kolkata, India to help her mother get vaccinated […]

“Infections, deaths and breakdowns that began in big cities a few weeks ago are rapidly advancing into rural areas, unleashing deep fear in places with little medical safety net.” NYT May 11, 2021 Today in India the coronavirus crisis is engulfing the healthcare system. The country has been disastrously overwhelmed and on Tuesday India was […]

Part of the Object of Rotary is the “development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.” And while we have been keeping in touch via Zoom and email over the past 15 months, there’s nothing like a face-to-face meeting. With that in mind, Dan Romanchik and Mary Avrakatos decided that it was time to start […]

The Nominating Committee met to select a new Director for Youth Development.  This two year position on the Board is responsible for oversight of Rotaractors, Interactors and RYLA.  The newly elected candidate had recently declined to serve in the position due to competing demands. Arthur Williams graciously accepted the nomination to continue to serve July […]