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 time thus becoming the “Golf & Pickleball Outing” or GPO.
For the evening program, Immediate Past President Mark Ouimet was Master of Ceremonies. He lead the attendees in a remembrance of 9/11 and lead the evening’s program. Current Club President Mark Foster discussed the long list of RCAA’s accomplishments over the past year. He was followed by Past President Joanne Pierson who conducted the 50/50 raffle that netted the Club $1,100. Featured dinner speaker University of Michigan Hall of Fame Coach Carol Hutchins kept the audience enthralled as she discussed the history and impact of Title IX not just on college sports at U of M but on U of M in general.
Event Chair Roy More said, “What sets this event apart from most other fundraisers is that it does not fund the Club’s operations but expands the things the Club can do for our community in the coming year.” The event’s topline was second only to the Club’s 2016 100th Anniversary Gala.
Pictures from the event’s photographer, Club member John White, can be found at this web-site link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1e541LYsP7z218cg5aoS1kvPUOBJrEP_F?usp=sharing
Thanks go to the Rotary GPO Planning Committee members including:
Bob Buckler, Joe Diederich, Shari Faulhaber, Mark Foster, Norm Herbert, Charlie Koopman, Roy More, Mark Ouimet, Agnes Reading, Greg Stejskal, Kate Van Horn, Lori Walters, Kathy Waugh
The event also received great volunteer support throughout the day from:
Laurie Atwood, Mary Avrakotos, JoAnn Barrett, Nishta Bhatia, Dennis Burke, Ugur Cetin, Marsha Chamberlin, Don Deatrick, Downs Herold, Carolyn Hiatt, Pattie Katcher, Ray Kelley, Linda Kentes, Robert Kipp, Shirlee Kipp, Terry Linden, Shelley MacMillan, Larry Marentette, Shelly McCormick, Bill McPherson, Tom Millard, Robert Mull, Kristin Nederveld, Grace Omar, Molly Omar, Sarah Paspal-Jasinski, Joanne Pierson, Dave Prentice-Hyers, Tori Price, Dan Romanchik, Leo Shedden, Susan Shipman, Pat Stejskal, Victor Stoeffler, John White, Ed Wier, Carol Williams, Dave Williams, Nana Yawson, Wendy Zielen
