Rotary Club Of Ann Arbor North
 
Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North meeting location is at Dixboro United Methodist Church at 5221 Church Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 View Map.
 
 
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1st Monday of the Month: Board Meeting at 7 PM
2nd & 4th Thursday of the Month: Meeting with Program at 12 PM
3rd Thursday of the Month: No Meeting
If Month has Five Weeks: The first week will not have a meeting
 
 
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Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North Mission Statement
 
The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North is a service group dedicated to the complementary purposes of fellowship and service to others, accomplished through a variety of local and international projects with broad member participation in partnership with other people and organizations, in the spirit of Rotary International.
 
Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North Vision Statement
 
The Rotary Cub of Ann Arbor North envisions a club of vibrant, active people who enjoy their membership. We seek to recruit new like minded members to help us take and maintain a leadership role in our community and in Rotary, demonstrating our commitment to action and ideals.
Stories
Scott Talked About Plant Based Diet at Meeting Today.
Posted on Jan 11, 2026
Thomas Okubo joined us for our meeting to provide an update on the Peru Neonatology Equipment Global Grant being led by the Yale Roteract Club.  Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North is a supporting club on this project.  Club member Manish Mehta has offered his expertise in global grant projects and has helped to secure a $5,000 D6380 Foundation Grant to support the project.
 
Scott Nelson also shared on his Rotary Action Group. 
 
 
 
RCAAN Christmas Party on December 11th.
Posted on Dec 17, 2025
RCAAN Christmas Party
December 11,  2025 RCAAN had their annual holiday party. 14 Rotarians and family members came together to kick off the season. We were so busy enjoying each other's company that no pictures were taken of the actual event. Instead of our typical holiday white elephant exchange, we decided to collect food for Food Gatherers.  In this time when so many people are facing insecurity, rotarians step up. Fourteen Rotarians filled the back of my car with much needed supplies.
 
 
Anne Nauts, Rotary Peace.
Posted on Nov 13, 2025
Anne Nauts
Anne Nauts was our speaker on November 13th and talked about Rotary Peace initiatives. As a humanitarian organization, peace is a cornerstone of our mission. We believe when people work to create peace in their communities, that change can have a global effect.
 
Anne described the peace groups in Rotary, and some events that are being planned:
  • Rotary Action Group for Peace
  • Rotary Action Group for Peace- Great Lakes Chapter
  • Rotary District 6380 Peace Committee
 
 
Ann Arbor Rotary Clubs Joined Forces to “Send Hunger Packing”
Posted on Nov 09, 2025
Send Hunger Packing
On November 8, 2025 the three Ann Arbor Rotary Clubs—Ann Arbor North, Rotary Club of Ann Arbor, and Ann Arbor West—joined forces once again with Kids Coalition Against Hunger to  host their fourth annual Send Hunger Packing event.
 
More than 200 volunteers from across the community, including students from Skyline, Saline, and Huron High School Interact Clubs and the University of Michigan Rotaract Club, along with members of Rotary clubs from District 6380 packed around 60,000 nutritious meals in just a few hours—meals that will support families facing food insecurity locally, nationally, and globally.
 
• Locally, food packs will be distributed through Food Gatherers and Packard Health in Ann Arbor
 
• Nationally and internationally, meals are being shipped to disaster relief zones,
 
including recent shipments to Jamaica following hurricane devastation. The Send Hunger Packing initiative raised over $20,000 (exceeding our goal of $17,500!) for this year’s event. This project is about neighbors helping neighbors—students, families, and community members coming together to make a difference.
 
 
 
Veterans For Peace: October 23. 2025.
Posted on Oct 26, 2025
Three members from Veterans For Peace spoke to our club on October 23rd. This organization strives to help people understand the true consequences of war. Through their activities, they support conflict resolution, peace and understanding. A subgroup of VFP is a group called Save our VA. This group runs a suicide hot line and advocates for saving the current level of client care.
 
 
Marcia McGrary: Genealogical Society
Posted on Sep 25, 2025
Marcia Mcgrary, from the Genealogical Society of Washtenaw County Shared information on the mission and the society at September 25th RCAAN Luncheon.
 
Mission and Purpose:
  • Assist members in genealogical studies
  • Encourage the collection and preservation of family and public records
  • Promote the exchange of genealogical information​
 
 
Thomas Okubo From Rotaract Yale University Talked at July 24th Meeting.
Posted on Jul 25, 2025

 

 

We had the pleasure of having Thomas Okubo speak to the club on Thursday, July 24, 2025.  Thomas hales from Belville Michigan and is an undergraduate at Yale University.  He is the Treasurer of the Yale Rotaract club. Thomas is home for the summer and asked to speak to our club regarding is experience in Rotary and to ask for feedback/suggestions on his club's upcoming global grant. 

The grant will provide medical equipment for the Simon Bolivar hospital in Cajamarca, Peru.  The host club for the grant is the Rotary Club of Cajamarca.  The Rotary Club of New Haven is the advising club.

Four club members stepped forward to personally support the efforts of Thomas and his club.  We so enjoyed this kind, competent and articulate young man.
 
Right now, I'm home for the summer here in Michigan and I was hoping to visit your club to learn from how you run things, ask for feedback/suggestions on our ongoing projects, and to fundraise for an upcoming global grant we're doing.
 
Dutch Nie Talks About His Position as Funeral Director.
Posted on Jul 11, 2025
Dutch Nie
 
Dutch Nie, owner of Nie Family Funeral Home, spoke to Ann Arbor North about the changes in the funeral industry over the last 25 years.  He explained that the more traditional funeral services are in less demand then in the past.  Many people are opting for alternative arrangements and forgoing the traditional cemetery burial.   Options like cremation, teramation, aquamation, solidified parting stones, scattering, donation etc. are much more accessible and more often chosen today.  Dutch also touched on the importance of pre-planning.  Pre-planning can be as simple as writing down your wishes for your family to a fully pre-planned and pre-paid arrangement.  Pre-planning helps to ease the burden on family.  Pre-paying locks in your costs which helps families financially.  Ann Arbor North offers thanks to fellow Rotarian Dutch Nie for a helpful and informative session!! 
 
Manish Mehta Talks about Trip to the Earth X Conference.
Posted on May 22, 2025
Manish Mehta
 
At May 22nd Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North Luncheon Manish Mehta talked about his trip to Dallas Texas where he attended the Earth X Conference.
 
EarthX is an international nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to educating and inspiring people and organizations to take action towards a more sustainable future worldwide. They assemble and connect people all over the globe to explore sustainable solutions.
 
This years Conference was April 21st and April 22nd. The following is a day to day experiences wrote by Manish:
 
  • Am honored to represent sustainability professionals and speak on behalf of Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group (ESRAG) at the EarthX Conference in Dallas this week…I will be speaking on Operation Pollinators and Plant-Rich Diets for Human and Planetary Health…will promote our 15-Day PRD Challenge launching on Earth Day. See ESRAG Plant Rich Diet Task Force for more details and to sign up. Delighted to catch up with the EarthX top leadership on Day 1: Founder Trammell S. Crow (a Texan businessman, entrepreneur and innovative leader who is the founder of EarthX, an international nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to educating and inspiring people and organizations to take action towards a more sustainable future worldwide), CEO Rajan Singh (with whom I share common East African diaspora roots), and Rotary Experience Organizer Steve Bender. It’s going to be a fun and exciting week promoting green tech in Texas!
 
  • Sharing highlights from my Earth Day (April 22) talks on various ESRAG initiatives at the 2025 EarthX The Rotary Experience session held in Dallas on Pollinators and Plant-Rich Diets to mark the launch of the 15-Day Challenge. I owe thanks for many slide inputs provided by Rotarians Christopher Stein of National Parks Service on Pollinator Partnerships, Scott R Nelson, Dawn Angela Byford, Ambaree Majumder - Ambee and Kris CameronThe EarthX evening Gala dinner and amazing Rock Concert-style performances brought out the nostalgia with classic hits of Pink Floyd (saxophonist Scott Page) and The Doobie Brothers (guitarist Jeff Baxter)…these same rock stars who served as activists on sustainability tech panels by day transformed the Hilton Anatole Ballroom into a rock concert hall by night…what a treat!
 
  • On Day 4 of www.EarthX.org, Delighted to be interviewed by Reporter Kareena Dhillon at EarthX Conference on what I am passionate about that brought me to the 2025 EarthX Conference…look for the segment on EarthXTV.BT I Besides narrating my personal story of migration, beliefs and humanitaria ESRAG Plant Rich Diet Task Force Rich Diet Task Force’s recent launch of the 15-Day Plant-Rich Challenge, Food Waste mitigation strategies, and Operation Pollinators and gardens that Rotary clubs and community institutions can establish…From Project Drawdown, “Animal agriculture is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions. Favoring plant-based foods reduces demand, thereby reducing land clearing, fertilizer use, and greenhouse gas emissions.”Also was pleased to see the presence of two Brahmakumari teachers and two Jain nuns from Siddhyatan Retreat in Dallas, Sadhvi Siddhali Shree and Sadhvi Anubhuti hosted by EarthX Founder Trammell Crow…Met a movie producer who scouts globally for highlighting the story of earth innovators and is now focused on documenting Jugaad ideas and holding pitch competitions in India and South-East Asia.
Fr Dale Jamison, from St Mary Navajo Mission Talked at the RCAAN Luncheon Today.
Posted on May 08, 2025
Fr. Dale Jamison
 
Fr Dale Jamison, from St Mary Navajo Mission was our speaker at the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North Luncheon on May 8th. Fr. Dale Jamison, OFM, is the Pastor of St. Mary Navajo Mission, Tohatchi, NM.
 
Fr. Dale started his talk with, imagine life without running water, gas and electricity. Outhouses for toilets. Woodburning stoves are the only source of heat. walks to the mountains for wood, and to natural springs to fill containers with water for drinking, cooking and bathing. On top of these hardships, there’s food insecurity and barely enough money for clothes and other necessities. This is reality for families living in run-down trailer homes and hogans (octagonal-shaped, single-room dwellings) around Tohatchi on the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico.
 
In the more “urban” part of town, population 1,100, it’s common for families to welcome unhoused relatives into the small cinder block homes they lease from the federal government. Most of the housing is old and in need of repair and the occupants, usually upwards of a dozen, often share one vehicle. Although the homes have plumbing and utilities, it’s a struggle to put food on the table.
 
FR. Dale say's Rotary can help by giving money to repair the many homes and buildings that are in disrepair at the mission.
 
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