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Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North

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RCAAN Meeting location is University Living 2865 South Main Street Ann Arbor, MI 48103, View Map.

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Day of the Month	Event	Time
First Monday of the Month	Board Meeting	07:00 PM
Second Thursday of the Month	Meeting with Program	12:00 PM
Third Thursday of the Month	No Meeting
Fourth Thursday of the Month	Meeting with Program	12:00 PM
If Month has Five Weeks	The first week will not have a meeting

Web-Site: http://www.rcaan.org

E-mail Address: rotaryclubaan@gmail.com

Phone Number: (734)224-4130

RCAAN Lunch Meeting: Chris Stein, Protecting Earth
Ann Arbor Library Pittsfield Branch- Muskrat Room
Aug 25, 2022 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

Zoom Board Meeting & Club Assembly
Zoom
Sep 06, 2022 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

RCAAN Lunch Meeting: Chris Taylor, Ann Arbor Mayor
University Living Ann Arbor
Sep 08, 2022 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

Tote Bag Project: Sunday Artisan Market
Sunday Artisan Market
Sep 11, 2022

RCAAN Lunch Meeting: Dr. Brent Lufgen, Researcher
University Living Ann Arbor
Sep 22, 2022

Tote Bag Project: Dexter Farmers' Market
Dexter Famers' Market
Sep 24, 2022 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Zoom Board Meeting & Club Assembly
Zoom
Oct 03, 2022 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

RCAAN Lunch Meeting: D.G. Bala Murthy, D.G. Visit
University Living Ann Arbor
Oct 13, 2022 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

RCAAN Lunch Meeting
University Living Ann Arbor
Oct 27, 2022 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

Tote Bag Project: Dexter Farmers' Market
Dexter Famers' Market
Oct 29, 2022 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM

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Chris Stein Talks About Operation Pollination At The RCAAN Lunch Meeting On Aug. 25th.

Posted on Aug 25, 2022

At the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North Lunch Meeting on August 25, 2022, Scott Nelson filled in for Pres Bob Specht who was under the weather.

The presentation at the meeting was given by Chris Stein, who talked about Operation Pollination.

About Operation Pollination:

Operation Pollination is a group that recognizes the importance of pollinator habitat both restored and maintained on public and private lands. Through collaboration and outreach with partners, an interconnected mosaic of pollinator habitat (with core public areas) will be developed to stabilize and/or increase populations of pollinator species throughout project areas.

Given the breadth, severity and persistence of pollinator loss, it is critical to expand efforts to reverse these losses and help restore pollinator populations to healthy levels. Our Chris said the goal of Operation Pollination is to collaboratively and strategically protect and enhance pollinator species and their habitat on public and private lands by:

Increase and Improve Pollinator Habitat: Work to develop a network of Pollinator friendly habitat on public and private lands;
Public-Private Partnerships: Develop strategic partnerships to improve or create habitat for pollinators as well as provide educational opportunities within the scope of the resolution
Education: Encourage voluntary, collaborative and locally led conservation that has proven to be effective in maintaining and enhancing working landscapes.

Rotary Involvement:

In June of 2020 the Rotary International Board of Directors and the The Rotary Foundation Trustees added “supporting the environment” as the 7th Area of Focus. The Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group (ESRAG) provided both the documentation and the leadership in this effort, and is a partner in Operation Pollination, embracing the effort as an ESRAG Project.

Getting Involved?

Chris talked about how The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North can get involved. There is 3 easy steps in becoming involved with Operation Pollination:

Develop your own pollinator resolution.
Enlist partners to sign a pollinator pledge.
- Partners can be large or small, for profit or not-for-profit, government or non-government.
Put partner names on the back of your resolution.
- Obtain Widespread Media Attention about your Operation Pollination Project.

Operation Pollination Event in Windsor CA.

On September 10, 2022 Bala Murthy (and our own Scott Nelson) is going to sign an Operation Pollination Pledge for District 6380. The event is to celebrate the launch of the "Monarch Butterfly 60,000 Tree Challenge".

Kel Keller Talks About Thomas Jefferson's and Sally Hemings Relationship.

Posted on Aug 11, 2022

At August 11, 2022 Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North Lunch Meeting at Ann Arbor's Pittsfield Branch Library due to a Covid-19 outbreak at University Living, our speaker was Kel Keller who is an author of history on slavery.

Kel's subject of his talk was about the relationship of the United States 3rd President Thomas Jefferson and his relationship with a slave names Sally Hemings.

Like countless enslaved women, Sally Hemings bore children fathered by her owner. Female slaves had no legal right to refuse unwanted sexual advances. Sally Hemings was the child of an enslaved woman and her owner, as were five of her siblings.

Sally was the half Sister of Martha Jefferson. They shared the same father, little is documented about them, both are industrious, and both had at least 6 children and lost children at infancy.

When Sally Hemings was 14, she was chosen by Jefferson’s sister-in-law to accompany his daughter Maria to Paris, France, as a domestic servant and maid in Jefferson’s household. In France Sally was legally free. Sally was reunited with her older brother James, whom Jefferson had brought with him two years earlier to study French cooking. They lived at Jefferson's residence, the Hôtel de Langeac. Maria (Polly) and Martha (Patsy), Jefferson’s older daughter who was already in Paris, lived primarily at the Abbaye Royale de Panthemont, where they were boarding students.

Shortly after her arrival, Jefferson’s records indicate that Sally was inoculated against smallpox, a common and deadly disease during that time.

Sally received training—especially in needlework and the care of clothing—to suit her for her position as lady's maid to Jefferson's daughters and was occasionally paid a monthly wage of twelve livres (the equivalent of two dollars).

Sally was transported from the plantations of Virginia to what Jefferson described as “the vaunted scene of Europe!” Unlike countless enslaved women, Sally Hemings was able to negotiate with her owner. At 16-year-old agreed to return to enslavement at Monticello in exchange for “extraordinary privileges” for herself and freedom for her unborn children. Over the next 32 years Hemings raised four children

Sally Hemings had at least six children fathered by Thomas Jefferson. Four survived to adulthood. Decades after their negotiation, Jefferson freed all of Sally Hemings’s children – Beverly and Harriet left Monticello in the early 1820s; Madison and Eston were freed in his will and left Monticello in 1826.

Also at the August 11th meeting Lee Halsted visited the meeting to drop off our Peace Pole that we are going to put into the Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden at Gallup Park.

Kel Keller talking about Thomas Jefferson and Sally Heming's relationship.

Lee Halsted gives the Peace Pole to Ann Arbor North.

Dr Ursula Jakob's Talked About Old Age Research At The RCAAN Lunch Meeting.

Posted on Jul 28, 2022

At the July 28, 2022 Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North Lunch Meeting on July 28th, Dr. Ursula Jakob's talk about aging research. Ursula is a professor of Biological Chemistry at the University of Michigan.

Ursula started out telling the club that life expectancy in the United States is 79.05 years.

How do we study aging? Gerontology is the study of the physical aspects of aging, as well as the mental, social and societal implications of aging.

We study aging because from a public health perspective, aging is also the critical risk factor for a variety of human pathologies, including neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, many forms of cancer and metabolic disease/type II diabetes, which have become much more prevalent in the elderly.

Aging Scientist's study aging by using yeast, worms, fish, mice etc...

Ursula talked about anti-aging inventions that extend life expectancy:

Calorie Restriction: A dietary intervention that is low in calories but maintains proper nutrition, is the only intervention known to date that consistently decreases the biological rate of aging and increases both average and maximal lifespan.
Rapamycin: Rapamycin treatment late in life can increase lifespan and reverse the age-related decline in cardiac function, vascular dysfunction, and cognition in mice.
Metformin: Metformin works by helping to restore the body's response to insulin. It decreases the amount of blood sugar that the liver produces and that the intestines or stomach absorb. Preliminary studies suggest that metformin may actually slow aging and increase life expectancy by improving the body's responsiveness to insulin, antioxidant effects, and improving blood vessel health.
Exercise: physical activity and exercise are well-established countermeasures against muscle aging, and have been shown to attenuate age-related decreases in muscle mass, strength, and regenerative capacity, and slow or prevent impairments in muscle metabolism.
Hormesis: Hormesis is a phenomenon in which adaptive responses to low doses of otherwise harmful factors (also called mild stressors) make cells and organisms more robust.

Also at the meeting Gail Scott showed us the Rotary Reusable Bags that we are giving out at the Farmer Market this year. The first one is coming up in a few weeks.

Dr Ursula Jakob talks about aging.

Gail Scott shows off the Rotary Bags for the Tote Bag/Membership Project.

At July 14th, Ann Arbor North Lunch Meeting Pres. Bob Had An Assembly.

Posted on Jul 14, 2022

At July 14, 2022, the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North Lunch Meeting, which was totally virtual because of an COVID-19 outbreak at University Living.

Pres. Bob made may announcements at the meeting:

Bob Greenough's memorial service is July 24th from 1-4 at his home (More information click here)
Meet The Governor is July 21st at Kensington Metro Park (More information click here)
Bags Membership Project: Bags are coming soon. Gail described more about the project and the volunteer scheduling.
Lastly Scott talked about operation pollination. Scott talked to DG Balla M. about a District Project that works on helping plants pollinate. Scott described at the Oyamel Fir Tree for saving the Monarch Butterfly. Click here for more information.

Rotary District 6380 Environmental Day Event 2022.

Posted on Apr 23, 2022

On April 23, 2022, the Rotary District 6380 celebrated Earth Day by having an Environmental Workday at Vestergaard Farms located at 4408 S. Wagner Rd. Ann Arbor.

Scott Nelson talked about Rotary's new seventh Area of Focus Environmental and a project he participates in called Plant Based Diet.

Max Vestergaard talked about the Vestergaard Farm. It is a family run farm which practices pasture-based farming with rotational grazing, prioritizing the well-being of our livestock. Their animals are raised humanely, sustainably and processed locally.

T.C. Collins then talked about Willow Run Acres and how he started his organization. Willow Run Acres offers educational/gardening classes for all skills/age levels, garden safety classes, yearly Potato Day Programs, food distribution, service the community with weekly/monthly clean-up sessions, gardening wellness sites, role modeling/mentor opportunities, and other community engagements.

After the three talked the group went out to T.C. 's gardening beds and we wedded, mulched and moved beds.

The day ended with a lunch with Jimmy Jone's Sandwich's, chips and cookies.

Environmental Day 2022 Photos

Scott Nelson (Rotary club of Ann Arbor North), T.C. Collins (Willow Run Acres)

and Max Vestergaard (Vestergaard Farm and Market)

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Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North By-Laws

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Ann Arbor Area Rotary Clubs

Due to the COVID-19 virus, clubs locations and times may have changed. For the most current information go to clubs home page.

Ann Arbor:

Wednesday, 12:00 p.m., Michigan Union 530 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.

Ann Arbor North:

Second & Fourth Thursday's, 12:00 p.m., University Living of Ann Arbor, 2865 South Main Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, In person and Zoom meeting is available.

Ann Arbor West:

First & Third Monday's, 5:30 p.m., Absolute Title

Chelsea:

Tuesday, 12:15 p.m., The Common Grill Restaurant

Dexter:

Thursday, 7:30 a.m., Fillmore

Milan:

First & Third Tuesdays, 12:00 p.m., Milan School District Board Room, Second & Fourth Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m., Milan American Legion Post

Saline:

Thursday, 12:00 p.m., 109 West Michigan Ave., Saline, MI 48176

Ypsilanti:

Monday, 11:45 p.m., Meets on Zoom

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Meeting Day & Time: 2nd and 4th Thursday's of the month at 12:00 pm | Meeting Address: University Living of Ann Arbor, 2865 South Main Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 (View Map) |

Web Site: http://www.rcaan.org | E-Mail: rotaryclubaan@gmail.com | Phone: (734)224-4130 |