News & Events

Recently, The Washtenaw 100's esteemed board chair Amy Reiser – smiling at you from the photo below – was interviewed by local radio host Lucy Ann Lance for a "Community Cares" segment about the support our organization provides for the area's public safety...

Do you know that a portion of your purchases through Amazon can help to fund The Washtenaw 100's work in supporting our area's police officers and firefighters, their families, and their departments? It's true. Though a program called AmazonSmiles, you can designate...

This year, The Washtenaw 100 will grant a total of nearly $20,000 to area police and fire departments to help them obtain needed new equipment for safe and effective emergency response: The City of Ann Arbor's Police Department will receive almost $6,000 from W100 to...

Chief Bill Wagner – the Director of Public Safety for Northfield Township, responsible for the Township’s Police and Fire Departments – has joined The Washtenaw 100’s Board of Directors.

The Washtenaw 100’s Annual Dinner this October will coincide almost exactly with our organization’s founding in the fall of 1971. Think of it: We’ve been supporting the families of fallen law enforcement officers and fire fighters for a half-century.

Thanks and a big tip of the fire cap to Chief Robert Vogel of the South Lyon Fire Department. Chief Vogel will soon retire from The Washtenaw 100’s board, where he has provided invaluable service since 2016. He’ll remain a W100 member. Chief Vogel’s connection to W100...

The Washtenaw 100’s new board chair for 2021 – our 50th year – is Amy Reiser, the Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of Washtenaw County. Amy succeeds Howard S. Holmes II of Chelsea Milling Company (Jiffy Mix), who served as board chair for the past two years, and remains...

New this year to The Washtenaw 100’s board of directors is Lindsay Kendrick, the marketing and human resources director for Knight’s Restaurants and Markets, which have been an Ann Arbor-area institution since 1952. 

When Howard and Norma Weaver founded H & H Distributing in 1964, they could only hope that their pet supply distribution company would become as successful as it did. At H & H’s peak, the Weavers had some 30 large trucks on the road, delivering pet supplies to...

The Washtenaw 100’s Board was honored to enjoy the contributions of these two outstanding citizens, who retired from our Board at the end of 2020: Robert Brewster Bob served on the W100 Board for more than six years. For many years, he was the Human Resources manager...