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Book Packing
Oct 19, 2019
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Oct 23, 2019
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Pints for Polio
All Madison Great Dane PubsOct 24, 2019
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Dec 11, 2019
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Welcome to the Madison Breakfast Rotary Club
www.madisonbreakfastrotary.org mbrotary6250@gmail.com
Service Above Self One Profits Most Who Serves Best
Vitense Golfland
Madison, WI 53711
United States of America
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- Rubin for Kids, support for Madison College for kids of prisoners, Randy Sproule
- DAIS, gardening and nutrition in shelter, Alexis Cuozzo
- Madison Outreach Ministry, oral health dental kits, Patricia Eldred
- ReMitts, purchase fleece, proceeds go to 4 food pantries, Janet Tupy
- 350 Madison, art project on climate change, Gail Nordheim
- Food for Thought, emergency food kits for people living in cars and motels, Mary Lou Taylor
- Books are Power, support for new library in Kenya, Gary Muldoon
- Perfect Harmony, new rainbow ties and suspenders, Marge Sutinen
- Luke’s Closet, socks and underwear for foster children. Kirsten Pedersen & Diane Reeber-Lin
- Odyssey, support for newest literary project in a prison, Emily Auerbach
- Books for the World, cost of shipping, Thom Weiss
Jocelyn Sansing was inducted into Breakfast Rotary on June 6. Jocelyn is the Director of the Middleton Public Library and has been working on the Books for the World project.
Daniel has finished his first year at UWMadison, majoring in Political Science, and he has an internship at the state Capitol.
Our best wishes to Daniel and Emily as they go off to great adventures.
Ninety six percent of water in basements, Jason Hafeman told the club, is caused by poor control of roof and surface runoff, all of which is preventable. Clogged gutters, clogged or detached downspouts and or negative grade around foundations are normally the cause. A solution is to build up around the foundation with shredded top soil, with a visible slope away from the house. Downspout extensions should be 4 to 6 feet from the house. Steel gutter screens are also helpful.
Project Home, which does home energy audits, insulation and air sealing, home repairs and accessibility modifications, offers classes on home maintenance open to the public. Customer financing for Project Home repairs is offered by the Dane County Credit Union.
Our thanks to Jason Hafeman, Outreach Manager for Project Home for this important work in the community and for his presentation.
We invite Section 501© (3) organizations and other non profit charitable organizations that support our mission to apply for a grant from the Rotary Club of Madison Breakfast Foundation, Inc.
Open Doors for Refugees supports their initial settlement by gathering donations of household items, setting up apartments, assisting with everyday tasks, helping with employment, offering cultural orientation and providing language assistance.
They also provide long term support so that refugees can succeed and integrate fully into the community. Public events are held to promote connections and cultural awareness, inclusion and to raise public awareness about the importance of refugees in increasing the richness and cultural diversity of our community.
ODFR is a non profit organization funded by individual contributions, grants, corporate gifts and fundraising events.
Our thanks to Susan Kierman for her wonderful work in our global community in the spirit of Rotary and for her presentation.
Leslie Sager, January 21 speaker, in front of pictures of women in Kenya.
Leslie Sager, a professor at the School of Human Ecology, and a part time interior designer, has started and supported a number of ongoing projects in Tharaka Nithi, Kenya along with her students. The Nyumbani Village, built 12 years ago, is Kenya’s sustainable HIV/AIDS community where children live in little houses with a grandmother. Structures are made of interlocking blocks of soil and concrete. The Green Belt Movement empowers women to conserve the environment by planting trees and improve their livelihoods
The Success One project, the Kiondo Project: Women have historically made their kiondo baskets with yarn and sisal. Leslie helps sell their baskets and plans to put gutters and tanks on their roofs with the proceeds.
The Success Two project: Leslie’s students came up with a plan to illuminate home for $2 each with LED solar batteries, so the women could farm during the day and read and create baskets at night and crochet.
The Success Three project: The students designed a double sided water vest for the women to transport water.
Our thanks to Leslie Sager for her work in Kenya in the spirit of Rotary and for her presentation.
The Dyer’s daughter, Christopher and Heather Dyer (past president), Mike Kafka, and Fe’ Semira at the Holiday party.
Steve Rosenblum with Breakfast Rotary’s new secretary Stephenie Stetson at the Holiday party.
Rafael and Erin Hastey at the Holiday party.
Stefanie Freyberger, who was sponsored by Bruce Harville, works in the UW-Madison Office of Strategic Consulting. She is married to Joachim Freyberger and they have two children. Stefanie is interested in international service community service and Rotary Books for the World.
On January 7, club members enjoyed an interesting and informative presentation from Steve Carpenter, retired Professor and retired Director of the UW-Madison Center for Limnology.
If anyone wants to read the stories or see the videos and art from Yahara2070, they can find it all on the website: https://wsc.limnology.wisc.edu/yahara2070. The center’s blog has new stories each week about Wisconsin lakes, and a searchable archive of past stories: http://blog.limnology.wisc.edu/
It attempts to change the faces of medical research. Up to now, most studies are done on white men. Now we must include underrepresented peoples, with at least 40% from underserved groups. The program will reflect the rich diversity of America. The approved protocol is to survey people, getting their physical measurements, blood pressure, BMI, heart rate, blood and urine samples.
This is an opportunity to fight disease, especially for the health of future generations and ensure that your own community is included in the studies.
Our thanks to Marje Murray for her work on the future of healthcare and for her presentation.
Tabatha Davis and Rebecca Alcock, November 26 speakers from UW Engineers Without Borders
November 19 speaker Jason Ilstrup, President, Downtown Madison and Bruce Harville, Program chair.
Our thanks to Gail Nordheim and Stephanie Robinson for their environmental work and for their presentation.
Betsy and Doug Nordstrom, hosts of the October club event.
Doug Nordstrom, Eng Braun, Monica Tutte, and Bailey Lagman in the kitchen preparing and serving lunch for the café.
The tasty and enticing bake sale table.
A shopper checking out the whimsical items for the home on the Totally Wired display.
Club members enjoyed a visit from Ed Futa on October 22. Ed was the past General Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation. Ed gave an inspiring talk that included Polio Plus, the energy in the local clubs, and the need to celebrate youth in Rotary. Pictured above are Bailey Lagman, club president; Ed Futa; Su, exchange student from Turkey; and Bruce Harville, President of the Madison Breakfast Rotary Foundation
Martin Rouse, Autumn Sanchez, and Ace Hillard, October 22 speakers
Education is one true pathway toward a better life, and UW-Madison has plenty of help for returning students, Martin Rouse, Dean and Director of Adult Career and Special Students told Breakfast Rotary on October 22. He was accompanied by two advisors, Autumn Sanchez and Ace Hillard. They support returning adult students with workshops, scholarships and advising. They help special students with admissions and sponsor the senior guest auditors program. They also have a career advising center for career changes. The Odyssey Program, in which students without any college experience, earn 6 credits of education, is part of this Division.
There are two pathways to admission: freshmen take the ACT or a transfer pathway. A student not admitted to UW-Madison who takes college elsewhere and gets a B average, can reapply. Under the Badger Ready program, a student who takes 12 credits as a special student and gets a B average, will be guaranteed admission.
Our thanks to Martin Rouse, Autumn Sanchez, and Ace Hillard for their presentation and visit to the club.
Life in history rich Turkey is full of family celebrations with music and folk dancing, Su told Breakfast Rotary on September 24. Su comes from Izmir, the 3rd largest city of Turkey, on the west coast near the Greek islands. The Republic of Turkey was founded in 1923 after winning independence in the war against the Allies. The Turkish alphabet has 29 letters some of which are marked for the Turkish language.
Su went to an American School for all 12 grades in the same classes. They celebrate Halloween in her school but the rest of the country does not. Su’s father is an architect, her mother is an archeologist and she has one sister age 10. Su has participated in a model United Nations starting in the 5th grade. Each student represents a country and supports that country. She also participated in a summer camp at Brown University, and visited New York, Chicago, and Nashville. Su wants to be an architect like her father.
The club enjoyed slides of historical Turkey as well as the wedding celebrations and dancing and was treated to Turkish candy.
Club members were inspired by Tauri Robinson’s description on Oct. 1 of the programs at the Meadowood Community Center for youth and adults and the partnerships in events. For adults; a food pantry, fitness classes, a job shop, and an open computer lab. The youth programs serve K-12, including an after school program at Orchard Ridge for middle and high students with a recording studio “Meadowood Records.” Among the Center’s partnerships is a MMSD Play and Learn program on Wednesday and Friday from 10 am to 12 Noon. Other partnerships are First Tee, Common Wealth Recreation, and Read Your Heart Out where volunteers read once a month to 4 to 6 kids. They use books provided in advance from the library, which is located next door to the Meadowood Center. In the summer, they have a program for K-5 which is free. Tauri Robinson is a Madison native with a degree in Political Science from UW-Madison.
Our thanks to Tauri for his wonderful work in the community and for his presentation.
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In addition, club president Bailey Lagman thanked Eng Braun, the outgoing club secretary, for her many years of service. Stephanie Stetson was welcomed as the incoming secretary, Erin Hastey to the Board of Directors. and Doug Nordstrom as the President Elect. Club members enjoyed getting acquainted with our new incoming exchange student Su from Turkey 🇹🇷
Visitor Sue Halambeck with August 27 speaker Emily Tucker and Judy Levine.
The club enjoyed a visit from Emily Tucker, RI Regional Membership Officer for Membership Development. She was accompanied by Sue Halambeck District Governor Elect Nominee. Emily discussed strategies and resources for attracting prospective members. The club must define what is our value and how are we different. Also are we flexible and affordable and do we have a balance between business and fun and have a chance to socialize?
For tips on membership, contact Rotary.org/membership or contact Emily.Tucker@rotary.org.
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