Madison South continues to meet via meeting applications.
Today's speaker was Kurt Stapleton founder of the Battle Cap Project.
Click on the link Last Week's Summary above to read details of Kurt's presentation and club announcements.
Chartered in 1967, Madison South Rotary is a group of active, friendly professionals who value the Rotary motto “Service Above Self.” While contributing to Rotary International’s world-wide projects, we strongly support Madison area students, organizations, and businesses.
Our club meets weekly Mondays between 12:15-1:15pm
at the Sheraton Hotel, 706 John Nolen Drive, Madison, WI 53713
*** DUE TO COVID-19, our memebrs are meeting virtually via Zoom. Please contact our Program Chair Tara Ingalls at tara@tingalls.com to be added to our meeting list. ***
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About our Membership
As a medium sized club of 70+ members, the Madison South Rotary club spans all ages and occupations with active involvement of all members on our committees and projects. This diversity is the key to our success.
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Active Fellowship Groups
Social connections are the biggest reason our members remain in our club. Unlike committees, fellowship groups are organized by club members, for club members, to promote social interaction and fun.
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Our Brat Stand
Our fall Brat Stand across from UW Madison's Camp Randall Stadium is our primary fundraiser. Rotarians, their family, and friends volunteer in shifts to help set up, prepare or sell food/drinks at all home Badger football games. The club then returns much needed financial assistance back to the community using a deliberate, thoughtful grant process each Spring.
Member Testimonials
“Madison South Rotary truly represents the motto “Service above Self” and I’m proud to be an on-going part of that tradition.”
- Captain Joe Balles, Past President, and Retired Officer of Madison Police Department
"Rotary allows me so many ways to support my community and give back. Working at our Brat Stand, our main fundraiser, is an absolute blast. I'm so glad I joined back in 2006!"
- Tara Ingalls, Owner, Tingalls Graphic Design and President-elect 2020-20201
"I love the size and friendly personality of the group. I was sold after the first meeting. I am really happy I joined!"
- Christopher J. Dodge, Attorney at Law
Madison South Rotary has been working on many different projects in Guatemala for the past 5 years. Some of the team members have worked in Guatemala for 9 years.
Madison South Rotary did a district grant to provide classroom furniture for a new addition to Association Brazo Amorosos (Loving Arms), a school for disadvantaged indigenous children in San Andres Itzapa, Guatemala. Loving Arms provides education as well as a variety of programs including health, water filters, stoves and income generating cooperatives to promote sustainability and self sufficiency. The school serves kindergarten through 3rd (now 4th) grade. Their goal is to add an additional grade each year so they eventually serve the total educational needs of the children through high school. Parents are actively involved with the school.
January 27, 2020
Edwin Bos, our District Governor and Fort Atkinson Rotarian, was introduced by Tara Ingalls.
There are 500 Rotary districts in the world and 60 clubs in our western Wisconsin district. This year’s theme is “Rotary Connects the World”. Edwin unfolded a four-year story to illustrate that theme beginning in the foothills of the Himalayas and ending in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. In a small town in Nepal that is a 3-hour drive over a muddy, single lane from the nearest city, a man started a Rotary Club that met on a rooftop, under the stars. He sent a message to the 1.3 million Rotarians around the world that their club would welcome anyone willing to make the trip to visit them. In October, 2016, a group of Rotarians made the journey to Nepal and then traveled each day 6-7 hours per day to the small town where income is less than $1 a day and back to the city. The hospitality was generous: the visitors were treated to speeches, bands, dancing, and food for 3 days.
January 20, 2020
Will Green, executive director of Mentoring Positives, was introduced by President Elect Tara Ingalls. Mentoring Positives (MP) uses the same initials as Mr Green’s mother Muriel Pipkins who was 14 years old when Will was born. Ms Pipkins died at age 46. With his mother’s inspiration, Mr Green was able to avoid the pitfalls for youth growing up in Gary, Indiana— “America’s murder capitol”. Basketball was a way for him to be part of a group, stay out of trouble, get an education. With a degree in psychology, today Mr Green uses basketball as a hook to reach out to teens of the Madison’s eastside, northside, and the Darbo-Worthington community in which Mentoring Positives is located. He is also the girls’ basketball coach at LaFollette High School.
Aaron Frank presented a program on the joys of visiting national and state parks. Inspired by Steve Busalacchi’s presentation a few years ago, Aaron and Dawn took a Trek tour to Zion National Park last year. “It was the best vacation!” reported Aaron. Aaron had each table talk about memorable park trips and then share with the whole group. There were plenty of good memories and fun travel suggestions shared.
To get your own printable US National Park checklist, go tohttps://trekkn.co/printable-list-of-national-parks-united-states/
Find information on our Wisconsin State Parks at https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/parks/
President
President Elect
Treasurer
Secretary
Sergeant-at-Arms
President Elect Nominee
Brat Czar
Past President
Membership
Public Relations/Social Media
Board of Directors - At Large
Board of Directors - At Large
Board of Directors - At Large
Board of Directors - At Large
Board of Directors - At Large
Board of Directors - At Large
Foundation Chair
MSR Foundation Chair
Youth Exchange Officer
Nature & Nurture
With help from a Rotary Foundation global grant, a group of women in rural Costa Rica are using ecotourism to enrich their families' futures.
Statement from Rotary International
Statement from Rotary InternationalAt Rotary, we have no tolerance for racism. Promoting respect, celebrating diversity, demanding ethical leadership, and working tirelessly to advance peace are central tenets of our work.We have
Watch: Italian clubs aim to protect hospital workers responding to COVID-19
Rotary clubs in districts across Italy worked together to procure state-of-the-art equipment needed to combat the deadly coronavirus disease for 26 hospitals around the country.
Monday
MADISON BREAKFAST 7:30 AM
Vitense Golfland W Beltline & Whitney Way
5501 Schroeder Rd, Madison
Tuesday
MADISON HORIZONS 12:10 PM
The Raddison Inn, 6617 Odana Rd, Madison
FITCHBURG-VERONA 12:00 PM
10 Pin Alley 6285 Nesbitt Rd, Fitchburg
MADISON EAST-MONONA 12:00 PM
Howard Johnson Hotel
3941 E Washington Ave, Madison
SAUK PRAIRIE AREA 12:00 PM
Leystra's Venture Restaurant
200 Phillips Blvd, Sauk City
OREGON 6:45 AM
Headquarters Bar & Restaurant
101 Concord Dr, Oregon
Wednesday
MADISON DOWNTOWN 12:00 PM
Inn on the Park Hotel, 22 S Carroll St, Madison
DEFOREST AREA 12:00 PM
DeForest Village Hall
120 S Stevenson St, DeForest
MT HOREB 12:00 PM
The Grumpy Troll upstairs
105 S 2nd St, Mt Horeb
Thursday
WAUNAKEE 12:00 PM
Rex's Innkeeper Restaurant
301 N Century Ave, Waunakee
Friday
MADISON WEST-TOWNE-MIDDLETON 12:12 PM
Zor Shrine Temple 575 Zor Shrine Pl, Madison
MADISON WEST 12:15 PM
Blackhawk Country Club
3606 Blackhawk Dr, Madison
Sunday
MADISON AFTER HOURS 6:30 PM
Brocach Irish Pub
7 W Main St, Madison
