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Laura Peck Receives 2022 Rotary Club of Madison Community Service Award

Posted on August 10, 2022 by | Leave a comment

–presented by Joyce Bromley on August 10, 2022

Laura Peck pictured here with Club President Paul Hoffmann

Each year, our club recognizes up to six members for their service to our Club in one of Rotary’s five avenues of service.  This is the third week we have recognized members of our Club for their service.   Oscar Mireles received the Youth Service award, and Lynne Sexten our Club’s Service award.  Today, it is my pleasure to introduce you to the Rotary Club of Madison 2022 Community Service Award recipient.

Laura Peck, a partner with Axley Brynelson Law Firm has been a member of our Rotary Club since 2002.  She has served in a number of roles in our club over the past 20 years, including on our club’s board of directors and as president of our Madison Rotary Foundation. 

Today, Laura is being recognized for her extensive service on our Scholarship Committee for the past six years, including Chair of that committee for the past three years. 

The commitment to the Scholarship Committee is intense for 3-months in the spring that includes meetings with high school counselors, reviewing student applications, conducting 2 full days of interviews, preparing the annual presentation of the scholars to our club, and many follow-up arrangements with scholars.  And…she has served as a mentor to several Rotary scholars.

She is truly dedicated to her role and committed to helping all of our scholars succeed.  Her dedication has made a big difference in the lives of many scholars over the past six years. 

This year, Laura is using her Scholarship Committee experience to Chair an ad-hoc committee to evaluate the overall scholarship committee process.

For Laura’s outstanding service, our club’s board of directors has named Laura Peck as one of our 2022 Rotary Club of Madison Community Service Award recipients.  The Club has made a $200 gift in her name to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.

Congratulations, Laura, and thank you for your “service above self.”

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Lynne Sexten Receives Club Service Award – August 3, 2022

Posted on August 3, 2022 by | Leave a comment

–presented by Charles McLimans

I serve on the Member Recognition Committee and am pleased to introduce a member who is receiving a 2022 Rotary Club of Madison Club Service Award.  This recognition is part of our Five Avenues of Service Awards Program which recognizes members for their efforts on behalf of our Rotary club in one of the five avenues of service which are club, community, international, vocational and youth.

Lynne Sexten joined our Rotary Club in 2013 and has been President and CEO of Agrace HospiceCare since 2012.

Lynne served on our club board of directors for a two-year term ending last June 30.  Immediately following her term on our board, she stepped into the role of chairing our Ad-hoc Governance Committee. She spent countless hours, pulling together materials and leading meetings for this group. I was part of the group and saw her leadership skills firsthand.  The end result of this group’s meetings was the development of a succession plan for club president, creation of a conflicts of interest policy and disclosure of conflicts for our board, the creation of a board expectations document as well as the restructuring of our Governance Committee. We are indebted to Lynne Sexten who led the group through this lengthy process over the past year. 

For her dedicated service to help strengthen our Rotary Club, we are presenting Lynne with our 2022 Rotary Club of Madison Club Service Award.  The Club has made a $200 gift in Lynne’s name to The Rotary International Foundation as part of this recognition.

Congratulations, Lynne!

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Dora Zuniga Receives 2016 Mitch Javid Award

Posted on October 5, 2016 by | Leave a comment

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From left: TJ Blitz, Dora Zuniga and Mitch Javid

–Introduction made by TJ Blitz on October 5, 2016

The Member Development Committee has the important responsibility of sustaining and building the membership of the Rotary Club of Madison and encouraging and facilitating a lasting relationship between the Club and its members.

The committee’s goals are to:

  • Continue to strive to keep members engaged and participating to increase retention;
  • Maintain a process of consistent and effective communications tools for members to use when talking with potential new members;
  • and Continue a positive and welcoming experience for new members in their critical first years.

In 2014, the committee developed a new award to recognize a member who is sponsoring new members into our club since this is essential to the future of our club.  The award is named the Mitch Javid Award to honor a distinguished member, and it annually recognizes the member who has served as the primary sponsor to the most new members during the past 3 years.

For those who do not know Mitch Javid, Mitch has been in our club for 48 years and has sponsored 56 members and co-sponsored another 10 members.  This distinguished and very busy member who was chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery says, “I love Rotary.  It is very dear to me. I believe in it and so I want to share it with other good people.”  Mitch received the first award in 2014, and Rob Stroud received it in 2015.

I am pleased to announce that the 2016 recipient is Dora Zuniga who has served as the primary sponsor to 6 new members since July of 2013. Those new members are:  Nick Curran, Mark Fraire, Jorge Hidalgo, Sandy Morales, Tammy Thayer and Alex Ysquierdo.

Dora joined our Rotary Club in 1994 and recently became the new director of development for Wisconsin Public Radio.  She has served on our club board of directors and is a current Madison Rotary Foundation trustee.  She is also current chair of our new member Orientation Committee and continues to be active on a number of other Rotary committees.  Dora is a great connector, and we congratulate her on receiving the 2016 Mitch Javid Award.

Thank you, Dora, and thanks to all members who are sharing the opportunities available through Rotary with others.

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Donna Beestman Receives Rotary Club of Madison Club Service Award

Posted on November 25, 2015 by | Leave a comment

Introduced by Deb Archer on November 25, 2015; photo by Loretta Himmelsbach

Beestman AwardOur Rotary Board recognizes up to six members each year for their exemplary service in one Rotary’s Five Avenues of Service which are club, community, international, new generations and vocational.  During our November 25 Rotary luncheon, Donna Beestman (pictured here with Club President Ellsworth Brown) was recognized with our Rotary Club of Madison Club Service Award.

Donna joined our Rotary Club in 2002, and she was previously a member of the Wilmington, Delaware Rotary Club.  She is owner and president of Career Success Strategies, LLC.

During her 13 years in our Rotary Club, Donna has been very active.  She is a leader and has served on the Ethics Symposium, Scholar Mentor, Vocational Opportunities, Button Box, Photography and Member Development Committees. She is current chair of our Orientation Committee, and she is a member of several of our fellowship groups.  In addition, Donna is a current board member and was previously on our board from 2005-2007.

Because of volunteers like Donna, our club continues to thrive, and we thank her for her continuing service.

President Ellsworth presented Donna with a certificate and a special pin in recognition of this award, and our club has also made a $200 gift in her name to The Foundation of Rotary International to help fund its many worthy projects and programs.

Congratulations, Donna!

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Dawn Crim Receives Rotary Club of Madison Community Service Award

Posted on November 19, 2015 by | 1 comment

Presented by Carol Toussaint on November 18, 2015; photo by Loretta Himmeslbach

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From left: Carol Toussaint, Dawn Crim & Club President Ellsworth Brown

I am here as a member of our Club’s Member Recognition Committee.  This is a committee established by our board to annually make recommendations to recognize members for their efforts on behalf of our Rotary Club.  The recognition is in one Rotary’s Five Avenues of Service which are club, community, international, new generations and vocational.

The board receives the recommendations and presents the award.  My job today is to introduce a member who is receiving a community service award on behalf of our Rotary Club.  Dawn Crim.

Dawn is an Associate Dean for External Relations for the UW School of Education.  She is a well organized and busy, busy person.  In addition to her role at the UW, Dawn is involved in many projects and organizations within our community.  In addition to her professional work, family and community service activities, Dawn has devoted a great deal of time to Rotary over her eight years of membership.

She joined our Rotary Club in 2007 and immediately got involved in committees.  Dawn has worked with the Rotaract Club on the UW campus.  She serves as a mentor to one of our Rotary scholars and has served on our Program Advisory Committee.  In addition, Dawn has for six years been an active member on our club’s Community Grants Committee. This is not a small commitment.  She has interviewed grant applicants and attended numerous meetings with other Community Grants Committee members as they develop recommendations for the funding projects each year.  You’ll also have seen newsletter photos of Dawn as part of our Hiking/Skiing Fellowship Group.  Dawn finds time for Rotary and for her continuing dedication to our Rotary Club, we are awarding our 2015 Rotary Club of Madison Community Service Award to Dawn Crim.

The Club has made a $200 gift in her name to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, and President Ellsworth presented Dawn with a special certificate and a pin to recognize the community service award.

Congratulations, Dawn.

 

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