Nick Curran Received Youth Service Award on June 26

Posted on July 1, 2024 by | Leave a comment

–introduced by Charles McLimans

Each year, our club recognizes up to six members for their service to our Rotary Club in one of the five avenues of service which are club, community, international, vocational or youth service.  Today, I am going to introduce you to a Rotary Club of Madison 2024 Youth Service Award recipient.

Nick Curran is a CPA and owner of Numbers 4 Nonprofits.  He joined our Rotary Club in 2014. 

During his 10 years of membership, Nick has mentored three students who have received college scholarships from our Madison Rotary Foundation.  He has also helped purchase gifts during our annual gift drive for children in need in our community during the holidays. During COVID, we were pleased to see Nick and his children singing some of our feature songs for our online meetings.

Nick is our club’s assistant treasurer, a role he has held since 2021, and serves on our Budget & Finance Committee.  I also learned that outside of Rotary, Nick was an Ironman finisher in 2022.

We are pleased to recognize Nick with our Rotary Club of Madison Youth Service Award, and he received a special pin and certificate for this recognition, and our club has provided 200 Paul Harris Fellow points to Nick for this recognition as well.

Congratulations, Nick!

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June 26: 2024 Changing of the Guard Program

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–submitted by Ellsworth Brown

  • Record-setting rounds of applause
  • A dozen annual achievements—429 members; $17 million Foundation endowment; $900,000 grants made
  • Thanks to team leaders, board members, committee chairs, AND Melanie Ramey’s forthcoming fourth year arranging lunch sponsorships

President Charles’s Swan Song with fedora and shades, the ghost of Sinatra, with a new title:  “We did it OUR way.”

Four past presidents and Anthony Gray, President-Elect, inducting President Jason Ilstrup, including ten facts about him, some past . . . Juris Doctor, family man, tennis pro, and, alas a liability:  a true Minnesota Vikings fan.

If you missed our meeting last week, you can watch it here: https://youtu.be/_9dqvX4jE5Y.

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June 12: RI President Gordon McInally Addresses Club

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–submitted by Ellsworth Brown

Through the invitation of club member Ed Futa, Rotary International President Gordon McInally addressed Downtown Rotary’s meeting, which included invited clubs in and around Madison.

President McInally’s Rotary year is nearing an end, but the theme he has chosen– Create Hope in the World—will endure because it describes in five words what Rotary International does.  He shared moving incidents that reinforce the theme:

  • In 2022 he vaccinated a Pakistani child with two drops of fluid on his tongue, eliminating his risk of polio.
  • In northern India, at a school funded by the Rotary Foundation, he spoke with an eight-year-old student who said that her education was the “key to the golden door and a noble future.”
  • Also in India, he spoke with a woman of 46 who appeared to be 70.  Rotary gave her a grant for medical care a prohibitive 12 hours away, cataract surgery and her first pair of glasses, enabling her to earn a living and see her grandchildren for the first time.

These are examples of how Rotary holds hope in the collective hands of our worldwide clubs’ members.

If you missed our meeting last week, you can watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuZM_NjsnRc.

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May 22: Oberhauser Shares How to Save the Monarch Butterfly

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–submitted by Valerie Renk

Dr. Karen Oberhauser, conservation biologist and UW-Madison Arboretum Director, told Rotarians that Monarch Butterfly populations have been declining in the last three decades. Loss of breeding habitat and hot/dry conditions translate to less feed and are to blame. Twelve of the 100+ milkweed species needed are native to Wisconsin.

Oberhauser then shared how we can help:

  • Landscape your own home with flowers that bloom throughout the summer; Kentucky bluegrass is invasive.
  • Plant milkweed and colorful flowers in rights-of-way not mowed, crop buffers and land already protected.
  • Contribute to science and conservations organizations; mitigate climate change.

If you missed the program this week you can watch it here:  https://youtu.be/vJALctE5Ocg. 

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May 15: Atwood Shares Hormone Balance Might Get You to Health at 150

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–submitted by Valerie Renk

Dr. Craig Atwood shared how sex hormones govern age-related diseases with Rotarians May 15.  Atwood is faculty member, Geriatrics and Gerontology, UW Department of Medicine, and founder of JangoBio. 

“Longevity average increased from 45 to 80 years between 1840-2000,” Atwood said. “Sixteen studies show hormone replacement therapy can delay disease and increase longevity; 23 studies show cognitive benefits for 5-10 years.” 

Rotarians can see videos of Madison dogs turning back the clock on osteoarthritis and hear Atwood’s answer to “What happened to all those estrogen side effect warnings?” on our club’s YouTube Channel here: https://youtu.be/RZwjVR7gT8M.

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May 8: Building and Sustainability

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submitted by Joy Cardin

Not only are sustainable building practices good for the environment, they’re good for business according to Ben Austin, the Sustainability Lead at J.H. Findorff and Sons, Inc.

Austin outlined some of the reasons why businesses should prioritize sustainability during his presentation before the Rotary Club of Madison.

Saving money on energy costs is one of them, taking advantage of grants and tax credits available to address the climate risk through the Inflation Reduction Act is another.  Businesses can also support the health of a building’s occupants by having better air ventilation systems and they can also attract and retain younger workers, who care deeply about the climate change issue, by practicing sustainability. 

If you missed the program this week you can watch it here:  https://youtu.be/STGswGVoeQA

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