Dane County Service Clubs Speakers Bank

BARBARA DIMICK, Madison Public Library, 201 W. Mifflin St., Madison, 53703. Phone: (608) 266-6363. Fax: (608) 266-4338. E-Mail: bdimick@cityofmadison.com

"Today's Public Libraries." "Madison Public Library."

Madison Downtown Rotary member.

Updated 4/09

MARY DOWLING, RN-Co Founder and Co Director of Sharing Resources Worldwide. Phone: (608) 445-8503. Email: mdowl@tds.net. Website: www.sharingresourcesworldwide.org

Founded in 2002, Sharing Resources Worldwide makes surplus and recycled medical supplies, durable medical equipment, and related items and activities available to needy populations around the world. SRW endeavors to improve the health and quality of life of its recipients and to empower them to live with increased dignity, independence, and hope. This is accomplished with three main activities of SRW:

1. Medical/surgical missions worldwide (2-4 per year with local health professionals on their teams)

2. Shipping supplies to need identified areas of the world (22 shipments or 368 tons in 2005 were shipped worldwide)

3. The Wisconsin Nicaragua Wheelchair Project

Topics include: How we can create ripples and plant seeds of hope worldwide, how SRW got started and what they can accomplish.

Use of a VCR or DVD player to show an 8 min. video is helpful.

Updated 4/09

ANNE M. DOYLE, Executive Director, American College Planners. Phone: 608 628 9909; Email: Adoyle@AmericanCollegePlanners.org; Website: www.AmericanCollegePlanners.org

American College Planners provides free innovative college planning seminars in Dane County and throughout Wisconsin. We are a non-profit organization dedicated to guiding students and their families through the complex college process. Our group of trained volunteers includes certified college planning specialists, financial aid counselors, and former educators. Our free seminars can be held at businesses, libraries, and schools throughout the area. We don't sell a product or service.

The American College Planners program provides a common sense approach to seeking out the best college at the best price. We share tips on positioning students to colleges for the very best outcome without taking on extra loans, delaying retirement, and even graduating in four years! We have been featured in the Madison Times, Edgewood High School, and are a Money Smart Wisconsin Partner.

Anne or one of the volunteers is able to speak to your employees, school, or group about college planning.

Updated 4/09

WILLIAM DRIES, Energy expert. Phone: 608-231-2556; email: wcdries@hotmail.com.

William is an energy expert who will give talks on energy conservation and ways to reduce your costs as well as save energy.

Updated 4/09

DENA DUNCAN, Three Gaits, Inc. Program Director. Phone: (608)877-9086. Email: dena@3gaits.org or 3gaits@3gaits.org

Three Gaits, a NARHA premier accredited therapeutic horsemanship program established in 1983, provides a wide range of equine assisted activities on a 20 acre farm located south of Madison, WI. Equine assisted activities held at Three Gaits consist of riding & driving (cart/carriage) lessons, hippotherapy (incorporating horse/horse's movement into occupational or physical therapy sessions), un-mounted activities and day camps for children, youth and adults with special needs and disabilities. Community presentations by organization representatives may include an overview and/or benefits of any/all of the equine assisted activities offered at Three Gaits, the use of volunteers in activities at Three Gaits, or raising awareness of issues surrounding working with individuals/families with children with disabilities and special needs.

PowerPoint and/or video may be available. Upon request presentations (including demonstration) may be held at Three Gaits farm.

Updated 4/09

LISA CHAPMAN-FRIEDLANDER, Project Home, Inc. Phone: (608) 246-3733. Email: lisac@projecthomewi.org

"Dane County Paint-A-Thon." Presentation on what is the Paint-A-Thon, the benefits to service organizations and others that provide volunteers, benefits to the home owners, neighborhoods and the community, and a discussion of the volunteer team requirements.

The Dane County Paint-A-Thon paints the exteriors of owner-occupied, single-family homes for low income or disabled persons living in Dane county.

Expertise: John is annual organizer of the Paint-A-Thon and president of Dane County Paint-A-Thon, Inc., a non-profit volunteer organization.

"Hammer with a Heart". This April project helps several low income homeowners each year with repairs to their homes through community volunteer resources.

Updated 3/06

DEBRA FRIEDMAN, Bioenergy Clinic. Phone: (608) 236-4500. E-Mail: info@bioenergyclinic.com

Friedman, president of Bioenergy Clinic and president of the Wisconsin Society of Certified Acupuncturists (WISCA), offers a number of talks on alternative medicine, such as introduction to Acupuncture and herbs; homeopathy; naturopathy; acupuncture for addictions to tobacco, alcohol, and heroine/cocaine; acupuncture treatment program in the Dane County jail. Alternative treatments for a number of conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis, and more.

Updated 5/07

(Contact John Kanvik @ 608-245-1868 or email: jkanvik@att.net for questions, suggestions, additions.)