Wisconsin Union: Beloved Hoofer Ski and Snowboard Resale to Return to Union South Dec. 4-5

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 5, 2021

Contact Information:
Abby Synnes, Communications Associate
Email: asynnes@wisc.edu

BELOVED HOOFER SKI AND SNOWBOARD RESALE TO RETURN TO UNION SOUTH DEC. 4-5

MADISON – After a year hiatus due to COVID-19, the Hoofer Ski and Snowboard Resale will return next month, celebrating 57 years of the time-honored tradition. The Resale will take place at Union South’s Varsity Hall on Dec. 4 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Dec. 5 from 8 a.m. to noon.

Local and national vendors will sell new and gently used gear at the Resale, such as downhill and cross-country skis, snowboards, boots, helmets, poles, jackets and other winter recreation equipment at significantly reduced prices. Some of this year’s vendors include: 

• Endurance Enterprises
• Fitzharris Ski, Bike and Outdoor
• Lakewood Ski and Sport
• Sol Alpine
• Wayne’s Ski and Cycle

In addition to purchasing items from vendors, community members also have the opportunity to bring in their own new and gently used products to sell. Individuals can drop off up to 10 approved items, receive help pricing the items from on-site salespeople and monitor the sale of their items online. 

“The Resale is loved by members and the community, since ski equipment is usually very expensive,” Hoofer Ski and Snowboard Club President Isabel Ullrich said. “Having the opportunity to buy discounted yet high quality equipment opens up skiing and snowboarding to people who otherwise might not be able to afford to try the sports. We are excited to hold the Resale again and to get more people on the slopes this winter.”

Members of the Hoofer Alpine and Nordic Ski Teams will also offer waxing and sharpening services at the Resale. Waxing or tuning will cost $10 per snowboard or pair of skis. 

Proceeds from the Resale help fund the Hoofer Nordic, Alpine and Freestyle Ski Teams, as well as Hoofer Ski and Snowboard Club events and outings, including annual free ski trips with local non-profit groups.

The Hoofer Ski and Snowboard Club is dedicated to fostering a love of the outdoors and promoting leadership opportunities for University of Wisconsin-Madison students. Members can join the Hoofer Alpine, Nordic and Freestyle Teams; go on trips to local ski hills or larger ski resorts out west; and participate in optional lessons. 

The Wisconsin Hoofers is composed of six outdoors clubs, including the Hoofer Ski and Snowboard Club, and is open to everyone 18 and over. With nearly 2,000 members, Hoofers is one of the oldest and largest student organizations at UW-Madison. From sailing on Lake Mendota to climbing at Devil’s Lake, Hoofers provides opportunities for people of all abilities to learn outdoor skills and enjoy outdoor activities. 

More information about the 57th Annual Hoofer Ski and Snowboard Resale is available at hoofersns.org/resale. 

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About the Wisconsin Union

The Wisconsin Union enhances the lives of members and visitors through recreational, cultural, educational and social opportunities. Formed in 1907, the Wisconsin Union is a membership organization that blends study and leisure to create unique out-of-classroom opportunities. Learn more about the Union and its tradition of providing experiences for a lifetime: union.wisc.edu.  

[Click here to download a photo from the 2016 Resale. Photo by Owen Desai.]

To read this release online, visit union.wisc.edu/about/news/2021-resale

Online Ordering for Wisconsin Union’s Thanksgiving to Go Meals Available Now

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 3, 2021

Contact Information:
Shauna Breneman, Communications Director
Email: sbreneman@wisc.edu 
Phone: (608) 262-8862

ONLINE ORDERING FOR WISCONSIN UNION’S THANKSGIVING TO GO MEALS AVAILABLE NOW

MADISON – Now through Nov. 17 at 3 p.m. CDT, or while supplies last, Wisconsin Union customers can order Thanksgiving to Go, a tradition aimed at providing Wisconsin Union members; University of Wisconsin-Madison students, staff, and faculty; and the greater Madison community with ease and efficiency for their holiday celebrations. Patrons can place their orders through the Thanksgiving To Go website and pick up their meals on Nov. 24.

This year’s entree options include bourbon roast turkey, gingersnap mustard glazed ham, or a vegetarian creamy butternut squash lasagna, and side options include sage stuffing, turkey gravy, mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes, herbed green beans and carrots, house-made cranberry orange relish, and a dinner roll with butter. Each meal also comes with a choice of pumpkin, pecan, or fudge bottom pie.

At the Thanksgiving To Go website, customers can select menu items and quantities as well as a 30-minute time period for pickup in Tripp Commons, located on the second floor of the Union’s Memorial Union. Options include a personal meal for one, a family meal for six, and à la carte items. Meals will be cooked, chilled and packed in reheatable containers.

Personal-sized meals are available for $15 each, while the family-sized meal options start at $145. Payments can be made by credit card or Wiscard. Current University of Wisconsin-Madison students paying with a Wiscard can purchase a personal meal for a discounted price of $12. Credit card payments will be processed online, and Wiscard payments will be processed on-site at the time of pick-up.

The Union team is grateful for the opportunity to continue to offer Thanksgiving To Go. Through this effort, the team aims to provide campus and community members with a financially-friendly, gourmet, delicious meal option that eliminates preparation and clean-up stress.

In 2020, the Wisconsin Union partnered with the Dean of Students Office to provide meals to students experiencing food insecurities, both at Thanksgiving and throughout the year.  Last year, Thanksgiving To Go participants donated $3,375 to the cause, and this partnership will continue this year.

Those interested in ordering a Thanksgiving To Go meal can visit union.wisc.edu/thanksgiving.

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About the Wisconsin Union

The Wisconsin Union enhances the lives of members and visitors through recreational, cultural, educational and social opportunities. Formed in 1907, the Wisconsin Union is a membership organization that blends study and leisure to create unique out-of-classroom opportunities. Learn more about the Union and its tradition of providing experiences for a lifetime: union.wisc.edu.  

[Click here to download photos of Thanksgiving To Go. Photos by Isabel Finn.]

To read this release online, visit union.wisc.edu/news/thanksgiving-2021.

MSCR Announces Annual Friends of MSCR Auction

November 2, 2021

For Immediate Release

Contact: Nicole Graper at ngraper@madison.k12.wi.us

MSCR Announces Annual Friends of MSCR Auction
Proceeds support Madison School & Community Recreation (MSCR) MSCR Programs

The Annual Friends of MSCR (Madison School & Community Recreation) Auction takes place on November 1-12 at 32auctions.com/mscr2021. Friends of MSCR is a non-profit organization that supports MSCR programs and services. MSCR’s proud history of service began in 1926, and Friends of MSCR is committed to ensuring that MSCR public recreation programs remain accessible and affordable in the future.

Since 2013, the Friends of MSCR has gifted over $480,000 to MSCR. These funds support new program initiatives and essential equipment including outdoor and environmental education, adapted recreation and inclusion services, Latino community outreach, afterschool clubs and neighborhood center programming, to better serve the Madison community.

For example, Friends of MSCR provides funding for outdoor adventure programs to Madison families that may not otherwise have access to these activities:

“Friends of MSCR allowed us to offer 10 free paddling opportunities this season. We partnered with 3 neighborhood community centers — Warner Park, Goodman and MSCR Meadowood to do targeted promotion for these events and were able to serve a variety of youth and adult community members with free paddling experiences.”

Support a variety of accessible public recreation opportunities including free outdoors programming, and bid on an array of fabulous items in the 2021 Online Auction!

This year’s Online Auction is supported by the following generous sponsors:
Community Believers – Oak Park Place and Park Bank
Recreation Enthusiasts – Slow Roll Cycles and Greenleaf Media
Afterschool Advocate – The QTI Group and Stroud, Willink, & Howard LLC

MSCR is grateful to all the donors and supporting public recreation which is more important than ever.

MSCR offers many recreation programs for all ages that are accessible and affordable. Fee assistance is available. Please call 608-204-3000 or visit mscr.org for more information.  MSCR is Madison’s public recreation department serving the community since 1926.

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Wisconsin Union: Dr. Reuben Jonathan Miller Will Discuss Exclusion, Punishment Former Prisoners Face During Free Discussion on Nov. 9

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 27, 2021    

Contact: Shauna Breneman
Phone: (608) 262-8862
Email: sbreneman@wisc.edu

DR. REUBEN JONATHAN MILLER WILL DISCUSS EXCLUSION, PUNISHMENT FORMER PRISONERS FACE DURING FREE DISCUSSION ON NOV. 9

MADISON – Reuben Jonathan Miller, Ph.D., describes the restrictions that people released from prison face as creating a new form of citizenship predominantly focused on exclusion and punishment, which prevent them from gaining employment and places to live.

Miller will speak to audience members during a free moderated discussion and Q&A in Shannon Hall and through a livestream on Nov. 9 at 6:30 p.m. CST about the barriers former prisoners face after incarceration. The Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) Committee and Just Dane invite all to attend in-person or online. To attend in-person, guests must obtain a free, printed ticket at the Memorial Union Box Office or register to attend the in-person event here and print their tickets at home. A printed ticket is required for entry to the in-person event. Patrons do not need tickets for the free livestream. WUD DLS will make the livestream link available here.

Miller, who is a sociologist, criminologist, and social worker, says that more than 19,000 laws, policies and administrative sanctions prevent people with criminal records from gaining employment. He researches how these and other factors restrict the lives of people released from prison as well as works as an associate professor at the University of Chicago.

He published his debut book “Halfway Home: Race, Punishment and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration” in 2021, which compiled 15 years of his research and field notes on the permanent effects of incarceration on released prisoners’ lives. He conducted hands-on research, including serving as a chaplain at the Cook County Jail in Illinois for five years and following the lives of dozens of formerly incarcerated people.

Miller’s brother Jeremiah experienced the effects of the laws, policies and sanctions affecting formerly incarcerated individuals first-hand when Jeremiah’s parole was delayed, because he could not find housing. He remained in prison months after he was granted parole until he eventually found housing in Michigan. Jeremiah further struggled as he balanced the requirements of his parole and worked to regain his financial footing and find employment during life after prison.

“What I decided to study was what I call the afterlife of incarceration,” Miller said. “So this is the way that prison follows people. It’s like a ghost.”

The WUD DLS Committee brings thought leaders to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus to spark thought-provoking conversations. WUD includes 11 student-led committees and six student-led Wisconsin Hoofers clubs that program thousands of events on campus each year.

More information about the upcoming WUD DLS event is available here.

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About the Wisconsin Union Directorate Distinguished Lecture Series Committee

The Wisconsin Union Directorate Distinguished Lecture Series Committee contributes to the educational experience of University of Wisconsin–Madison students, Wisconsin Union members and community members by bringing engaging and influential people to campus. Founded in 1987, the series aims to expose the campus community to a diverse and vibrant array of people, backgrounds, and ideas. Learn more: union.wisc.edu/dls.
[Note: Click here to download a photo of Dr. Reuben Jonathan Miller. Photo by Jonathan Miller.]

To read this release online, visit union.wisc.edu/about/news/reuben-miller.

Madison Ballet Partners with American Heart Association to Bring Life-Saving Resources to Their Facility

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 27, 2021

Madison Ballet Partners with American Heart Association to Bring Life-Saving Resources to Their Facility

Madison, WI – Madison Ballet and the American Heart Association (AHA) are partnering to provide life-saving CPR/AED training to Madison Ballet’s faculty and staff. This partnership coincides with the local nonprofit acquiring their first on-site automated external defibrillator (AED) earlier this month.

Madison Ballet has students of all ages practicing and performing high-impact athletics in their facility. It makes both common and scientific sense to have their faculty trained in CPR, with an AED on site so that they are optimally equipped to respond to emergencies. Implementing additional safety measures is appropriate given the raised health and safety risks as a result of COVID-19.

“COVID has brought with it increased numbers of pediatric patients with abnormal heart rhythms, recovering from varying degrees of cardiac inflammation,” says Dr. Andrea Rock, Pediatric Cardiology Specialist, SSM Health. “Fortunately, the impact of the inflammatory reactions in the heart has been reduced by vaccinating young adults, but the true incidence and long-term impact are still unknown. With so many people affected, there has never been a better time to be conscientious about the safety of the settings where our families are learning and being active.”

Currently, less than 12% of victims survive sudden cardiac arrest, but effective bystander CPR and AED defibrillation provided immediately after cardiac arrest can double or even triple a victim’s chance of survival.

“CPR and particularly AED-assisted CPR saves lives. As a pediatric cardiologist, I have witnessed this more times than I ever wanted to. I have seen children and young adults who survived sudden cardiac arrest, and I have worked hard to try to help families find answers after one of their children did not survive. These events happen to physically active, fit people when they are exerting themselves. I have seen cardiac arrests at every age. The most important factor in giving a person a chance at survival is early effective AED-assisted CPR.”, says Dr. Rock.

“We are always grateful for additional resources to ensure the safety of our students, staff, and community, a need that has drastically increased with the pandemic,” says Madison Ballet CEO, Jonathan Solari. “The American Heart Association has been an incredible resource as we continue to increase the safety of all those who work, learn, create and inspirein our studios,” says Solari.

According to the American Heart Association, more than 10,000 cardiac arrests happen in the workplace annually. Knowing how to perform CPR and use an AED is a matter of life or death.

“We applaud Madison Ballet for making the health and safety of the community, their performers, and their staff a priority. The addition of AEDs and CPR trainings in organizations and workplaces is an integral part of ensuring successful outcomes should a cardiac arrest occur,” says AHA Executive Director, Carrie Nevins.

Dean Health will be administering the American Heart Association CPR/AED training course for Madison Ballet faculty and staff on November 1st, 1-3:30 pm, and November 5th, 7-9:30 pm. This training will be open to a limited number of journalists. Please contact Lexi Janssen at lexi@madisonballet.org to secure your attendance.

Contact: Lexi Janssen, Madison Ballet Marketing Manager

Phone: (262) 402-2358

Email: lexi@madisonballet.org

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