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The TCM Community
 The Triangle neighborhood is named because of its distinct shape bounded by
the intersections of Park Street, Regent Street and West Washington Avenue.
Home to approximately 335 people, the Triangle is the
second largest subsidized housing complex in Wisconsin.
History
In the mid 1960's, urban renewal programs leveled all homes, places of
worship, stores, and playgrounds in the Triangle area, formerly known as the
“Greenbush," in order to make way for low-income public housing. But, new
apartments, designated for the elderly and those with disabilities, did not
automatically provide a new sense of community, services to support an
optimum quality of life or places of worship. In 1978 an ecumenical group of
individuals and faith communities, working with community health and social
service providers, formed the Triangle Community Ministry to minister and
reach out to all residents. Their objective was to offer essential holistic
services to build up and sustain body, mind and spirit.
New board member profiles
Triangle Community Ministry welcomed six new board members at its annual
meeting in April. The board members bring a wide range of experience and we
give God thanks for their willingness to serve along with current board
members Bob Gwynne, Charles Hill, Harry Kuehn, Mariellen Kuehn, Barbara
Komoroske, Pr. Stephen Marsh, Katy Marty, Pr. Mike Moore, Sandy Nelson,
Kristen Russell, and Peggy Weber. Many thanks to TCM Board Secretary Joan
Martin, who recently announced her retirement after serving as a board
member for 16 years. New board members are listed below.
Ginny Bores, RN, MSN, is retired from
her position at Meriter Hospital where she coordinated the Parish Nurse
Program. She also supports DAIS (Domestic Abuse Intervention Services). She
lives in the Westmorland neighborhood and is connected with Queen of Peace
Catholic Church.
Ron Buzzel retired after 44 years of
banking as a State of Wisconsin Bank Examiner, Vice President of Corporate
Loan Review for Community Banks, Inc., Valley Bancorporation, M&I
Bancorporation and as an independent consultant for community banks. Ron
currently serves on the Board of Directors of DMB Community Bank in DeForest
and lives in Cottage Grove.
Diane Ciucci, RN, was born and raised
in the Midwest. She lived and worked as a nurse in Iowa before moving to
Madison. She does volunteer work in the Madison public schools.
Reverend Cindy Crane lives in Madison
and is the director of the Lutheran Office for Public Policy in Wisconsin (LOPPW),
which is an advocacy ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.
LOPPW advocates for legislation that positively impacts people living in
poverty and that diminishes hunger.
Petra Ressler, a member of Luther
Memorial Church in Madison, is a retired occupational therapist. She and her
husband Sven often volunteer at Triangle Ministry’s Second Harvest Food
Pantry on the first Wednesday of the month.
Kim Walker, RN just completed her
fourth year of teaching fulltime at Edgewood College of Nursing. She helped
start a new community clinical at the Triangle neighborhood where third year
Edgewood nursing students can learn about chronic illness. Kim is also a
hospice palliative care nurse and works part-time for Heartland Hospice. She
is starting her second year of studies for her PhD in Nursing at
UW-Milwaukee, is a mother of three, loves animals and is a member of St.
Albert the Great in Sun Prairie.
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Triangle Community Ministry Featured in "Walking
Together"
A Publication of the South-Central Synod
of Wisconsin, ELCA
Spring, 2015
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to read this article.
TCM Annual Report 2017
Click here for the annual report.
Annual Meeting
April, 2016
St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, Monona
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