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Eastside News is published six times a year by the Goodman Community Center. We publish super-local news and information about events, issues, resources and programs at Goodman and in our community on the east side of Madison.
More than 12,000 copies of this 24-page paper are mailed directly to households in Goodman's service area, as well as over 5,000 to subscribers throughout the city. Copies are also available at several area businesses and at the Goodman Center. The newspaper is written and produced primarily by GCC staff and volunteers. Our advertisers' support makes publishing this valued community resource possible.
May / June Cover Story
Beth Skogen Photography
The Great Dayne does great things at Goodman Community Center
Ron Dayne anchors Goodman’s program kitchen team
By Florence Edwards-Miller, GCC director of communications and annual giving
Geographically, the Goodman Community Center program kitchen isn’t that far from where Camp Randall Stadium is, but few would have expected that GCC is the place where football legend Ron Dayne gets things done these days. And yet, there he is on most mornings, efficiently slotting bread rolls into small compartments of compostable food trays to the tinny music from a Bluetooth speaker.
Dayne is part of the team that primarily prepares food for Meals on Wheels. The program kitchen is one of the least public but most essential aspects of the center’s work. Dayne joined the kitchen team in 2023 as a volunteer but quickly became a stalwart of the program, showing up daily and becoming one of the program’s most reliable volunteers.
Read MoreResidences in approximately a 2-mile radius of the Goodman Community Center receive a copy sent to "RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER." The paper is also mailed directly to donors and supporters of Goodman.
Eastside News is available at the Goodman Community Center and at Pinney, Hawthorne and Monona libraries. You can also find it at Willy Street Co-op East and North, Garver Feed Mill, Community Pharmacy, Kwik Trip (401 N. Third St. and 3528 E. Washington Ave.), Dexter's Pub and the Warner Park Community Center.
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