Isabel Lawrence Biography
Isabel Lawrence is an American reporter who is originally an East Coast native, born in New York and raised in Connecticut. She loves spending time with friends, exploring fun new restaurants (especially for brunch), and perhaps, most importantly, finding Madison’s best cheese curds. If you have any ideas as to where those cheese curds might be, have any story ideas, or just want to say hello, feel free to reach out to her at Isabel.lawrence@nbc15.com.
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Isabel also worked at WMTV’s sister station, WCAV CBS19 in Charlottesville, Virginia. While reporting in Charlottesville, Isabel covered the aftermath of the August 11 and 12 rallies sparked by white supremacists that resulted in the death of Heather Heyer, the conflicts over confederate statues, a white supremacist rally, and the Virginia gubernatorial race, where she interviewed Sen. Time Kaine and DNC Chairman Tom Perez.
At Northwestern, Isabel was one of the founding members of College Mentors for Kids Northwestern. The organization brings elementary school children from nearby suburbs to NU, where they engage in educational activities and are paired with a college-aged mentor. Isabel was also a member of Alpha Phi sorority.
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Paradigm Foundation gives back to community first responders
In the year following an unthinkable event at a Middleton workplace, that company has chosen to practice positivity, starting a foundation with the mission of giving back to the first responders who helped that day.
On September 19, 2018, a man opened fire on his co-workers at the Paradigm offices in Middleton. Over 300 first responders from across Dane County responded to the scene.
Following those events, the company created the Paradigm Foundation, which raised over $200,000.00 for different agencies, according to a statement issued by the company’s CEO Nathan Herbst.
One agency that received a donation was the Dane County Sheriff’s office, they received $104,000.00
“It would be normal for that company to hunker down and only think about their piece of the world, but they didn’t. And they don’t, continuing today,” said Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney. “They think about not only their employees, but they think about the community in which they work and the community of Dane County as a whole.”
Mahoney said the department used the donation to buy rifle resistant gear like ballistic armor and helmets. Important protective gear that the department didn’t have when its deputies ran into Paradigm last year.
“We’re using it to buy the equipment necessary to make sure that we are adequately prepared for the next incident, should it occur,” he said.
The foundation awarded the Middleton Police Department $45,000.00, which has gone towards the creation and maintenance of the department’s K9 unit, with their first K9, Szeci.
“It’s everything, donations of that size are what will keep this program afloat, and what has really been able to make sure that we cover everything we need,” said Howard Statz, K9 Handler for the City of Middleton, with K9 officer Szeci. “All training equipment, all equipment for him, his new harness that he loves, came directly after we got that donation from them.”
Statz said that in the tragedy of the incident at Paradigm, the K9 program could be seen as a sort of silver lining.
“We went public with it September 17 of last year, made a press release that we were forming this K9 unit, and unfortunately in the days following, we had a major incident,” he said.
From that incident, came the Paradigm Foundation, which donated the money, and made the K9 program feasible. With that money, Szeci and Statz can prevent even more crimes from occurring in the Middleton community.
“I refer to a K9 almost as a force multiplier,” said Middleton Police Chief Charles Foulke. “When that K9 handler and the K9 are on patrol, they can really do some amazing things, and they can really help us a lot.” Foulke also said a K9 can break down barriers, and bring police departments closer to their communities.
Foulke said after responding to Paradigm and working with the company, he is grateful for the partnership the two organizations have formed.
“It’s really amazing, the bonds that we have with the people in that company,” Foulke said. “They’re our family now.”
The Paradigm Foundation has also donated $8,250.00 to the UW Emergency Care and Trauma Symposium, and has also made donations to the Middleton Fire Department and EMS.
Team Rubicon ready to respond to the damage done by Hurricane Dorian
Team Rubicon, a nonprofit that gives disaster relief, has volunteers ready to spring into action to respond to Hurricane Dorian.
This team works with military veterans, who can use their unique skillet to continue giving back to their communities in times of need or crisis. Co-founder and CEO Jake Wood is a graduate of UW-Madison.
“We like to say that veterans are built to serve,” said Art Delacruz, COO, and President of Team Rubicon. “They joined an all-volunteer force, and the government gave them very unique skills and education. Now we can repurpose those skills, again, use that desire to reconnect with community, identity, and purpose, to be able to impact and help people.”
DelaCruz said Team Rubicon has responded to almost 400 disasters, but that Hurricane Dorian has its own particular challenges.
“This is a very unique one, particularly for the survivors in the Bahamas, to have a stationary hurricane in that type of area in the duration that they’ve had,” he said. “We’re not sure the devastation but we have people en route. For folks across the coast, this is very similar to some of the hurricanes we’ve seen lately.”
DelaCruz said there are over 100,000 volunteers across the country ready to help. Currently, Delacruz said they have teams engaged from Florida up to North Carolina.
“These teams are composed of reconnaissance teams that are able to dive into the community and figure out if some of our capabilities, that we can bring to bare, are needed in those communities,” he said. “We’ve also got route clearance teams that are there to a position in case of wind events, or damage from water, to be able to clear roadways so we can make sure that survivors connect with the emergency services that are available, and we do this in coordination with the local jurisdictions.”
Members of these teams are trained in using equipment to clear roadways, to help make sure the environment is safe, and people can get to where they need to go.
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