Posted on
January
31,
2010
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By Tom Murray
MILWAUKEE - Bead by tiny bead, volunteers assembled bracelets in Bartolotta's high-end Bacchus restaurant dining room Saturday morning.
Natalie Czarkowski, a manager with the restaurant group, believes the colorful jewelry will make a difference for Haitian children.
"I can't tell you how much I appreciate this," she told a group of high school girls.
Natalie and her family volunteered at a Port-au-Prince orphanage only weeks before the earthquake. She bathed sick children and repaired wheelchairs.
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Posted on
January
26,
2010
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By Jay Sorgi
MILWAUKEE - The 12-time NFL champion Green Bay Packers are now the eight-time champions in the online Clicks for Cans contest.
18,000 cans of soup will find their way to Wisconsin food pantries after Packers fans out-clicked Jacksonville Jaguars fans in the online contest.
It's the 8th straight year the Packers have won the competition.
The contest sponsored by Chunky Soup had the packers match up in 17 regular season "games."
They won them all before taking a set of playoff games against the Bears and Saints and the championship triumph over the Jaguars.
Posted on
January
21,
2010
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The sale of orange Packers caps raised more than $100,000 for hunger relief, the Packers organization said Monday, but who should the money go to?
The Green Bay Packers are now taking applications for hunger relief organizations serving Wisconsin to receive those funds.
The Packers hope to split the money among 25 to 30 organizations. Beneficiaries will be announced in late February.
The "Hunting Down Hunger" caps were the latest in a series of fund-raising Packers caps, starting in 2005 with pink caps for breast cancer groups, inspired by Deanna Favre.
Posted on
January
21,
2010
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Thanks to the Packers' success this season, Sargento Cheese and the Green Bay Packers raised $90,000 to help feed the hungry.
Sargento donated $1,000 to the Wisconsin Hunger Task Force for each touchdown scored by the Packers this season.
The cheesemaker also donated $500 to Paul's Pantry of Green Bay for each touchdown scored by the team's wide receivers and tight ends.
The Touchdowns for Charity donations were doubled for the playoff game.
In the end, Sargento rounded up its total contribution to give $70,000 to the hunger task force and $20,000 to Paul's Pantry.
Posted on
January
20,
2010
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By Bill Novak
The pioneer spirit shown in "Little House on the Prairie" lives
on.
The cast from the musical, which is currently playing at the
Overture Center, will be swinging hammers instead of singing songs
on Thursday, helping to build a Habitat for Humanity house on
Madison's east side.
Melissa Gilbert, who gained fame as Laura in the TV series in
the 1970s and now plays Ma in the stage musical, will lead the cast
and crew in working on the house being constructed at 3505 Ridgeway
Avenue.
The special build event, scheduled to start at 10 a.m.
Thursday, is part of a 26-city housebuilding schedule, done in
conjunction with the musical tour, where cast members have been
building with local Habitat affiliates and their families.
The musical runs through Sunday at the Overture Center.
At the end of the tour this spring, a minimum of $1,500 will be
donated from the musical to Habitat affiliates in each of the
show's tour markets.
Posted on
January
18,
2010
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By Jay Sorgi
MILWAUKEE - Its the 8th year running that the Green Bay Packers are fighting for a championship in the "Clicks for Cans" campaign for hunger relief in Wisconsin.
Monday wraps up the "Clicks for Cans" NFC Championship, and as of about 4:20 a.m. Monday morning, the Packers had a 13,000 click lead over the New Orleans Saints.
If the Packers win, fans will have raised 13,000 cans of Chunky Soup to go to Wisconsin hunger relief programs.
The Packers would then go for their 8th "Clicks for Cans Championship," where they'll face the Buffalo Bills or Jacksonville Jaguars.
The winner of that would raise another 5,000 cans.
To take part, click here.
Posted on
July
10,
2009
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10,000-FT FREEFALL WITH NOTHING BUT FAITH
(and a parachute) FOR PROTECTION? NO PROBLEM!!!
(Small-town church raising big-time awareness with local tandem skydive project)
Many people make their first skydive to challenge themselves or seek thrills, but not so many jump to raise awareness for a personal cause. On Saturday, July 11th, a group of jumpers sponsored by First Lutheran Church of rural Poy Sippi will take on this challenge. Each participant has agreed to take part in a tandem skydive to provide hope for others, while strengthening their own personal faith. The goal of J3 - Jumping with Jesus in July is simple: to raise awareness about life-changing social, economic, or health-related concerns that plague our community today and to make known the help that is readily available, but often forgotten. Much like those that are struggling with their own “freefall” in life, whether it be an illness, a loss of a loved one, a financial burden or some other personal struggle, the J3 team plans to raise awareness about these issues while experiencing their own freefall… literally.
Fundraising will be achieved through sponsorships of individual skydivers that will be "jumping for a cause.” Jumpers are asking friends, co-workers and family members to financially sponsor their jump with all proceeds benefitting the charitable organization of each jumper’s choice. All pledge money will be pooled and divided evenly between the charities/causes. If a particular contributor wants to be certain their money goes to a specific cause, we will note that on the pledge sheet and make sure that happens.
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