The five-day, 14-city, bi-annual ‘Roundy’s Foundation Focused on Feeding Families Tour’ stopped in Milwaukee on Friday, April 27 to make donations to six local food pantries. During the tour April 23 – 27, the Roundy’s Foundation donated more than $257,000 in food and money to 60 food pantries throughout Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin. Each pantry [...]

By Jill Wellskopf Attorney Michael Hupy has pledged $100,000.00 to the Milwaukee Justice Center (MJC) to provide legal services to those who can not afford a lawyer. Hupy is a founding member of the MJC located at the Milwaukee County Courthouse. The MJC, a public service project created by the Milwaukee Bar Association in partnership [...]

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee inspires and empowers local youth to realize their full potential. Now thanks to a gift from the Herzing Educational Foundation, Club members have an additional source of empowerment as they pursue their education and career goals. The Herzing Educational Foundation made a $40,000 donation to Boys & Girls [...]

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare recently donated bicycles to 10 members of the Daniels-Mardak Boys & Girls Club. All the bikes were customized for the children at DreamBikes, located at 2021A N. Martin Luther King Dr. DreamBikes is a non-profit used bike shop designed to help a community in need in many different ways. As partners with [...]

Applications are now being accepted for Potawatomi Bingo Casino’s annual signature community program – Miracle on Canal Street. Local non-profit organizations which serve children can find the application online at www.paysbig.com/miracle. Applications must be post-marked by Wednesday, June 29. Miracle on Canal Street ’s mission is to improve the quality of life for children in [...]

Working families are visiting area food shelves in record numbers. In fact, last year visits to emergency food shelves jumped 14 percent. That’s why Veta Robinson of Cross Lutheran Church helps organize canned peaches from the pallet of food donated to the church by Pick ’n Save and the Roundy’s Foundation. The donation took place [...]

Several slimmed-down team members at Potawatomi Bingo Casino presented The Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee a check for $935 during a celebration of a company-wide, weight-loss program. More than 100 employees competed in “A New You in 90 Days” – a 13-week weight loss program that concluded April 9. The team members competed against each [...]

Baskets for the Hungry program reaches 100,000 pounds of donated food Palermo’s, in partnership with the Hunger Task Force, will assemble and deliver 1,000 meals for Milwaukee families as part of the company’s fourth annual Easter Baskets for the Hungry program on April 20. The Easter baskets will be delivered to local families who would [...]

(L-R) Roundy’s Foundation Administrator, Connie Jones, Greater Philadelphia Church of God pantry director, Sandra Ward; and Deacon William Darden of Greater Philadelphia pose with the check and food donated to the church by Pick ’n Save and the Roundy’s Foundation during a week of food deliveries to pantries. (Photo by Robert A. Bell)

By Sadie James smjjambur@aol.com Hupy law firm’s charitable contributions touched the lives of many needy families throughout Wisconsin and Illinois this holiday season. From giving holiday food baskets to providing toys for the kids that Santa forgot, the law firm’s commitment to giving back to the communities they serve continued. The firm donated $7,500 to [...]