City of Milwaukee Treasurer Spencer Coggs announced this week that he has donated $19,680 to 10 community organizations in the City of Milwaukee. Coggs, who was elected City Treasurer last spring, learned that by law he could continue to serve as a Wisconsin State Senator while holding the position of City Treasurer. By retaining the [...]

The Salvation Army is celebrating a Super Bowl-like victory of its own – the 2012 Red Kettle Campaign was a great success. The Salvation Army of Milwaukee County surpassed its Annual Red Kettle Campaign goal of $3 million dollars, receiving generous donations totaling $3.7 million dollars. “Thank you Milwaukee for your generous, generous support,” said [...]

Roundy’s Foundation & Metro Market hosted a Community Fair and donated $26,500 to five Milwaukee non-profit organizations last Friday, Nov. 30. The event was held at the company’s Metro Market store in Milwaukee located at 1123 N. Van Buren. The five organizations that receive the donations were; Council for the Spanish Speaking – $2,500 Pick’n [...]

Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc. would like to thank its Pick ’n Save and Metro Market customers in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. Thanks to their generosity, we’re sending more than $12,000 to Hurricane Sandy victims. From November 9-24, Milwaukee area Pick ’n Save and Metro Market customers were able to donate $1 or more at the checkout [...]

Partnership provides urban teens with greater access to a college education In an effort to provide underprivileged youths with access to educational opportunities, leadership training and mentoring, BMO Harris Bank has committed to a five-year, $600,000 partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee and Marquette University. This strategic partnership will provide the target [...]

Rexnord Corporation to match Thanksgiving turkey donation. For the second consecutive year, Rexnord Corporation is teaming up with Hunger Task Force to run the Rexnord Turkey Ticker Challenge! Donating turkeys to Hunger Task Force has become a Thanksgiving tradition and local leader Rexnord has stepped up to once again match the number of birds that [...]

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee is one of 10 Potawatomi Bingo Casino Miracle on Canal Street signature charities that will benefit from the giving program, specifically, the Clubs’ SPARK Early Literacy Initiative. On Friday, Oct. 26, members of Potawatomi Bingo Casino’s leadership team visited one of the Clubs’ SPARK tutoring sites, and meet [...]

Pulaski High School now believed to be first in the nation with these classroom tools Johnson Controls, Inc., the world’s leading automotive battery supplier, is donating a plug-in electric and all-electric vehicle to the automotive program at Milwaukee Public Schools’ Pulaski High School, creating what is believed to be the first program in the nation [...]

The Milwaukee Urban League’s 27th Annual Black & White Ball held at the BMO Harris Bradley Center has gotten rave reviews from the more than 900 guests who attended. Entertained by female R&B group, En Vogue, attendees helped the League raise more than $377,000, breaking a new ball fundraising record. The evening was chocked full [...]

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 [...]