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$31,000 Grant Awarded to SDC’s VITA Program by United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County

January 9, 2016

MILWAUKEE—January 2016—The Social Development Commission (SDC) received a $31,000 grant from the United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Filing Taxes, Free Tax Help, Social Development Commission, United Way, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance VITA

Milwaukee Public Schools’ Students Get Free Books; Chance to Create Their Own Home Libraries

December 11, 2015

My Very Own Library, Scholastic Book Fairs and United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County team-up to support literacy effort at 10 MPS schools On December 9, Kluge Elementary School … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Darienne Driver, My Very Own Library, Nicole Angresano, Scholastic Book Fairs, Stephanie Davern, Trila Pitchford, United Way

United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha Launching New Diversity Leadership Society

September 25, 2015

Jasmine Johnson is a 2015 Philanthropic 5 Award winner and co-chair of United Way’s Diversity Business Cabinet. She has also been instrumental in helping to launch the Diversity Leadership … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Jasmine Johnson, Philanthropic 5, United Way

Milwaukee Succeeds Receives $5 Million, Sets Sights on 2020 Goals

August 29, 2015

By Ariele Vaccaro Not long after releasing a mostly positive milestone report, Milwaukee Succeeds got word that it would be receiving $5 million over the course of the next four years to … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ariele Vaccaro, Bader Philanthropies, Charitable Donations, Danae Davis, Grant Received, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Herb Kohl Charities, Milwaukee Succeeds, Northwestern Mutual Foundation, United Way

United Way Kicks Off Fundraising Campaign at the Zoo

August 29, 2015

By Ariele Vaccaro To mark the beginning of its 2015 fundraising campaign, the United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County held a kick-off party at the Milwaukee County Zoo. The … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ariele Vaccaro, Community Campaign Kickoff, Cory Nettles, Fundraisers, United Way

United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Recognize Philanthropic 5 Award Winners & Their First Inaugural Philanthropic Youth (PY) Award Winner Gopika SenthilKumar

August 15, 2015

On Tuesday August 11th, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County recognized five outstanding individuals for the 2015 Philanthropic 5 Award (P5 Awards). The P5 Awards, created by … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Deanna Singh, Gopika SenthilKumar, Jasmine Johnson, Leah Jepson, Neil Kiekhofer, Philanthropic 5, Philanthropic Youth, Philanthropy, Rachael Hughes, United Way

Stop Summer Slide! The Milwaukee Bucks Join United Way in the Summer Reading Partnership

July 11, 2015

The Milwaukee Bucks partnered with United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County to distribute new books to summer school students at Franklin Pierce Elementary School July 1st. Bango, the … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bango, Milwaukee Bucks, Pierce Elementary School, Summer Reading, United Way

Stop Summer Slide! United Way Summer Reading Partnership Kicks Off

June 20, 2015

United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha Over the summer, children can lose 2-3 months of reading skills learned during the school year. To help combat this “summer slide” United Way of … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Darriene Davis, Hunger Task Force, Nicole Angresano, Summer Reading, United Way

United Way of Greater Milwaukee Raises $54 Million

December 20, 2014

Funds will support critical programming in Education, Income and Health MILWAUKEE (December, 2014) – United Way of Greater Milwaukee announced today that it raised $54,029,869 in its annual … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Charitable Donations, Robert Bell Photography, United Way

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee to Assume Leadership of YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee’s Sponsor-A-Scholar Program

November 7, 2014

On Oct. 23, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee and the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee announced that Boys & Girls Clubs will assume leadership of the YMCA’s Sponsor-A-Scholar program, an … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Boys and Girls Club, Burke Foundation, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Sponsor-A-Scholar, United Way, YMCA

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