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Students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in Milwaukee have a new place to read and learn thanks to Green Bay Packers Ha Ha Clinton-Dix. On January 9, Clinton-Dix celebrated with students at the opening of HERO Headquarters, a community outreach program of the Ha Ha’s HERO Foundation. Sponsored by Quarles & Brady, Ha Ha’s HERO Headquarters transformed a space at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School into a reading oasis. “It was a great day as my HERO Foundation launched its first Ha Ha’s HERO Headquarters,” said Clinton-Dix. “The importance of education is something that I am passionate about, so I...

Flowers for Dreams, an online flower delivery startup specializing in locally crafted bouquets, recently announced their 2018 Charities of the Month program for Milwaukee. As part of the company’s unique business model grounded in giving back to those in need, the charities selected will receive 25 percent of all profits netted from Flowers for Dreams’ 2018 flower sales. The first charity to receive the special recognition as January Charity of the Month is PEARLS for Teen Girls, a unique leadership development program serving girls middle school through high school, and beyond, in Milwaukee. The partnership comes at a time...

More than 250 students from 35 Wisconsin schools will be participating in STEM Forward’s WI Regional Future City Competition at MSOE’s Kern Center on January 13. Middle schoolers are building an Age Friendly City for STEM Forward’s WI Regional Future City Competition. Long-held assumptions about aging are being radically redefined. Older adults are living longer, staying in the workforce longer and living independently for longer than ever. By 2050, older adults will outnumber children under the age of 14. In anticipation of this new reality, the World Health Organization (WHO) has outlined a plan to help cities respond to...

The Common Council’s Community and Economic Development Committee recommend approval for creating Hip-Hop Week MKE, an official week of hip-hop related events. Co-sponsored by Council members Russell W. Stamper, II, Ashanti Hamilton, Milele A. Coggs, José G. Pérez, Cavalier “Chevy” Johnson, and Tony Zielinski, the proposal will be taken up by the full Common Council on January 17. The inaugural run of displays and activities would take place across the city this year from August 20 to 26. Alderman Khalif J. Rainey, the primary sponsor of the legislation to create Hip-Hop Week MKE, said he envisioned a wide mix...

Shorewood House launched a program for the New Year, through which it will offer eight women 30 days of residential addiction treatment from February through March with no out-of-pocket costs, excluding medications. This is a first-of-its-kind offering that underscores the importance of women supporting other women as they recover and rebuild their lives. Shorewood House is encouraging women who are looking to obtain whole wellness treatment for their substance use disorder to apply. If a prospective client’s insurance does not cover any piece of the program, she will not be held financially accountable. “Shorewood House is opening its doors...

“Capuchin Community Services is a ministry of the Capuchin Friars and is marking its 50th year serving the community. Part of our mission statement is to build sisterhood and brotherhood. We also try to empower others. That empowerment includes employees and volunteers, and both groups are our partners in ministry. These wonderful people take our mission and make it their own. For this, we are deeply grateful. Chuck Cmeyla came to us with a rich background of assisting the homeless out-of-state. Recently retired, he was willing to help where needed. We are grateful to him and all of our...