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Save the Soldiers Home Project gets $100K grant in support of housing for veterans

Save the Soldiers Home Project gets $100K grant in support of housing for veterans

Posted by | Jul 13, 2019 |

The nonprofit National Center for Housing Management (NCHM) organization announced on June 25 a $100,000 grant in support of the Save the Soldiers Home project, on the grounds of the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center overlooking Miller Park. When completed, the project will restore six historic buildings, some dating back to the 1860s, and create 101 supportive housing units for veterans and their families who are either homeless or at risk of being homeless. The donation was announced by NCHM Chair Wendy Burke at its first-ever Veterans for Housing Initiative (VHI) Summit held in Washington, D.C. last week....

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New Studies focus on how to improve food access for diabetic African Americans in Milwaukee

New Studies focus on how to improve food access for diabetic African Americans in Milwaukee

Posted by | Jul 11, 2019 |

One quarter of people with diabetes in the United States suffer from food insecurity, an inability to or limitation in accessing nutritionally adequate food, and African Americans overall are three times more likely than whites to be food insecure. In many cases, this poor access to nutrition among Type 2 diabetics leads to worse control over their chronic illness and more difficulty following a healthy diet compared to non-food insecure diabetics. Two new studies led by scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) will focus specifically on food insecurity among African Americans with Type 2 diabetes in central-city...

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Teens Grow Greens partners with Outpost Natural Foods to launch MyPlant for Kids program

Teens Grow Greens partners with Outpost Natural Foods to launch MyPlant for Kids program

Posted by | Jul 10, 2019 |

Milwaukee-based nonprofit Teens Grow Greens recently partnered with Outpost Natural Foods to create the MyPlant program for kids. On Saturday mornings until mid-July, parents can bring their children to Weber’s Greenhouse at 4215 N. Green Bay Avenue where they pot a plant of their own to take home. Outpost Natural Foods is supporting the MyPlant program with a grant, operational support, and supplies. Interns from Teens Grow Greens will lead children through the production process, first decorating a terra cotta pot, planting a seedling with soil and compost, watering their new plant, then enjoying a healthy vegetable-based snack to...

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Retaining talent in Milwaukee’s workplace more about community connections than generational allure

Retaining talent in Milwaukee’s workplace more about community connections than generational allure

Posted by | Jun 29, 2019 |

Our team is frequently asked to talk on the topic of “what millennials want at work.” It is a fair ask, and part of a broader conversation employers have been having with us even before we launched our first Young Professionals Week event in 2012: How can we attract and retain young talent? Since 2012, our YPWeek has grown every year. Last month, in its eighth iteration, thousands attended the grassroots conference in over 20 communities across Wisconsin as well as Chicago, Atlanta and Salt Lake City. Altogether, our partner communities presented over 150 diverse events to empower young...

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Waukesha Alderman Aaron Perry on the Independence of Politics

Waukesha Alderman Aaron Perry on the Independence of Politics

Posted by | Jun 1, 2019 |

Representation is defined as “the action of speaking or acting on behalf of someone or the state of being so represented.” One thing you may notice in that definition is there is no designation of Republican or Democrat or any other political party. We as an American society have taken on the freedom of democracy and we have the choice to support a particular political party we see fit. The beauty I’ve found in my over 6 years of being a Waukesha Alderman is that we are non-partisan. We knock on doors, we get our message out and make...

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Sentinel from 1903 remains on guard over Milwaukee’s fallen soldiers and sailors

Sentinel from 1903 remains on guard over Milwaukee’s fallen soldiers and sailors

Posted by | May 27, 2019 |

Wood National Cemetery dates to 1871 when it was established as a final resting place for veterans who died while living at the Northwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Milwaukee. The Northwestern Branch was established to care for disabled Union veterans of the Civil War, and the first designed and built specifically for the purpose of housing and caring for veterans. The cemetery contains more than 30,000 graves, including members of the first Union unit of African American soldiers and several recipients of the Medal of Honor. In 1903, a 60-foot soldiers and sailors...

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