Harvesting, canoeing, wood cutting – each season brings different reasons for Neighborhood House participants to get outdoors. This fall, children in our Early Childhood program picked apples at Bartel’s Fruit Farm in Mequon and toured Waldvogel’s pumpkin farm. Elders in our citizenship program paddled in Washington Park, with support from Urban Ecology Center Staff. And volunteers got a…
Online bidding closed at 12 noon, Thursday October 23, 2014, and in-person bidding concluded at the gala that evening. A total of $15,650 was raised by Milwaukee chefs at our gala! Congratulations to our winners, and many thanks to donors and bidders alike. Your generosity supports Neighborhood House children and families. Mark Weber Dinner Always a favorite at…
Four Neighborhood House boys flew off to Maryland this summer, joining kids from across the country in the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation’s summer leadership program. For Caebrion, Jahari, Ojore and Feliciano the lessons began right at the airport. Chaperone Christina Hill explains: “I tried to make it a learning experience for them. I explained the process of checking in, going…
For the second summer in a row, teens from Neighborhood House-based PREP (Personal Responsibility Education Program) volunteered at the Wisconsin State Fair for the UW Madison Badger Alumnae School Supply Day. Twenty six teens, joined by special friend Dr. Arvind Ahuja, M.D., and his assistant Nick , helped collect cash donations plus over 100 bags of school supplies for Milwaukee…
Nobody quite goes back they way they were before But the storm helps us learn… The storms of youth and coming of age can be challenging for anyone; when combined with the trauma of abuse and the crushing despair of depression they can be particularly destructive. Author/performer/educator Paul McComas explores how we weather these storms through the fictional character Dayna Clay, a troubled…