International Learning Center recently received a $7600 grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation for its preschool’s Home Visit program. Home visits from ILC educators help newcomers and refugee families learn how to be safe at home and on the street in a new land, and gain the literacy skills they need to thrive as a…
If you like bees and butterflies, then you’ll like our new Pollinator Garden. Kids from the Early Childhood Program, led by nature educator Niki Espy, updated the garden just outside our front door with new marigolds and other species that help pollinators do their important work. Before planting, the kids turned compost from our backyard…
You couldn’t beat the weather at the 9th annual Neighborhood House Open, but you could beat the weatherman, if you were lucky at the 7th hole. WISN-TV 12’s Mark Baden once again graciously hosted our golf outing and fundraiser at Tripoli Country Club, making it a memorable day for all. We are especially grateful to event sponsor PyraMax Bank, our corporate…
Twenty-eight ILC students made a spring visit to the Neighborhood House Nature Center to help pick garlic mustard, part of a land management plan to control invasive species at the 90-acre Dodge County site. The weather was wet, so the first order of business was to get everyone properly outfitted. Plastic garbage bags did double duty as…
NOTE: This letter from our Nature Center Bluebird Monitor, Jamie Shorts, is not only an update for fans of the Nature Center, it’s a powerful reminder of the enduring relationships Neighborhood House has fostered through the years. It’s posted here and will be archived with Our Stories, a series of interviews with the people of…