Learn more about the organizations we work with and find out how you can volunteer your time – visit one of our community partners listed below. Names in violet identify partners who have been honored by MIAD for the work that they do.
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Academy of Accelerated Learning:
The Academy of Accelerated Learning collaborates with community members, organizations and families to provide challenging and authentic experiences for students. Students are prepared to become internationally minded in the ever-changing world.
Contact: http://www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/aal/
AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin:
The AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin is at the forefront of HIV prevention, care and treatment and is dedicated to providing quality medical, dental, mental health and social services for all people with HIV disease.
Contact: http://www.arcw.org/
American Red Cross:
The American Red Cross, a humanitarian organization led by volunteers, guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, will provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies.
Contact: http://www.redcrossinsewis.org/
Artists Working in Education:
A.W.E. is a nonprofit organization that sponsors artists to work creatively with children to enhance human potential, advance learning and cultivate community. A.W.E. accomplishes this through our School Studio and Truck Studio programs.
Contact: http://www.awe-inc.org/
Barnswallow Center:
Barnswallow is dedicated to the rehabilitation of injured and orphaned raptors with the goal of restoring them to freedom in the wild and helping the public become aware of the wonderful winged creatures with which we share this space.
Contact: http://www.barnswallow.net/index.htm
Bay View High School:
Bay View High School is a member of the Milwaukee Public School system.
Contact: http://bayview.wi.schoolwebpages.com/education/school/school.php?sectionid=3
Bell Therapy:
Bell Therapy, Inc. cares for children, adults and families living with behavioral, developmental and social challenges through program models designed to achieve maximum potential.
Contact: http://www.phoenixcaresystems.com/bell/index.php
Ben Franklin Elementary:
Our mission is to work with parents and community partners to provide a nurturing learning environment that allows students to thrive intellectually, socially and physically in their pursuit of life-long learning.
Contact: http://www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/franklin/Franklin%20Home.html
BESTD Clinic:
The mission of BESTD Clinic is to provide quality, professional sexually transmitted disease diagnosis and treatment as well as HIV/AIDS prevention counseling and testing in a manner that is sensitive to the sexual orientation and gender identity of our clients. BESTD Clinic provides it’s services at no cost.
Contact: http://www.bestd.org/
Betty Brinn Children’s Museum:
The Betty Brinn Children’s Museum is dedicated to providing interactive exhibits and educational resources that promote the healthy development of children in their formative years—from birth through age ten. The Museum experience encourages hands-on learning and the development of fundamental skills, self-esteem, and the ability to work with others. Caregivers use the Museum as a resource that provides information on early childhood brain development, learning styles, and effective parenting skills. The Museum maintains a strong commitment to providing access to all children and families in the community, including low-income and special needs families.
Contact: http://www.bbcmkids.org/
Big Brothers. Big Sisters:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee is helping children in Milwaukee and Waukesha counties discover their Big potential through professionally supported, one-to-one mentoring relationships, but we can’t do it without you!
Contact: http://www.bbbsmagic.org/
Blakewood Elementary:
Through a commitment of educational excellence it is our mission to educate, engage and prepare all learners to succeed in and contribute to an ever-changing society.
Contact: http://www.sdsm.k12.wi.us/
Blessed Sacrament School:
We the faculty and staff of Blessed Sacrament Catholic School, in partnership with the parent community, are dedicated to educating each child holistically. We embrace the mission given to us by Jesus Christ to teach and serve. We foster faith, honor, respect and responsibility in a Roman Catholic educational environment.
Contact: http://www.blsacrament.com/
Boys and Girls Club:
Our mission is to inspire and empower young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.
Contact: http://www.boysgirlsclubs.org/
Boy Scouts:
The mission of the Milwaukee County Council, Boy Scouts of America, is to meet the spiritual, developmental and social needs of young people by instilling lifetime values enabling them to achieve full potential. The values we strive to instill are derived from the Scout Oath and Law.
Contact: http://www.milwaukeeboyscouts.org/openrosters/view_homepage.asp?orgkey=2371
Cass Street School:
Cass Street School strives to help all students meet our high academic standards and provides them with a diverse educational foundation. We foster a positive school climate conducive to learning by encouraging good citizenship, critical thinking, problem solving, respect and an appreciation for individual and cultural differences in our community.
Contact: http://www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/cass/english/index.htm
Cathedral Center:
To provide a safe environment for women and families while working to end homelessness, one life at a time.
Contact: http://www.cathedral-center.org/
Catholic East Elementary:
We, the community of Catholic East Elementary School serving the sponsoring parishes of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Old St. Mary, Our Lady of Divine Providence, SS. Peter and Paul, and Three Holy Women, and belonging to the larger Church of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are dedicated to fostering a Christ-centered, diversified school where a peaceful atmosphere of loving, sharing and caring is lived. Through the development of programs that nurture the whole child, we strive to bring our students to their fullest potential, academically, spiritually, morally, socially and physically.
Contact: http://www.mycatholiceast.org/
Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing:
The Center’s mission is to help infants, children and adults reach their fullest potential by eliminating communication and language barriers through personalized services, technology and education.
Contact: http://www.cdhh.org/
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin:
The Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin is one of the leading centers for pediatric health care in the United States. The hospital provides inpatient care, including transport of critically ill or injured children and intensive care services, and more than 70 specialty outpatient clinics that care for the full range of pediatric health care needs.
Contact: http://www.chw.org
Clement Avenue School:
Clement Avenue School is committed to providing quality multicultural learning opportunities for all pupils. The focus of our mission is to improve academic achievement. The Clement Avenue staff is committed to providing exceptional academic experiences in all subject areas with a particularly strong emphasis on growth and deep understanding for students in the areas of reading/language arts and mathematics. The staff is willing to do anything within their power to improve our student population’s reading and math skills. To achieve our goals, individual differences are accommodated within grade leveled, self-contained classrooms. This is our true mission statement.
Contact: http://www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/clement/
Coalition of Photographic Arts:
The mission of the Coalition of Photographic Arts is to develop appreciation, promote growth and support the creation of photographic arts in the Greater Milwaukee Region.
Contact: http://copamilwaukee.com/wp/
Congregational Home:
The Congregational Home, founded as an extension of the mission of the First Congregational Church of Wauwatosa, creates and maintains a caring community for the elderly offering housing, health care and quality of life services.
Contact: http://www.congregationalhome.org/index.htm
Core El Centro:
CORE/El Centro, located on the near Southside of Milwaukee, is a social-profit, bilingual, natural healing center which embraces all people and has a passion for serving those of low income. Our purpose is to make healing services accessible, to build community, and to inspire to wholeness all who desire the healing capacities of natural therapies. As a non-profit, we are dedicated to accomplishing this by offering natural healing practices and wholistic exercises that integrate body, mind and spirit and by creating an environment that nurtures self-healing and community well-being.
Contact: http://www.core-elcentro.org/
Council for the Spanish Speaking:
The Council for the Spanish Speaking, Inc. advocates on behalf of Latinos and the socially and economically challenged. It offers programs in education, housing and human services to improve quality of life for families, children, youth, and the aging; promotes cultural, racial and linguistic understanding; and community planning and development supportive of social and economic equity.
Contact: http://spanishcenter-milw.org/index.html
Countryside Humane Society:
To prevent cruelty to animals, the abuse of animals, and to promote responsible pet ownership.
Contact: http://www.countrysidehumanesociety.org/
Crisis Resource Center:
The Crisis Resource Center is a place that individuals who may be experiencing a psychiatric crisis can voluntarily access crisis intervention.
Contact: http://www.tlservices.org/Content/crisis_resource_center.asp
Daystar:
The mission of Daystar is to provide a long term, safe haven where abused women are empowered to embrace life.
Contact: http://www.daystarinc.org/
Discovery World:
Discovery World connects innovation, science, technology and the environment with exploration and learning through interactive exhibits and experiential learning programs.
We are dedicated to helping people positively impact their communities by developing a better understanding of technology and the environment while fostering both innovation and creativity.
Contact: http://www.discoveryworld.org/
Dungarvin:
Dungarvin’s mission is respecting and responding to the choices of people with developmental disabilities.
Contact: http://www.dungarvin.com/locations/WI/WI.htm
East Troy High School:
East Troy High School is a member of the East Troy Community School District, located thirty miles southwest of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and sixty miles southeast of Madison, Wisconsin.
Contact: http://www.easttroy.k12.wi.us/
Easter Seals Kindcare:
Easter Seals Southeast Wisconsin is a not for profit values-based agency that supports children and adults with disabilities, their families and caregivers through a range of services.
Contact: http://wi-se.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=WISE_whoweare
Eisner Museum:
The Eisner is an interactive educational center focusing on advertising and design, and their impact on our culture.
Contact: http://www.eisnermuseum.org/
Elm Creative Arts Elementary School:
Elm Creative Arts School is a Milwaukee Public School that intergrates the arts — visual arts, music drama, dance and creative writing — into a curriculum which supports the Milwaukee Public Schools K-12 Teaching and Learning Goals.
Through participation in Elm’s educational program, students are academically and socially prepared for the future which will taken them through the school experience and into the work force of the 21st Century. Elm’s mission is to develop an individual who can think critically and creatively, accept diversity, appreciate the arts and contribute to society.
Contact: http://www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/elm/
Express Yourself Milwaukee:
Express Yourself Milwaukee celebrates the power of creative arts to transform the lives of underserved urban youth in our community.
Contact: http://www.expressyourselfmilwaukee.org/
FAM Allies:
FAM Allies works together with children and families connecting them to caring people, reducing hospital stays and supporting healthy lives.
Contact: http://www.famallies.org/
Fernwood Montessori School:
The Mission of Fernwood Montessori School is to educate children in a safe, nurturing environment and to help them achieve their fullest potential using Montessori philosophy, principles and materials. Fernwood staff members work with parents and community volunteers to provide opportunities for children to develop academic and personal skills, decision-making ability, and social and intellectual independence in a diverse, multicultural setting. Through research and project-based learning, we prepare our students for active and involved citizenship in the larger community.
Contact: http://www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/fernwood/index.html
Fox Cities Rotary Multicultural Center:
The Fox Cities Rotary Multicultural Center is a gathering place where every person and group is valued and included. The Center facilitates efforts to educate, promote and celebrate diversity and inclusion, enhancing the quality of life in our community.
Contact: http://www.foxcitiesmulticultural.org/
Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens:
The Boerner Botanical Gardens were developed as a public garden intended to be a place of beauty, an outdoor classroom and a living museum for all to enjoy. The Gardens are owned and managed by Milwaukee County Parks and Recreation.
Contact: http://www.boernerbotanicalgardens.org/
Gaenslen School:
Gaenslen School believes that achievement, sense of community, and utilization of technology, along with positive student relationships maximize the potential of all students. Gaenslen offers fully integrated programs for regular education, grades K-8, and students with disabilities, ages 3-14. By reaching hearts and minds, our program strives to develop well-rounded students who are prepared to meet the future and have the skills and motivation to contribute to the community. A dedicated staff of 140 including administrators, teachers, aides and therapists work together to create a productive atmosphere for learning.
Contact: http://www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/gaenslen/F._J._Gaenslen/Home.html
General Mitchell Elementary:
General Mitchell Elementary School offers a friendly, nurturing atmosphere with a focus on Quality Student Achievement, Student Engagement, Customer Satisfaction, and School Efficiencies. We believe that every student deserves the opportunity to be educated in a way that prepares them for college, life and work. Our students will become socially responsible, lifelong learners able to thrive in our community and global society. Together we are working to provide quality educational experiences for our students and their families.
Contact: http://www.cudahy.k12.wi.us/gm/
Germantown High School:
The mission of Germantown High School, a learning community where all people are accepted and supported, is to guarantee that students are given the opportunity to become responsible, productive life-long learners. We will provide curriculum based on real-life applications, optimal use of technology, and instruction that accommodates varied learning styles. To accomplish this requires a shared commitment to education from students, their families, the staff, and the community at large.
Contact: http://gtownhigh.germantown.k12.wi.us/
Girl Scouts:
Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
Contact: http://www.gswise.org/
Grand Avenue Club:
The mission of Grand Avenue Club is to provide Milwaukee County adults who have experienced mental illness with an array of opportunities that will assist them to experience recovery, to integrate into society via work and education, and to live lives that are vocationally productive and socially satisfying.
Contact: http://www.grandavenueclub.com/
Greenfield Park and Recreation Department:
The City of Greenfield Department of Parks and Recreation is committed to enhancing the quality of life of all segments of the Greenfield community through the promotion, development, and maintenance of public recreation and enrichment opportunities, park lands and related facilities, and preservation of natural areas.
Contact: http://www.greenfieldwi.us/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={B743E41B-C599-40AF-BD0A-CC01F77D07EA}
Growing Power:
Growing Power transforms communities by supporting people from diverse backgrounds and the environments in which they live through the development of Community Food Systems. These systems provide high-quality, safe, healthy, affordable food for all residents in the community. Growing Power develops Community Food Centers, as a key component of Community Food Systems, through training, active demonstration, outreach, and technical assistance.
Contact: http://www.growingpower.org/
Guest House:
The Guest House of Milwaukee, Inc. provides shelter, housing, education and services to Milwaukee’s homeless who seek to transform their lives with dignity and purpose.
Contact: http://www.guesthouseofmilwaukee.org/
Habitat for Humanity:
Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity transforms lives and our city by providing simple, decent and affordable housing for Milwaukee families in need.
Contact: http://www.milwaukeehabitat.org/
HALO:
The Homeless Assistance Leadership Organization, Inc. (HALO) is a 120 bed emergency shelter located at 2000 DeKoven Avenue in Racine, WI. HALO meets emergency shelter needs for all men, women and children who are experiencing homelessness, coordinates supportive services that help homeless adults become self-sufficient, provides community leadership to prevent chronic homelessness and ensures children get positive support through stable living and learning environments.
Contact: http://www.haloinc.org/AboutHalo.aspx
Happy Endings No Kill Shelter:
All adult cats are spayed or neutered before being adopted. We currently place an average of 200 cats per year. All potential adopters must fill out an application and go through an interview process. Adoption facilitators walk potential adopters through the shelter and help them find a cat that will touch their heart and fill an empty space in their home and life.
Contact: http://www.happyendings.us/
Havenwoods State Forest:
Havenwoods State Forest offers 237-acres of grasslands, woods, and wetlands in the City of Milwaukee.
Contact: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/Org/land/parks/specific/havenwoods/
HAWS Pets:
HAWS promotes the humane care and treatment of all animals, supporting cooperative humane efforts throughout the state of Wisconsin. We are not affiliated with any other local or national humane society. HAWS is a member of the Wisconsin Federated Humane Societies.
Contact: http://www.hawspets.org/
Hawthhorn Glen:
Hawthorn Glen is a 23-acre nature center that primarily serves as a field trip location on weekdays for 12,000 children annually.
Contact: http://www.milwaukeerecreation.net/hawthorn-glen/
Hebron House of Hospitality:
The mission of Hebron House of Hospitality, Inc. is to provide emergency housing and related services to people in transition with the basic needs of shelter, food and personal support.
Contact: http://www.hebronhouse.org/
Highland School:
The Highland School District aspires to be a challenging and exciting school district in which students achieve personal responsibility, social maturity, and academic success.
Contact: http://www.highland.k12.wi.us/
Hmong American Friendship Center:
The Hmong American Friendship Association Inc., is dedicated to improving the quality of life for Southeast Asian Refugee families in the Greater Milwaukee area by promoting self sufficiency and the preservation of our cultural heritage.
Contact: http://www.hmongamer.org/
Homestead High School:
Homestead High School is located approximately 13 miles north of Metropolitan Milwaukee. It is a 4-year public high school, serving students from a 48 square mile area including the suburbs of Thiensville and Mequon.
Contact: http://www.mtsd.k12.wi.us/mtsd/homestead/default.html
Hope House:
Our mission is to end homeless and create healthy communities.
Contact: http://www.hopehousemke.org/
Horicon National Wildlife Refuge:
The northern two-thirds of Horicon Marsh is managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service as the 21,000 acre Horicon National Wildlife Refuge.
Contact: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/horicon/
House of Peace Food Pantry:
Based on Gospel values, the House of Peace serves the community by assisting families and individuals in meeting their spiritual, material, and emotional needs, thereby helping families remain together and promoting self-sufficiency.
Contact: http://www.houseofpeacemilwaukee.org/index.shtml
Hunger Task Force:
Hunger Task Force believes that every person has a right to adequate food obtained with dignity. Hunger Task Force works to prevent hunger and malnutrition by providing food to people in need today and by promoting social policies to achieve a hunger free community tomorrow.
Contact: http://www.hungertaskforce.org/about-us/
In Tandem Theater:
In Tandem Theatre is committed to producing exciting, innovative live theatre designed to inspire, enlighten, provoke and entertain a diverse audience.
Contact: http://www.intandemtheatre.org/
IN:SITE:
IN:SITE fosters place-responsive temporary public art. In Milwaukee County, the projects IN:SITE curates, manages, promotes, and maintains highlight how temporary public art and infrastructure needs can dovetail. IN:SITE also advocates locally and nationally for policies that will promote the inclusion of temporary public art and provides information so artists and organizations can forward projects.
Contact: http://insitemilwaukee.org/
Independence First:
Independence First is a non-profit agency directed by, and for the benefit of, people with disabilities, primarily serving the four county metropolitan Milwaukee area.
Contact: http://www.independencefirst.org/
International Learning Center:
The International Learning Center (formerly Indochinese Learning Center) has provided English as a Second Language instruction to over 5,000 African and Southeast Asian adult refugees in the Milwaukee area since 1981. We specialize in literacy and communication skills for refugees who have had little or no prior education in their own country.
Contact: http://ilcmilwaukee.wordpress.com/about/
Jefferson County Dog Park:
The Jefferson County Dog Park is located on Highway 26 between Jefferson and Johnson Creek. The first phase, 23 acre Terri Tinsley Dog Exercise Area, opened on the site in November of 2003. A major expansion to the dog park was completed in 2009. 36 acres of fenced ground was added to the original 23 acres. The expanded park contains two large dog areas as well as two small dog areas.
Contact: http://www.jeffersoncountywi.gov/jc/public/jchome.php?page_id=610
Jeremiah Curtin Academy:
Curtin has been recognized three times in the past six years by Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction as a New Wisconsin Promise school because we have met annual achievement goals and have higher than average reading and math scores when compared with similar state schools. We offer classes in music, art, gym, and piano keyboarding. An accelerated reading program ensures that all pupils become competent readers. Band instrument lessons are offered during the school day.
Contact: http://mpsportal.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=321&PageID=38384&cached=true&mode=2
Jewish Community Center:
The Jewish Community Center is a non-profit, social service agency founded upon Jewish ethics and values. It is committed to meeting the ever changing needs of the entire Jewish Community for strengthening Jewish identity and for enriching the quality of Jewish life.
The Center provides the total community with a forum for open dialogue regarding matters affecting Jewish life here, in Israel, and throughout the world. It initiates diversified social, educational, recreational, and cultural programs within a Jewish setting.
Contact: http://www.jccmilwaukee.org/index.php
Jewish Home and Care Center:
To provide our Jewish Community with those services that enable our seniors or infirm to be a part of a quality Jewish environment with comfort, meaning, independence and dignity.
Contact: http://jewishseniorliving.org/jewish-home-and-care-center.aspx
Journey House:
Established in 1969, Journey House is grounded in the philosophy that Education is a Family Journey. We embody this belief through our mission of working with the community utilizing a self-help philosophy in order to increase education, reduce unemployment and crime, strengthen families, and revitalize neighborhoods.
Contact: http://www.journeyhouse.org/wordpress/mission-statement/
Kenosha Achievement Center:
The Kenosha Achievement Center, is a non profit organization committed to the growth and success of persons with special needs. Our mission is to enable persons with disabilities to achieve a way of life that includes work and community integration. KAC provides Adult, Early Childhood and Specialized Transportation services for persons with special needs.
Contact: http://www.thekac.com/
Kiwanis:
The mission of Kiwanis International is to serve the children of the world.
Contact: http://kiwanismilwaukee.homestead.com/index.html
La Causa Crisis Nursery:
La Causa, Inc. is a nonprofit organization founded in 1972 that prevents abuse and provides education and social services to thousands of Milwaukee County residents. For nearly 40 years, La Causa has been totally committed to helping low-income children and parents overcome the odds in some of Milwaukee’s poorest — yet most diverse — neighborhoods.
Contact: http://www.lacausa.org/
La Escuela Fratney:
La Escuela Fratney provides a rigorous curriculum in English and Spanish that includes a focus on multiculturalism and collaboration with both our parents and the community. Fratney is a feeder school to Lincoln Center of the Arts.
Contact: http://mpsportal.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=323&PageID=38316&cached=true&mode=2
Lakeshore State Park:
Lakeshore State Park is a member of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Contact: http://lakeshorestatepark.com/
Lincoln Center of the Arts:
The mission of Lincoln Center of the Arts is to provide an arts-based learning environment with high expectations for student achievement. At our school, academics, the Arts and technology are interwoven. Our students are provided with creative, concrete opportunities to integrate academics with visual, musical and performance arts lessons. Students demonstrate what they have learned by applying classroom knowledge to real life situations. Our students understand technological advances, develop the ability to solve complex problems, think critically, communicate effectively and cooperate with others. We are a caring community that enhances the quality of life for all.
Contact: http://www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/lcmsa/
Little Books that Could:
The Little Books that Could is a project of active participation that engages the heart to resolve social injustice. Through simple methods of hand-making a small book on a topic of fundamental injustice, solidarity grows in support of social change. The overarching principle and mission of the project is the recognition and development of the nobility of humanity. Within the context of an unusually accessible vibrant experience, each participant creates the form and content of a little book that speaks out against oppression of any kind. For most participants, this is often the first time their opinions are voiced in a public, let alone, a global venue.
Contact: http://www.thelittlebooksthatcould.com/index.htm
Lloyd Street School:
Our students are equipped with the skills necessary to become engaging leaders in our diverse society. We value global awareness, technological competence and cultural harmony. At Lloyd, our students are encouraged to reach for excellence. Enjoy your visit to our website, and please feel free to make an appointment to visit our school in person.
Contact: http://www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/lloyd/lloyd.html
Logemann Center:
The Logemann Community Center’s mission is to be the heart of the community in the center of the community.
Contact: http://www.logemanncenter.org/
Lutheran Social Services:
Lutheran Social Services is motivated by the compassion of Christ, we help people improve the quality of their lives.
Contact: http://www.lsswis.org/
Marion Center for Nonprofits:
The Marian Center for Nonprofits provides affordable spaces for nonprofit organizations.
Contact: http://www.mariancenter.net/
Marquette Daycare Center:
The Marquette University Child Care Center, located in the Krueger Parent and Child Care Center, serves the children of students, staff, and faculty of the university. The curriculum focuses on creative, child-centered play and hands-on discovery learning. The center is committed toward educating the whole child – socially, physically and intellectually – to set the stage for lifelong learning.
Contact: http://www.marquette.edu/grad/resources_childcare.shtml
Marshall Montessori:
Our mission is to provide students with a rigorous academic environment and a thoughtful community that nurtures an atmosphere of peace and mutual respect. Montessori High School fosters independence, critical thinking, and responsibility to self, to others, and to the earth while emphasizing the importance of life outside academics.
Contact: http://www.montessoriib.org/Montessori_High_School/Home/Home.html
Maryland Avenue School:
Maryland Avenue School is a K-8 school located in the heart of Milwaukee’s historic and culturally diverse East Side. Maryland Avenue School has been a part of the neighborhood for over 110 years. Recent modernization of the building has incorporated a Supportive Staff Center, and a Parent Center.
Contact: http://www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/maryland/
MATA Community Media:
Our mission is to provide access, without prejudice, to multimedia technology for the purposes of education and information to Milwaukee and surrounding communities.
Contact: http://www.matamedia.org/
McNair Academy:
The academic program at McNair has been developed to educate the whole child. It is our belief that in order to educate the whole child, we must deliver instructions that connect all disciplines. Science, a natural link to all subjects, is the focus of our school program and is the guiding force by which we motivate our students to become productive learners. The curriculum at McNair is based upon an application of the scientific method and school-wide science themes. Our science emphasis is on aviation and space. Because of our unique focus, we are able to provide our students access to a hands on science lab where students can also have experiences in the use of a weather station and other aerospace activities.
Contact: http://www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/mcnair/
Medical College of Wisconsin:
To be a national leader in the education and development of the next generation of physicians and scientists; to discover and translate new knowledge in the biomedical sciences; to provide cutting-edge, interdisciplinary and compassionate clinical care of the highest quality; to improve the health of the communities we serve.
Contact: http://www.mcw.edu/display/router.aspx
Medina Boxing Center:
Our primary goal is to instill the traits of a champion and teach the excellence of the boxing and martial arts sports; Muay-Tai, Kickboxing and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to men and women of all ages and to continue the top notch reputation we have earned since 1989 along with promoting a healthy lifestyle.
Contact: http://www.medinaboxingclub.com/
Mesmer High School:
Messmer Catholic Schools dedicate themselves to serving a diverse, urban population and providing their students with an education that represents the schools’ Catholic heritage. Messmer Catholic Schools prepare their graduates to excel in college, to succeed in the work force, and to become productive citizens.
Contact: http://www.messmerschools.org/page.cfm
Milwaukee Achiever Program:
The mission of Milwaukee Achiever Literacy Services is to provide education, life skills training and workforce development instruction for adult learners in an atmosphere of mutual acceptance and respect. Learners are inspired and empowered to enrich their lives and their communities.
Contact: http://milwaukeeachiever.org/about-us/
Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Center:
To provide animal regulation and care services which protect the health, public safety and welfare of people and animals in Milwaukee County.
Contact: http://www.madacc.com/
Milwaukee Art Museum Volunteer Program:
The Milwaukee Art Museum collects and preserves art, presenting it to the community as a vital source of inspiration and education.
Contact: http://www.mam.org/
Milwaukee Bike Collective:
The Milwaukee Bicycle Collective is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that provides a publicly accesible bicycle resource center for the city of Milwaukee. It is a place where bike construction and repair can happen in a creative and supportive environment and at an affordable cost.
Contact: http://bikecollective.org/index.html
Milwaukee Catholic Home:
In an environment of Christian love and service, Milwaukee Catholic Home is a continuing care retirement community that provides older adults with an array of residential, healthcare, and spiritual services, respecting dignity, independence and individuality.
Contact: http://www.milwaukeecatholichome.org/m/
Milwaukee Christian Center:
The Milwaukee Christian Center believes all people deserve to be treated with compassion and respect. We exist to move people beyond the challenges of poverty through life-affirming programs and supportive services.
Contact: http://www.mccwi.org/
Milwaukee County Historical Society:
The Milwaukee County Historical Society was founded in 1935 to collect, preserve and make available materials relating to the history of the Milwaukee community. Through a broad range of activities, the Historical Society seeks to recognize and preserve our local history. In promoting a greater appreciation of Milwaukee County’s heritage, the Historical Society hopes to develop a better understanding of the issues and challenges facing Milwaukee County today.
Contact: http://www.milwaukeehistory.net/
Milwaukee County Parks:
Milwaukee County Department Parks, Recreation and Culture, an operating unit of Milwaukee County Government, provides quality of life experiences to Milwaukee County residents. This is accomplished through environmental and community stewardship and through the operation and maintenance of parks and facilities by a reliable, diverse and well-trained workforce/management team. Efficient, effective, and affordable recreational opportunities are provided by the department, often in collaboration with the community and designed to meet the diverse needs of its residents.
Contact: http://county.milwaukee.gov/ParksandPublicInfras7720.htm
Milwaukee Education Center (MEC):
Our vision is to create a community of lifelong learners. The staff at MEC will help each child reach his or her highest potential through collaboration and collegiality. Through standards-based, data-driven instruction, we will move each child to a higher level. We believe that every person and every contribution, no matter how small, can create positive change. Every obstacle must be looked upon as a challenge. Every challenge, when met and overcome, builds skill and confidence. This will in turn develop lifelong abilities to make correct choices while exhibiting self-respect.
Contact: http://www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/mec/
Milwaukee Gay Arts Center:
The Milwaukee Gay Arts Center’s (MGAC) primary purpose is to serve and promote the betterment of the Milwaukee LGBT community through providing a safe, secure and friendly environment for LGBT artists to express, display and perform LGBT relevant visual and performing arts as well as provide arts related educational opportunities.
Contact: http://milwaukeegayartscenter.org/MGAC/Home.html
Milwaukee Jewish Day School:
Milwaukee Jewish Day School is an independent, co-educational school for Jewish children from kindergarten through eighth grade.
Contact: http://www.mjds.org/
Milwaukee Lacrosse Club:
To promote the sport of lacrosse and its history throughout the greater Milwaukee area. To teach, coach and develop the fundamental skills and understanding of the game to boys and girls of all ages.
Contact: http://www.milwaukeeyouthlacrosse.com/
Milwaukee LGBT Community Center:
The mission of the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center is to further develop our vibrant lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in the greater Milwaukee area, thus improving the quality of life for all of us. The mission is supported by the Center’s leadership in community building, health promotion, advocacy, and communications.
Contact: http://www.mkelgbt.org/
Milwaukee Public Library:
The Milwaukee Public Library is a member of the Milwaukee County Federated Library System.
Contact: http://www.mpl.org/
Milwaukee Public Museum:
The Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM) was among some half dozen major American museums of natural and human history established during the last half of the 19th century. Its special distinction is that it began and remains a people’s museum, instituted without wealthy benefactors, and has always been much larger and broader in scholarly scope than would be expected relative to the size of the population it serves.
Contact: http://www.mpm.edu/
Milwaukee Recreation Department:
Our mission is to enrich the lives of Milwaukee’s youth, adults, and families through many innovative programs. These programs are designed to improve the academic achievement of all students during non-school hours, strengthen families, reduce crime in the neighborhoods, and enhance the well-being of all residents.
Contact: http://www.milwaukeerecreation.net/about-us/
Milwaukee Rescue Mission:
In response to the command of Jesus, we compassionately serve to help make whole the hungry, homeless and poor in body, mind and spirit for the glory of God. “…to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter…Isaiah 58:7.”
Contact: http://www.milmission.org/about-milwaukee-rescue-mission/
Milwaukee River Greenway Coalition:
To implement a community based master plan for the Milwaukee River that provides recommendations for preservation, revitalization, management, and improved public access and recreation.
Contact: http://www.protectmilwaukeeriver.org/
Milwaukee School of Languages:
The Milwaukee School of Languages is a member of the Milwaukee Public School system.
Contact: http://www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/msl/
Milwaukee State Detention Facility:
The Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility protects the public by detention, accountability and programming of adult inmates in a safe and secure institution while remaining committed to the goals of successful reintegration to the community.
Contact: http://www.wi-doc.com/milwaukee_secure_detention_fac.htm
Milwaukee Women’s Center:
To provide holistic care to empower women and families who are experiencing abuse to live safe, independent and healthy lives.
Contact: http://www.mwcinc.org/
Milwaukee Youth Theatre:
The Milwaukee Youth Theatre prides itself on being most children’s first chance to be on stage. We involve children in all aspects of our performances such as working on lighting, sound, and stage-managing. MYT is truly “Theater for children, by children”.
Contact: http://www.milwaukeeyouththeatre.org/
Milwaukee Zen Center:
The Milwaukee Zen Center offers a regular schedule of zazen, weekly study classes, two-day sittings and a special three-day sitting for Rohatsu Sesshin in celebration of the Buddha’s enlightenment.
Contact: http://www.milwaukeezencenter.org/index.html
Mitchell Park Domes:
The Mitchell Park Conservatory, known affectionately to generations of Milwaukee and Wisconsin residents as, “Mitchell Park Domes,” is a world class horticultural adventure right here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Contact: http://www.milwaukeedomes.org/
MS Accelerated Cure Project:
Our mission is to cure Multiple Sclerosis. We will not be content with simply finding ways to slow the disease or treat symptoms. Curing means preventing the disability caused by MS, permanently stopping the progress of MS, and repairing the damage already caused in patients with MS.
Contact: http://www.acceleratedcure.org/about/index.php
Neighborhood House:
The mission of Neighborhood House of Milwaukee is to build a strong community by strengthening individuals, families, and the neighborhood.
Contact: http://www.nh-milw.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=5&Itemid=68
Next Door Foundation:
The Next Door Foundation supports the intellectual, physical, spiritual and emotional development of children so they become self-sufficient, contributing members of the community.
Contact: http://nextdoormil.org/AboutUs.nws
Northcott Community Center:
Northcott Neighborhood House has served the Milwaukee Wisconsin community for 38 years. Dedicated to families and communities, Northcott will continue to serve for years to come.
Contact: http://www.northcotthouse.org/
Northshore Academy of the Arts:
North Shore Academy of the Arts, Inc. (NSAA) is a not-for-profit company dedicated to offering high caliber opportunities in the performing, visual, and literary arts to all ages. It is designed to encourage, inspire and promote creativity while fostering a cultural appreciation of the arts in our communities. NSAA promotes a sense of self worth, responsibility, and strength of character while providing individuals and families the means to recognize and develop talents, interests, assets, and aspirations. Beyond the arts, NSAA strives to build healthy communities through the development of positive values and a commitment that will be evident across all cultural and socio-economic groups.
Contact: http://northshoreacademyofthearts.com/about-nsaa/#
On Ramp:
OnRamp provides students with the opportunity to shadow design professionals, tour creative facilities, participate in learning modules and complete a project that requires hands-on creative work. Giving them an understanding of the creative opportunities in both traditional and new media. And a chance to explore often unknown possibilities.
Contact: http://www.onrampmke.org/
Pathfinders:
For 40 years, Pathfinders has helped those we serve to take charge of their lives, connect to others, and contribute to the community. Our programs are designed to protect youth, strengthen individuals and families, and improve the emotional and mental health of our neighbors struggling with difficult challenges. In partnership with generous individual supporters, foundations, businesses, faith communities, and government more than 7,800 people each year are able to find safety, hope and healing.
Contact: http://pathfindersmke.org/
Peace Action Center:
Peace Action-Wisconsin is a peace and justice organization which works for a world where human needs are met, the environment is preserved, and the threats of war and nuclear weapons have been abolished. We are committed to non-violence as a way of life and offer our members opportunities for education, lobbying and public witness.
Contact: http://www.peaceactionwi.org/index.php
Penfield Children’s Center:
Penfield Children’s Center is a non-profit organization whose sole purpose is to help infants and young children with and without disabilities to reach their full potential through education, therapy services and family programs.
Contact: http://www.penfieldchildren.org/
Pettit Center:
The Pettit National Ice Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that supports the development and health benefits of skating among people of all ages and abilities. The Pettit Center actively promotes to the general public, young and old, the mental and physical rewards of recreational skating. Designated an Olympic Training Site and one of only 12 indoor Olympic Ovals in the world; the Center also helps prepare amateur athletes for local, regional, national and international competition in speed skating.
Contact: http://www.thepettit.com/
Pewaukee Veterinary Service:
We, the staff of Pewaukee Veterinary Service, are committed to provide the most comprehensive care to our patients, focusing on their individual needs. We believe in treating every pet with compassion and dignity as if it were our own.
Contact: http://www.pewaukeeveterinaryservice.com/
Phillis Wheatley Elementary School:
The staff of Phillis Wheatley School endeavors to develop in our students high standards of academic excellence while preparing students to use technologies capably, actively, and responsibly. We also strive to develop and enhance those character traits necessary for a disciplined life in conduct, attitude and learning in preparation of students’ transition from one level of schooling to the next.
Contact: http://www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/wheatley/
Planned Parenthood:
Planned Parenthood believes in the fundamental right of each individual, throughout the world, to manage his or her fertility, regardless of the individual’s income, marital status, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or residence. We believe that respect and value for diversity in all aspects of our organization are essential to our well-being. We believe that reproductive self-determination must be voluntary and preserve the individual’s right to privacy. We further believe that such self-determination will contribute to an enhancement of the quality of life and strong family relationships.
Contact: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/
Prairie View Animal Hospital:
Prairie View Animal Hospital is a well-established, full-service, small animal veterinary hospital providing comprehensive medical, surgical and dental care.
Contact: http://www.pvahosp.com/
Racine Theater Guild:
The Racine Theatre Guild, Inc. is a volunteer-based community theatre. The mission of the Racine Theatre Guild, Inc. is to engage in the theatre arts pursuing activities and productions of high standards and artistic integrity that will enrich and ensure a better quality of life for the residents of Racine and southeastern Wisconsin by providing educational, cultural, avocational, recreational, and entertainment opportunities.
Contact: http://www.racinetheatre.org/
Redline Milwaukee:
RedLine Milwaukee is an urban laboratory that seeks to nourish the individual practice of contemporary art and to stimulate the creative potential of the local community to which we are linked. Through residency, education, outreach and challenging exhibition programs with a focus on socially relevant topics, RedLine inspires and impacts new generations of cultural and civic transformers.
Contact: http://www.redlineartmke.org/
Renaissance Child Development:
The quality of a childcare center is determined by the quality of the childcare providers, the men and women you trust with your child’s safety and wellbeing. Childcare is a field of work that depends entirely on the ability, patience, and energy of the teachers. Without the staff’s full effort a childcare center cannot succeed. At Renaissance Child Development Center we have made hiring superior teachers our number one priority since 1973.
Contact: http://www.eastsidedaycare.com/
Repairers of the Breach:
Repairers of the Breach is Greater Milwaukee’s grassroots homeless outreach, provider of the area’s only daytime shelter and resource center for homeless people.
Contact: http://www.repairers.org/who_we_are.html
Retzer Nature Center:
At Waukesha County’s Retzer Nature Center “education is the key”. Retzer is dedicated to providing hands-on outdoor / environmental educational opportunities for school groups, families and adults through public and private programs. Retzer Nature Center strives to create awareness and appreciation of the environment in all patrons and visitors.
Contact: http://www.waukeshacounty.gov/page.aspx?SetupMetaId=10916&id=11078
Riverbend Nature Center:
Our mission is to help people of all ages learn to live more harmoniously and joyously with the natural world.
Contact: http://www.riverbendracine.org/page1.aspx
Riveredge Nature Center:
The mission of Riveredge Nature Center is to inspire, inform and enable responsible environmental decision-making
Contact: http://riveredge.us/
Riverwest Co-op:
The Riverwest Co-op and the Co-op Café are dedicated to providing the community with nutritious, wholesome food and are proud to feature organic and local ingredients.
Contact: http://www.riverwestcoop.org/
Roosevelt Middle School of the Arts:
The unique educational program of Roosevelt Middle School of the Arts provides students with opportunities to develop their fullest potential personally, intellectually, physically, emotionally, and socially through a curriculum based on the creative arts. The purpose of this program is to develop each child’s creativity in all subject areas with particular emphasis on critical thinking, individual creative expression, and group responsibility.
Contact: http://www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/roosevelt/
Salvation Army Emergency Lodge:
The Emergency Lodge is a 120 bed facility that provides temporary shelter, meals and case management for homeless adults and families. Social workers provide case management services that will help alleviate factors that cause homelessness. The goal is to return individuals to appropriate housing in the community.
Contact: http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_greatermilwaukee.nsf/vw-dynamic-index/8FA62151ADBFFBF980256EC2006F49F6?Opendocument
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center:
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center connects people with nature and inspires them to become responsible stewards of the natural world.
Contact: http://www.schlitzauduboncenter.com/
Second Harvest:
Second Harvest Heartland’s mission is to end hunger through community partnerships.
Contact: http://www.2harvest.org/site/PageServer?pagename=aboutus_home
SHARE:
SHARE brings people together to build and strengthen community through volunteer service. SHARE enables communities to respond to basic needs and provides access to good, nutritious food at reduced cost through a self-help distribution system. SHARE fosters the dignity and self-worth of each person and acts from a commitment to serve the common good.
Contact: http://www.sharewi.org/
Silver Spring Neighborhood Center:
For 52 years, Silver Spring Neighborhood Center has been a stabilizing presence of Milwaukee’s northwest side. Silver Spring Neighborhood Center is a nonprofit social service agency whose mission is to build a safer, stronger neighborhood and community.
Contact: http://www.ssnc-milw.org/
Sixteenth Street Community Health Center:
To improve the health and well-being of Milwaukee and surrounding communities, by providing quality, patient-centered, family-based health care, health education and social services, free from linguistic, cultural and economic barriers.
Contact: http://www.sschc.org/
South Milwaukee High School:
Through a commitment to educational excellence, it is our mission to educate, engage and prepare all learners to succeed in and contribute to an ever-changing society.
Contact: http://www.sdsm.k12.wi.us/high/New%20High/index.htm
St. Ann Center for the Intergenerational Care:
The mission of St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care is to provide community-based health and educational services for children and frail adults and to serve as a resource and support for caregivers.
Contact: http://www.stanncenter.org/
St. Francis Children’s Center:
Serving infants through Kindergarten (K4 and K5) in our Early Education and Child Care programs. At St. Francis Children’s Center, we believe that all children can learn if we can learn how to teach them.
Contact: http://www.sfcckids.org/
St. Joan Antida High School:
In the spirit of Saint Joan Antida Thouret, we prepare young women to lead and serve in a global society through a values-based Catholic education.
Contact: http://saintjoanantida.org/
St. Richard Parish School:
St. Richard Parish School has opened its doors to all persons and has made them feel at home by giving them affirmation and hope. Today, St. Richard’s stands with the same mission it has had since it’s founding, unchanged yet ever new – to share the Good News of Jesus Christ to a world searching for truth.
Contact: http://www.strichardparish.org/
St. Vincent de Paul:
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is an international Catholic organization of lay persons which seeks, in a spirit of justice and charity, and by person- to-person involvement of its members, to help those who are suffering, by loving and serving their neighbor. Vincentian helping can include any person-to-person assistance that promotes human dignity and integrity. The Society is concerned not only with relieving need but also with addressing the situations that cause it.
Contact: http://www.svdpmilw.org/
Stormonth Elementary School:
Stormonth Elementary School is a member of the Fox Point – Bayside School District
Contact: http://www.foxbay.k12.wi.us/Students/Stormonth/stor_index.asp
Summit Education:
Summit was established in 1990 to provide One-On-One tutoring and mentoring program for Milwaukee’s inner city children. Through tutoring, recreation, personal friendship, and a virtue based character program, Summit fosters relationships between dedicated mentors, parents, and their children in order to encourage intellectual, cultural, and moral growth. We are inspired by the social teachings of the Catholic Church which places primary importance on the dignity of each human being.
Contact: http://www.summitea.org/
The Building for Kids:
The mission of The Building for Kids is to build children’s imagination, creativity, and confidence.
Contact: http://www.buildingforkids.org/index.php
The Gathering:
Our mission is to provide meals and associated services to those who would otherwise go hungry.
Contact: http://www.thegatheringwis.org/
Timber Wolf Preservation Society:
The Timber Wolf Preservation Society, Inc. was formed in August 1979. The society is a state chartered, non-profit corporation with about 800 members throughout the United States and other countries.
Contact: http://my.execpc.com/~twps/
Transtar Medical Transportation:
Transtar is one of the oldest and most respected specialized transportation companies in Southeastern Wisconsin. Combined, our drivers and staff have over 180 years experience in the transportation industry. We provide approximately 30,000 transports per year and log nearly one million miles per year.
Contact: http://www.transtarmedical.com/
Trowbridge Elementary:
At Trowbridge, we are proud of our safe, comfortable environment, where students are encouraged to be self-confident, independent decision makers.
Contact: http://www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/trowbridge/
TRUE Skool:
TRUE Skool’s mission is to provide arts education and community service opportunities for youth to create positive sustainable change in their lives and in the community.
Contact: http://www.trueskool.org/
UMOS:
UMOS, a non-profit advocacy organization, provides programs and services which improve the employment, educational, health and housing opportunities of under-served populations.
Contact: http://www.umos.org/
United Cerebral Palsy of Southeastern Wisconsin:
United Cerebral Palsy of Southeastern Wisconsin seeks to advance the independence, productivity and rights of citzenship for persons with cerebral palsy and other disabilities and their families in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, Washington, Racine and Kenosha counties.
Contact: http://www.ucpsew.org/
United Community Center:
Our mission is to provide programs to Hispanics and near south side residents of all ages in the areas of education, cultural arts, recreation, community development, and health and human services. The UCC assists individuals to achieve their potential by focusing on cultural heritage as a means of strengthening personal development and by promoting high academic standards in all of its educational programs.
Contact: http://www.unitedcc.org/index.htm
Urban Day School:
The mission of Urban Day School is to provide students, pre-kindergarten through eighth grade with a learning experience that emphasizes academic excellence and personal achievement, enabling the students to make a successful transition into higher education and to become value-creating leaders of society.
Contact: http://www.urbanday.org/
Urban Ecology Center :
The Urban Ecology Center fosters ecological understanding as inspiration for change, neighborhood by neighborhood.
Contact: http://www.urbanecologycenter.org/
Urban Underground:
Urban Underground is advancing a new generation of young leaders committed to building safe and sustainable communities. We advance our mission through effective and age appropriate programs, strategic partnerships, and youth-led social change projects in the areas of health, education, and restorative justice. Our programs establish key pipelines for youth leadership, help groups broaden their definitions of diversity and inclusion, and create educational models relevant to today’s youth.
Contact: http://www.urbanunderground.org/aboutus/mission.html
US Grant Elementary:
The staff and parents at Grant School hold high expectations for individual student achievement. Our student centered curriculum focuses on educating the whole child with emphasis on learning by integrating technology in the areas of reading, language arts, science, social studies and mathematics. We provide experiences for children that motivate them to become better prepared to meet the demands of the 21st Century. These experiences develop the child intellectually, socially, emotionally and physically so they are able to make meaningful decisions in our society.
Contact: http://www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/grant/page1.htm
UW-Extension:
Through the University of Wisconsin-Extension, all Wisconsin people can access university resources and engage in lifelong learning, wherever they live and work.
Fundamental to this mission are UW-Extension’s partnerships with the 26 UW campuses, the county and tribal governments, and other public and private organizations. Fulfilling the promise of the Wisconsin Idea, UW-Extension extends the boundaries of the university to the boundaries of the state and helps the university establish mutually beneficial connections with all its stakeholders.
Contact: http://www.uwex.edu/
UWM Child Care Center:
The UWM Children’s Center serves the University with distinction through the provision of high-quality education programs for children and families, UWM students and the professional child development community.
Contact: http://www4.uwm.edu/ccc/
UWM Women’s Resource Center:
The WRC enhances awareness and understanding at UWM of the diversity of women’s lives and experiences, and the role gender plays in everyone’s life. We promote and support the health and well-being of women juggling school with other responsibilities, and help students to address their problems, recognize their individual and collective power, and achieve their full educational, career and personal potential at UWM and beyond. And, we build partnerships and advocate for change to create a campus climate that enhances the quality of life for all members of the University community.
Contact: http://www4.uwm.edu/wrc/wrc_interim/interim/index.cfm
Villa Terrace Museum:
Villa Terrace Museum features fine and decorative arts dating from the 15th through the 18th centuries, wrought-iron masterpieces by Cyril Colnik, the Renaissance Garden, and changing exhibitions.
Contact: http://www.villaterracemuseum.org/index.html
Walkers Point Center for the Arts:
Walker’s Point Center for the Arts supports visual and performing arts and learning in a multicultural environment. The center fosters creativity in children through innovative education and encourages audience development and artistic talent with a diverse blend of programming.
Contact: http://wpca-milwaukee.org/
Washington County Humane Society:
The mission of The Washington County Humane Society is to protect animals from suffering and cruelty, to provide care for animals afflicted by neglect and abandonment, and to enhance the lives of animals and people through education, adoption and compassion.
Contact: http://www.washingtoncountyhumane.org/
Waukesah County Museum:
We serve Waukesha County and beyond as an educational and cultural resource while preserving and sharing county history.
Contact: http://www.waukeshacountymuseum.org/
Wehr Nature Center:
Rustling leaves, shimmering seas of grass, a cool rush of water over rock, birds and waterfowl calling, a rainbow of wildflowers, a scamper of animal feet… all of these natural treasures and many more await you at the Wehr Nature Center.
Contact: http://county.milwaukee.gov/WehrNatureCenter10115.htm
Wellspring:
Wellspring Wisconsin combines an unparalleled weight loss program with exciting activities on our campus and in the surrounding region. We are located on the beautiful 820-acre campus of University of Wisconsin-Platteville, which provides state-of-the-art facilities for swimming, fitness, personal training and team sports.
Contact: http://www.wellspringwisconsin.com/
Wisconsin Humane Society:
The Wisconsin Humane Society (WHS) is a private nonprofit organization whose mission is to build a community where people value animals and treat them with respect and kindness.
Contact: http://www.wihumane.org/
Women and Children’s Horizons:
The mission of Women and Children’s Horizons, Inc. is to provide support, education, training, and healing to victims of sexual and domestic violence/abuse.
Contact: http://www.wchkenosha.org/
YMCA:
Welcome to the Y. We’re an inclusive organization of men, women and children joined together by a shared commitment to nurturing the potential of kids, promoting healthy living and fostering a sense of social responsibility.
We know that lasting personal and social change comes about when we all work together. That’s why, at the Y, strengthening community is our cause. Every day, we work side-by-side with our neighbors to make sure that everyone, regardless of age, income or background, has the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive.
With a mission to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all, our impact is felt when an individual makes a healthy choice, when a mentor inspires a child and when a community comes together for the common good.
Contact: http://www.ymcamke.org/YMCA/home.php
Youth Network Council:
Youth Network Council builds the capacity of organizations that provide opportunities and support for youth and their families at the local level.
Contact: http://www.youthnetworkcouncil.org/