For Release: 06/23/2015
Non-Profits Awarded Employee Choice Grants From Wisconsin Public Service Foundation $50,000 to Local CharitiesGreen Bay, WI - Forty-seven local non-profits recently received an unexpected grant from the Wisconsin Public Service Foundation. The unknowing recipients were nominated by employees at WPS. Employees were encouraged to nominate non-profits that had impacted their lives or community. Recipients were then chosen at random from a large pool of employee- nominated, community-based organizations to receive a $1,000 grant.
"What a great surprise to learn we were nominated and selected to receive an Employee Choice Grant. The grant will be used to create a hands-on educational area in the garden to inspire children to get outdoors and explore. Over 27,000 children and adults visit our children's museum in Eagle River each year and we are so thankful for the WPS volunteers and Foundation's support," said Rouleen Gartner, Executive Director, Northwoods Children's Museum.
"The new Employee Choice Grant has really captured the interest of our employees. It is WPS's hope that it will inspire them to give even more generously of their time and treasures in the future," said Karmen Lemke, Foundation Director. "They're appreciative and excited about helping out some amazing organizations that are making a difference in the communities that we serve."
WPS Foundation Employee Choice Grant - Recipient OrganizationsOrganization | Organization Location | Employee Name |
Abrams Fire Department | Abrams | Erik Kurth |
American Red Cross-Lakeland Chapter | Green Bay | Jean Frisch |
Bay Area Humane Society | Green Bay | Jennifer Fredericks & Kathryn Fredericks |
Bay Lakes Council - Boy Scout Troop 004 | Brillion | Jason Gantz |
Boy Scout Venture Crew 564 | Minocqua | Shawn Tingley |
Boys and Girls Club | Rosholt | Nicole Lorbiecki |
CASA of Brown County | Green Bay | Marilou Counard |
Cerebral Palsy, Inc. | Green Bay | Lynn Tellock |
Cerebral Palsy of Mideast Wisconsin, Inc. | Oshkosh | Kathleen Esson |
Children's Museum of Green Bay | Green Bay | Kyle Hoops |
Colton's Cure Foundation, Green Bay | Green Bay | Jessica Herlache |
Country Reins 4H Club | Peshtigo | Kevin Kotecki |
Crivitz Fire Department | Crivitz | Harry Goltz |
De Pere Youth Hockey | De Pere | Sarah Butrymowicz |
Dollars for Scholars | Oconto Falls | Steven Motiff |
Ecumenical Partnership for Housing, Inc. | Green Bay | Sue Morzenti |
Friends of St. Vincent Hospital - NICU | Green Bay | George Wiesner |
Greater Green Bay Habitat for Humanity | Green Bay | Vernon Peterson |
Green Bay Area Crime Stoppers | Green Bay | Christine Carper & Lisa Prunty |
Green Bay Strikers Soccer Club | Green Bay | Steven Daavettila |
Happily Ever After Animal Sanctuary Inc | Green Bay | Kerry Kratzke & Katrina Rivard |
Junior Achievement of Brown County | Green Bay | Lori Robinson |
Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund | Menasha | Kent Raschka |
Kewaunee County Special Olympics | Kewaunee | Joan Haen |
Lakeland Hawks Ice Arena | Minocqua | Timothy Hintz |
Learn Build Fly | Wausau | John Spangler |
Literacy Green Bay | Green Bay | Nan Williams |
Luxemburg-Casco Scholarships, Inc. | Luxemburg-Casco | William Gruhlke |
Marathon County Historical Society | Wausau | Kelly Zagrzebski |
Marathon Lions Club | Wausau | DuWayne Werner |
Marinette County Historical Society | Marinette | Steven Bradford |
Menominee Youth Baseball Inc. | Menominee, MI | Jennifer Short |
NAMI of Brown County | Green Bay | Marilyn Bazett-Jones |
NAMI of Oshkosh, Inc. | Oshkosh | Jamie Loritz |
NEW Community Shelter | Green Bay | Steven Mc Farlane |
New Leaf Foods, Inc. | Green Bay | Carol Karls |
Northwoods Alliance for Temporary Housing | Rhinelander | Debra Berns |
Northwoods Children's Museum | Eagle River | Leah Van Zile |
NWTC Educational Foundation | Green Bay | Daniel Verbanac |
Omro Rushford Volunteer Fire Department | Omro | Susan Mitchell |
Oshkosh Area Humane Society | Oshkosh | Michael Hutter |
Rhinelander Basketball Association | Rhinelander | Mark Eversman |
Robert W. Monk Public Garden | Wausau | Daniel Siewert |
Sunrise Optimist of Manitowoc | Manitowoc | Michael Greetan |
Tri-City United Way | Marinette | Darin Bellile |
Wausau East Youth Baseball | Wausau | Travis Stroming |
Wayside Volunteer Fire Department | Wayside | Cheryl Krahn |
The Foundation is funded by company shareholders, not by the customers of its utility subsidiaries, and is in its 51st year. Through direct grants, scholarships and an employee Matching Gifts and Dollars for Doers program, the Foundation actively supports improvements in the quality of life in the communities served by Wisconsin Public Service. Since its inception, the Foundation has provided nearly $29 million in contributions to programs that support activities in the areas of arts and culture, community and neighborhood development, education, human services and health, and care for the environment.
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Karmen Lemke, Director
Wisconsin Public Service Foundation
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