We Need Your Help to Create A Fairer, Safer, and Healthier Community
12/11/2009
Please support Community Shares and our 49 member organizations in this year’s Combined Public Sector Campaigns and giving programs in dozens of private businesses and nonprofit organizations throughout the city. Click here for a list of participating businesses and organizations. Participants in the 2009 Community Shares workplace giving program include 97% of the workplaces that participated in 2008, as well as 10 new businesses.
Thank you to all participating employees and workplaces! Your support has allowed Milwaukee nonprofit groups to directly serve 89,616 residents (26,675 of them children), and aid 1813 individuals in finding jobs.
A small gift each pay period can add up to big impacts in our community.
$2/week purchases drywall for an entire bedroom of a Habitat for Humanity House
$4/week provides a scholarship for a child to attend camp at the Urban Ecology Center
$8/week vaccinates 100 animals prior to their adoption at the Wisconsin Humane Society.
$12/week provides food for a family of four people for three months through Hope House.
Your donations through Community Shares change the lives of others.
The following stories showcase the impact that these organizations have on our community and the lives of those they touch.
James’ Story – Guest House of Milwaukee
In 2001 James Shauntee, like many others in need, came to the Guest House of Milwaukee. He went through treatment, cleaned the building and worked with a case manager. James then stayed on for the resident manager program where he learned how to care for homeless individuals with mental illness. For 2 years he served as the second shift shelter manager, and in 2005 James was promoted to become a case manager. In this role he leverages his unique experience and empathy to very effectively help homeless men improve their overall quality of life.
Pamela’s Story- Repairers of the Breach
The first 50 years of Pamela Moorer’s life were riddled with drug abuse, homelessness and prostitution, but her life changed when a friend told her about Repairers of the Breach. At this grassroots homeless rehabilitation center Pamela was treated like family and after some time was asked to become a motivational speaker for Milwaukee youth. Since then Pamela has given many speeches to high schools, youth organizations and churches. Sharing her story of struggle and eventual triumph, she says, makes her “life worth living.”
Kendrah’s Story - Adoption Resources of Wisconsin
A 3-year-old girl named Kendrah was found in the parking lot of a local Burger King--abused, abandoned by her family and weighing only 21 pounds. The woman who found Kendrah was eventually able to adopt her but was told her daughter would be incapable of learning to read and write. With the help of Adoption Resources of Wisconsin, Kendrah was placed in a special needs school setting. This fall, Kendrah will enter the third grade and will be starting her first year without the need for support services.
Your continued support through Community Shares of Greater Milwaukee is critical for these organizations who give hope to individuals like James, Pamela, Kendrah and thousands of others. Please support Community Shares and our 49 member organizations through your workplace this fall, or donate online by clicking here.