$500 Check Benefits Advocates Shelter

The Business Alliance Roundtable Chapter in Saukville of BNI recently presented a check for $500.00 to Advocates of Ozaukee.

Editor's note: The following information was provided in a press release from the Business Alliance Roundtable Chapter in Saukville. The Business Alliance Roundtable Chapter in Saukville of BNI recently presented a check for $500.00 to Advocates of Ozaukee. The chapter members are individual business owners in the area, who meet weekly to enhance the growth of each business member. Due to a recent fire at Advocates, they were in need of financial assistance.  In addition to the financial support given by BNI, other members offered their services, including DeTech Firesense Technologies who donated and installed a complete fire and carbon monoxide warning system. Advocates of Ozaukee established in 1980, is committed to safety, respect, and…

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Donation Helps Buy Cooler for Food Pantry

Saukville Community Food Pantry Executive Director Mark Gierach sends a big thanks to Schmit Bros auto dealerships and the Quick Lane Service Center for its donation.

Editor's note: The follow letter to the editor was submitted by Saukville Community Food Pantry Executive Director Mark Gierach. If you'd like to submit a letter e-mail lyssa.beyer@patch.com or upload it in the local voices section. I’m writing to express the gratitude of the clients and volunteer staff from the Saukville Community Food Pantry to both Jim & Mike Schmit from Schmit Bros auto dealerships and Quick Lane Service Center for their unmatched support for our program.  During the month of February they contributed 5 percent from all service work performed at their dealerships and the Quick Lane Service center to the Saukville Community Food Pantry. Through their generosity we will be able to purchase a large commercial cooler to …

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Paint Store Makes Donation to Saukville Food Pantry

As part of its holiday season donations, Hallman/Lindsay Paints donated to the local food pantry to support a "much-needed" cause.

Editor's note: The following information is taken from a press release provided by Hallman/Lindsay Paints. Hallman/Lindsay Paints is donating over $5,500 to local food pantries across Wisconsin in honor of its customers during this holiday season. In each community where Hallman/Lindsay has a store location, a local food pantry will receive a donation. "As a local Wisconsin business, we are a part of the community," said Tim Mielcarek, owner of Hallman/Lindsay. "We consider it part of Hallman/Lindsay’s mission to contribute to the places where we live and work." On Dec. 22, Mequon Store Manager, Matt Dorfler, met staff at the Saukville Community Food Pantry to deliver the company donation. "Food prices continue to rise, and we know that …

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VIDEO: Santa Donates 3K Tennis Balls to Wisconsin Humane Society

Santa made the delivery using a pickup truck on behalf of Elite Sports Club. Also meet several of the adoptable animals available at the shelter this week.

Santa swung by the Wisconsin Humane Society last week to make a special delivery: nearly 3,000 tennis balls for the adoptable dogs and puppies at the shelter. "He will be going from suite to suite, delivering the toys to the adoptable dogs and puppies at the Milwaukee Campus," according to a press release from the society. "The tennis balls were donated by Elite Sports Clubs in hopes of keeping the canines properly exercised and entertained as they wait for loving homes this holiday season." Some of the balls made their way up to Ozaukee County campus in Saukville, where plenty of puppies await a home. Currently available pets are showcased on the society's website. There are ways anyone can donate to the shelter and help out the animals, …

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You Can Still Give to Those in Need This Holiday Season

It isn't too late to make a donation that will make this year's end brighter for someone suffering, whether from hunger, poverty, disease or disaster.

In the flurry of holiday shopping and parties, the rush to complete end-of-year business, we are also reminded that this is the season to remember those less fortunate than ourselves. Year-end fundraising appeal letters arrive by mail and e-mail from those to whom we have given before, encouraging renewed giving — a task many people set aside for the week after Christmas, when things have slowed down. Yet there are many for whom the holidays could be considerably brightened by some giving right now — families that might face hunger rather than a feast, children whose stockings could be empty of toys, people whose very lives and livelihoods have been visited by illness or disaster beyond their control. And there is still time. With …

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Peek Inside: Eighth Habitat Home in Port Nearly Done

Habitat for Humanity's Ozaukee County Chapter and volunteers are hard at work building the newest addition to the city of Port.

The newest of what will be a "little subdivision" of Habitat for Humanity homes in Port Washington is nearing completion, according to the Ozaukee County group's Building and Construction Manager John Orth. The home, at 170 Park St., is the first of three new homes planned to be built on the shared driveway — but the eighth Habitat for Humanity-Ozaukee County Chapter home built in the city thus far, Orth said. The crew broke ground in August, is finishing mechanicals this week and hopefully starting dry wall next week, Orth said. The work is 100 percent volunteer completed, with 250 "sweat equity" hours from the family who will be living there. Families qualify for Habitat homes when they make less than 60 percent of the average income in …

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Brian Carlson

3:49 pm on Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Very cool. Habitat rocks.   more ›

Schmit Bros Event to Benefit Saukville Food Pantry

For each person who attends Go Further with Ford Night on Nov. 15, Schmit Bros will donate $10 – up to a total of $500 – to The Saukville Food Pantry.

Editor's note: The following information was taken from a press release provided by Schmit Bros. dealership in Saukville. Schmit Bros presents "Go Further with Ford Night" on Thursday, Nov. 15 — a free fundraising event that will benefit Saukville Community Food Pantry, engaging consumers in the final "Random Acts of Fusion" adventure and offering them a chance to see the all-new 2013 Ford Fusion in person. Go Further with Ford Night is the fun finale to Random Acts of Fusion, the unique transmedia program hosted by Ryan Seacrest that has generated more than 12 million consumer engagements with the Ford Fusion by playing out a story arc through multimedia platforms. “We all want to be part of something bigger, and Go Further with Ford …

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Week Ahead: Pickleball Games and Cold Weather Donations

A look ahead to what you need to know in Port Washington and Saukville this week.

Here are some highlights of the upcoming week in Port Washington and Saukville. There are just the essentials; Port Washington-Saukville Patch has its own events calendar and you are invited to enter your own events. Pickleball Play Pickleball on Thursday nights from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Lincoln Elementary School. The cost is $3. Brrr, it's cold outside! So help the United Way of Northern Ozaukee collect hats, coats, scarves and gloves   Know of an event? Here's how to add it: Click on the events tabs on the top of the website. Once there, click "Add an event," in the upper right corner of the webpage, then fill in the fields, hit save. Your done! With questions, e-mail Local Editor Lyssa Beyer.

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Port's Mark Rolison, Global Giving Program Featured as Greatest Person

Port Washington resident Mark Rolison was inspired on an overseas trip to create GloBall Giving, a nonprofit that collects and donates used sporting equipment to children in poor countries. A fundraiser dinner is being held on Oct. 27.

Tickets are still available for the dinner fundraiser to benefit "GloBall Giving," a nonprofit organization that collects used sporting goods equipment to donate to children around the world. Port resident Mark Rolison is largely behind the nonprofit, and was recently chosen as Huffington Post's Greatest Person of the Day. The event will be held Oct. 27 at the River Club of Mequon in an attempt to help raise funds and awareness. Fox 6's Ted Perry will be emceeing the event, which will include: For more information about GloBall Giving or the event, contact Mark Rollison via e-mail at mark.rolison@globallgiving.org.

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