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Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Business
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Help for the Homeless Hygiene Drive receives record donations topping $44,000
OSHKOSH – The community played its part. This year's Family Radio Network's 91.9FM Help for the Homeless Hygiene Drive proved to be a record-setting one after collecting more than 145 donation boxes with more than $44,000 worth of hygiene and cleaning supplies. Help for the Homeless Hygiene Drive Oshkosh Coordinator John Nieman confirmed the numbers, saying they easily bested last year's total donations of $40,287. 'The success of this year's drive is a testament to the passion and generosity of local businesses, volunteers and the entire Oshkosh community,' Nieman said. 'We are grateful for the unwavering support of our participants, and we're thrilled to see more businesses getting involved this year, many of them running their own internal donation campaigns and raising awareness for the need that exists in our community.' Read more: Workforce across northeast Wisconsin will be impacted by immigration policies. Here's how. Eight community organizations — ADVOCAP, Bella Medical Clinic, COTS Oshkosh, Father Carr's, Oshkosh Area Community Pantry, Read Elementary School, The Salvation Army and Tiny House Village — benefited from this year's drive. Donated items included cleaning supplies, personal care products, paper goods and other essential hygiene items. Read more: UW-Oshkosh invites public to forums with finalists for chancellor post April 7-10 'We are incredibly proud of what we have accomplished together, and we can't wait to continue serving our community in the years ahead,' Nieman said. The Help for the Homeless Hygiene Drive supports more than 130 crisis programs across 22 Wisconsin communities. For more about the Oshkosh campaign, contact John Nieman at 920-279-9873 or jnieman@ Contact Justin Marville at jmarville@ and follow him on X (formerly Twitter) at @justinmarville. This article originally appeared on Oshkosh Northwestern: Help for the Homeless Hygiene Drive collects record amount
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
33rd annual Help for the Homeless hygiene runs now through March
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WLAX/WWEUX) – A Wisconsin radio network is partnering with area homeless and crisis agencies for the 33rd annual Help for the Homeless hygiene drive. You can donate items like toothpaste, diapers, laundry soap, and more to help meet a growing need within the community. Hygiene and cleaning products are expensive and many crisis agencies do not have the budget to provide them. For families using programs like Wisconsin Foodshare Benefits, it can only be used to buy food. This year the community table is partnering with the Family Radio Network to help those in need. Community Table Executive Director, TJ Atkins, explains, 'It really gives them some dignity and integrity that they can have those items. You think about how you start your day… you put your deodorant on… you brush your teeth… these are things that help them start their day off and so to the provider that is just really helpful.' The Hygiene Drive runs through March 16th. You can drop off donations at Festival Foods, Walgreens, and other participating locations. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Groundbreaking plans begin for 'first-of-its-kind' dementia village in Sheboygan County
WILSON, Wis. (WFRV) – Officials in Sheboygan say groundbreaking plans have started to begin for a dementia village that they say will be the 'first-of-its-kind' in the United States. According to a release from a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Dementia Innovations, the dementia village, named 'Livasu', is designed to provide an environment where those who have dementia can 'live as usual' with thoughtful and positive risk acceptance. Appleton Police Department promote the importance of safe internet use for children While this would reportedly be the first-of-its-kind in the United States, The Hogeweyk, an international model located in the Netherlands, has similar care concepts. Officials say the Livasu's leadership team has undertaken a large capital campaign with recent fundraising efforts making the dementia village project right on target for its much-anticipated Spring groundbreaking. The capital campaign reportedly needs additional support to reach the overarching project goal of $13.5 million. Livasu will be located on 79 acres owned by the nonprofit in the town of Wilson in Sheboygan County. The village is expected to include 124 individually owned homes, a village center open to the public, a restaurant, a theater, a grocery store, and more. Family Radio Network launches Help for the Homeless Hygiene Drive to aid Wisconsin crisis agencies Couples will be able to remain living together and all care and support will be provided by on-site staff. Officials say the long-range goal of the village is to show what providing an alternate model of better living with dementia could look like not just in Wisconsin, but also across the country. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
