More Than $400,000 in Scholarships Awarded to Local StudentsGREEN BAY — The Greater Green Bay Community Foundation announced that more than $400,000 in scholarships have been awarded to students from Northeastern Wisconsin pursuing post-secondary education. Those scholarships came from the Community Foundation’s 42 scholarship funds, made possible by donors who desire to support students’ pursuit …
New communication and engagement manager GREEN BAY – Brown County United Way has named Cierra Ivey as its new communication and engagement manager. In the role, Ivey will be responsible for developing communication and engagement tactics that support the nonprofit’s mission, fundraising and relationship management strategies. Originally from North Carolina, Ivey graduated from North Carolina …
GREEN BAY – The Greater Green Bay Community Foundation and Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region announced the formation of the NEW News Lab (Northeast Wisconsin News Lab), a new collaborative effort providing technology support, capacity building and additional funding to boost local journalism and newsrooms. It includes six news organizations: The Press Times, …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – Homelessness has been a struggle in Brown County, one often dealt with in the shadows. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the problem, putting extra strain on an already vulnerable population. “There has been a dramatic increase in the number of community members needing help,” said Terri …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor GREEN BAY – Nearly two months into the COVID-19 pandemic, nonprofit groups are still seeking support in Brown County and beyond. With the Wednesday, May 13, Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling lifting Gov. Tony Evers’ Safer at Home order, groups that support the community’s most vulnerable are still at work to get …
GREEN BAY – After a second successful giving day in 2019, Give BIG Green Bay is back, The Green Bay Packers Foundation and the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation (GGBCF) will host the third annual community-wide giving day from noon, Feb. 18, until noon, Feb. 19. Give BIG Green Bay will highlight the work of …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Imagine a safe place where kids can get their hands dirty, use tools, learn life skills and in the end earn their very own bike. That place exists here in Green Bay. The Earn A Bike program was launched by the Green Bay Bicycle Collective (or GBBC) as …
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Two donations mean local organizations will benefit in perpetuity By Ben Rodgers Editor GREEN BAY – The two biggest gifts in the history of the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation will keep on giving long after anyone reading this is gone. A gift of $16.5 million from the Heim estate is the largest endowed gift …
GREEN BAY – After a successful launch in 2018, the Green Bay Packers Foundation and Greater Green Bay Community Foundation’s Give BIG Green Bay community giving day is returning for a second year. A kickoff event at the Lambeau Field Atrium introduced the 40 nonprofits that will participate in the community-wide giving day from noon …
