Sponsors

Thanks to the following individuals, organizations and businesses who have helped our Club:

Thanks to Mark Motors for becoming our first Proud Partner in the 2007 Corporations for Kids Campaign!

Thank you Staples of Wisconsin Rapids for calling us with office supplies, school supplies and these nifty backpacks for our members! You are a wonderful partner who makes us say "That Was EASY!"

Thank You Noon Rotary for becoming sponsors of our Youth of the Month and Youth of the Year programs at Baker Drive and Mead School! Your generous contribution of $2000 will help us provide these programs in 2007.

Thank You Sunrise Rotary for your investment of $1000 toward our much-needed contribution tracking software/server. We are currently adding names and using our wonderful new donor software!

Three cheers for David Wolfe, Jon Lee, Mark Scheunemann, Vickie Buchanan, Lois McMahon, Jennifer Heng and Katy Jorday fromWipfli for working so hard to paint the second floor of the Boys & Girls Club on your community service day, October 5.

And...VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO LAVERNE, WHO PAINTED ALMOST DAILY during our september painting, after reading about our need in the DAILY TRIBUNE!

United Way of South Wood County- $54,000 toward 2007 programs & transportation at Baker Drive Unit. $35,000 toward 2007 programs at Mead School Unit.

Wisconsin Rapids Optimists Club -Hard work paid off as the Optimists hosted their Annual Golf Outing, with 50% of the procedes going to the Boys & Girls Club. The 2006 outing raised $4,600 for the kids! Thanks to Mr. Cal Kauffman for bringing this wonderful check by!

Woodtrust Bank (8th St) - Thanks Pam and the staff for hostinga brat fry and donating all the funds ($511.60) to our Boys & Girls Club! Thanks for the hard work, the donation and the delicious brats!

4-H and the Youth Coalition - Special Thanks to Dot Kalmon of 4H for writing a grant to benefit our Clubs. The grant will provided Boys & Girls Club $5,000 to help pay for memberships this fall and also gave 100 members who financially qualified $100 gift cards to JC Penney Stores for back to school clothes.

Paper City Savings - $500 raised through their Beanie Baby sale went to the Boys & Girls Club. Thanks Paper City and Pam Kuhn for hosting this fund raiser for us!

Engles Fellowship Lodge#91-IOOS -Your gift of $500 toward transportation & $500 toward donor management software was greatly apprecited. You are good friends to our Boys & Girls Club kids!

The Sunday School Children of First English Lutheran Church - They contributred a portion of their offerings for the past year to the Boys & Girls Club, totaling $701.73. Awesome, kids!

Snack Volunteers - Thanks to the many community individuals and churches who bring snacks for our kids Monday through Friday during the school year and sandwich lunches for our members during the summer. Thank you! Thank you! Thank YOU! Yum!

Mattress Gallery - Contributed 5% of sales in February 2006 to the Boys & Girls Club's ONE Campaign. Thanks Tammy! You're the best!

First Congregational Church - Recently awarded us a grant of $10,000! When we had a tremendous need, Jim Stone helped us apply for funds through these wonderful, generous people. Thank you SO MUCH for supporting the kids!

Ruth & Hartley Barker - Welcome to the Jeremiah Milbanks Society as donors of $10,000 or more to the Boys & Girls Club of Wisconsin Rapids! Thank you for your 2006 It Just Takes One Campaign support, for providing National Conference scholarships for board & $5000 toward our Mead Unit summer program. The Barkers are truly close to our hearts. They are such an important part of our Boys & Girls Clubs and our community!

Community Foundation of South Wood County - Ongoing support, both financial and informational. Thanks to the Board of Directors, Kelly Lucas, Mary Wirtz and all the staff. You're GREAT to work with and very generous to our kids!

Stora Enso - Thank you for printing 1000 brochures for our 2006 It Just Takes One Campaign at no cost to our Club!

First Tuesday of the Month Bridge Club - We appreciate your donating arts & crafts supplies for our summer program. Thanks ladies!