Inside PAVE

Would you like to know more about the services PAVE provides and how we do it? Take a few minutes to watch this video we produced to give you an inside look at what we do.

3rd Annual PAVE Mother's Day Card Fundraiser

Honor someone special with a Mother's Day card from PAVE. By donating $15 or more to end domestic violence and/or sexual assault, you can request that PAVE send a card to an extraordinary person in your life with a short note about your donation. PAVE is a 501(c)(3) non-profit agency, so all donations are tax deductible as allowed by law. All cards feature the art (show above) of Amy Rice. Amy is a Minnesota artist, who was born and raised in Dodge County. To learn more about Amy's work please visit her website www.amyrice.com.

Cards will be mailed the week of May 3rd. In order to ensure timely delivery, we require receipt of your request by April 30, 2010. All requests should include name and address of donor, a donation of $15 or more, name and address of recipient and a brief message to include.

Please mail your requests to PAVE PO Box 561, Beaver Dam, WI 53916.

Sweet Thanks Recipients

Our 2010 Sweet Thanks event had two purposes. One was to raise funds to support the work we do with victims of violence. The other was to thank those in our community that go above and beyond to further our mission. While we had many excellent candidates this year, as it was our first opportunity to give awards, we finally decided on these wonderful recipients.

Representing Rechek's Food Pride in Beaver Dam is Brett Rechek as our business/group recipient. Rechek's puts together bags of househould items and groceries based on what our shelter needs are and sells them in the store. Last year, they did this twice, as our food and shelter item donations were low. Their bags got our pantry and supply shelves stocked through this winter with items that we truly needed.

Elaine Mullin is our individual recipient of the 2010 Sweet Thanks award. Elaine was intregal in getting our shelter meditation room set up by assisting curtains, helping to secure a flooring donation and delivering books on domestic violence and sexual assault. Elaine also put us in touch with Knight of Columbus who donated money to address some electrical repairs.

On the far right is Jason Fenske, our volunteer recipient. Jason came to us as a Criminal Justice intern and helped with everything from initial victim meetings to answering the crisis line to yard clean up. He was always willing to do whatever needed to be done and we appreciate his efforts.

Beaver Dam Jazz Ensemble Plays at Sweet Thanks

Led by Rich Zeman, the Beaver Dam High School Jazz Ensemble provided an hour of entertainment to our Sweet Thanks guests. They were fantastic! Thank you all for donating your time and talent to our cause.

4-H Donates to Sweet Thanks Event

Leipsic and Burnett 4-H donated delicious appetizers to our Sweet Thanks event. We appreciate all the time, energy and resources they put in to helping make our event a success.
Thank you!

Marge Theis attends Sweet Thanks 2010

Our 2010 Sweet Thanks Event was quite a success. Here I am chatting with Marge Theis, the woman that wrote for the initial grant to start PAVE and signed our Articles of Incorporation. We were happy to have her in attendance