Teens Leveraging Change – The TLC Club Donates Stuffed Animals to PAVE

We received a very nice stuffed animal donation from the TLC Club, founded by Emily Lauth. The TLC Club is one of the 1500 official clubs registered with DoSomething.org, which is one of the largest organizations in the country promoting volunteerism by helping young people take action on causes they care about. Way to go Emily for founding such a cool group and making your community a better place!

Santa and Beaver Dam Community Hospital Deliver

A big THANK YOU to Beaver Dam Community Hospital (and Santa and his Elves!) for their wonderful job collecting items for our shelter. After this photo, we loaded up the sleigh (my SUV) and took the items back to shelter, where they are being put to use today.

Thank you South Beaver Dam - again!

For the second year in a row, South Beaver Dam has collected supplies and raised a monetary donation for PAVE. This year, we accepted 3 boxes of household items and $195!

I most appreciate the opportunity to assemble with all the students when I come to accept the donation so that we can talk about what PAVE does. This year I got some excellent questions from the students, primarily about how we help other kids. I am so proud, as a non-profit leader and as a parent, that our community is teaching such valuable lessons about caring for others. Thanks again South Beaver Dam!

Thanks Washington School!

A big thanks to Washington Elementary for their support of PAVE's 12 Days of Giving Campaign. The staff raised seven boxes of shelter supplies for us! Shown with me are Marica Fritz and Julie Steil, who each sponsored a shelter night as well. My family has had the privilege of knowing Marcia as my daughter's second grade teacher and Julie as facilitating student council. Through Marica and Julie and all the wonderful staff at Washington I get to see firsthand how Washington supports service learning and teaches students with activities and by example that caring for our community matters. Thank you all for your kind support!~

Our Wonderful Schools

The children in our community are so generous.

Just this week I received a donation of over 180 nonperishable food items from Washington Elementary School in Beaver Dam and food items along with a $119 from Lincoln Elementary School in Beaver Dam. Giving our children opportunities to give to those in need truly represents our educational pillars of character at work. Service learning drives the passion to give from a young age. Thank you to the children for giving and the adults that made that giving possible. We at PAVE greatly appreciate it!

Thanks Summit!

I'd like to thank Summit for their warm donation of hats, gloves and socks along with a $200 cash donation to support our work. We certainly appreciate all of your generosity!

Speaking at Rotary

Today I had to opportunity to speak briefly with our local Rotary in Beaver Dam. We talked about the struggles clients that we serve face everyday. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Take this opportunity to become more educated about domestic violence and what you can do to help. Visit our website or call for a presentation. Shown in the photo are myself and Cindy Wruke, a local Edward Jones financial adviser and Rotarian as well as a former PAVE Board member.