For the past seven years, Community Shares Backyard Hero Catherine McKenzie has volunteered with the Sierra Club of Wisconsin, but she has always found solace
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Community Shares Backyard Hero: Beth Welch
Before Beth Welch started her many volunteer endeavors across Madison and her current job in social services at Options in Community Living, she was set
Community Shares Backyard Hero: Ashley Idna
While taking time off work in 2019 to spend quality time with her young children, Lincoln and Maya, Ashley Idna began volunteering at their school
Community Shares Backyard Hero: Fox Coenen
Throughout high school, Fox Coenen led their school’s gay-straight alliance, which is how they discovered GSAFE, the Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools. They said
Community Shares Backyard Hero: Steve Whayland
After Steve Whayland moved with his wife to Madison in 1995 to work in engineering and landscape architecture, it wasn’t long before he became interested
The Tower’s gift: Erin Gilbert’s ascension to Reiki
A seasoned Reiki practitioner with decades of experience, Erin Gilbert, 48, has touched the lives of hundreds of clients. At the same time, Reiki, a
Training the people who make Wisconsin cheese unique
After spending several years making yogurt, Brad Harkins decided to try something new. But he was still interested in working in the food industry, and
Common Ground with…Sister Sophie Marie
Sister Sophie Marie is a sister of Maria Stella Matutina, or, Sisters of Mary Morning Star, a non-cloistered contemplative community of sisters whose vocation is
Common Ground with… Jessica McCarty
UW–Madison alum Jessica McCarty moved to Madison in 2001 for college and never left. Today, McCarty is an ordained chaplain at Oakwood Village, a continuum
The Madison Night Mares: Adding to the city’s success in women’s sports
On the evening of Saturday, April 20, at the Orpheum theater, Madison Softball revealed that their new team’s name is the “Madison Night Mares” and
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