Throughout Heidi Wegleitner’s 18 years as an attorney, helping people facing eviction has been a significant part of her legal practice. It’s a cause she
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Donate to Madison Commons Today for Giving Tuesday
Hello, Madison Commons friends! Please consider donating to Madison Commons during Giving Tuesday today. We need to raise about 75% of our budget outside of
Poker for a purpose: Felicia’s Donation Closet raises money to support domestic abuse victims
While the rest of Madison enjoyed a warm, cloudless Saturday, poker players began puffing away on cigars and sipping whiskey. Inside the unassuming Tasting Room
Leading with love: Melissa Kamrowski’s lifelong mission for Madison’s most vulnerable cats
In her home in south-central Wisconsin, Melissa Kamroski sits on her couch, tucked underneath a blanket, gently balancing a plate of lasagna on her knees
Threads of Change
Quilts weren’t the only thing being sewn at the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, as local nonprofits were also sewing seeds of equality at the event
Community Shares Backyard Hero: Catherine McKenzie
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
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
