- Saturday, Oct. 9 BoardStar will celebrate its statewide expansion with Evening Under the Stars: a Unique Celebration of Nonprofit Boards at the Daniel M. Soref Planetarium, 800 W. Wells St. on Saturday, Oct. 9. The event will begin at 6 p.m. Guests at the event will get to experience a dinner buffet, followed by an exclusive planetarium show. The Madison-based Cycropia Aerial Dance Troupe will perform on trapeze and hand loops and a silent and live auction will also be featured. Cost to attend is $75 or $150 per couple, reservations are required by Thursday, Sept. 30. For more information visit www.boardstar.org
- Thursday, Oct. 14 The 11th annual Fall Lupus Luncheon will be held at the Radisson Hotel on Mayfair Road from 11a.m. to 1p.m. the event is dedicated to advancing Lupus research and will include lunch, a raffle, silent auction and a fashion show by Bruce Paul Goodman and AJ Ugent. Funds raised at this event have been used to support local research at the Medical College of Wisconsin for the past 5 years. Our Chapter has also supported studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Minnesota. For more information about lupus call the Lupus Foundation of America, Wisconsin Chapter, Inc. at 414-443-6400 or log onto www.lupuswi.org.
- Friday, Oct. 15 March of Dimes Drive for Babies will be held at Road America- Elkhart Lake. The all day driving experience will allow participants to take their own vehicle out on the track to raise needed funds for the March of Dimes organization. March of Dimes Drive for Babies. Registration is now open and can be done by visiting the March of Dimes website.
- Saturday, Oct. 16 The Boys & Girls Club of Kenosha will host its Big Red Tailgate party at the UAW Local 72 headquarters, 3615 Washington Road, from 2 to 5 p.m. More than 40 Wisconsin Craft beers will be available for sampling, live music from the Jimmy LeRose band and raffles for two large screen tvs as well as a silent auction. Tickets are $20 in advance and lunch is included in the price. To purchase tickets visit: www.bgckenosha.org
- Thursday, Oct. 21 Easter Seals of Southeastern Wisconsin will host its Second Annual Thought Leader Luncheon at the Pfister Hotel from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. Tom Kunz, recent past president and CEO of Century 21 Real Estate will be the keynote speaker at the event and will talk about making more than just a charitable gift through cause marketing initiatives. Kunz has also written a new book entitled: Connecting Corporate Investments to Branding and Community Impact. Under Kunz’s leadership Century 21 System has contributed more than 100 million dollars to Easter Seals around the country.
- Thursday, Oct. 21, The Helen Bader Institute for Nonprofit Management at UW-Milwaukee, in partnership with the Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee, will host a forum at the center from 8:30 to 11 a.m. The Forum is designed to challenge participants to learn and discuss common practices in volunteer management and recruitment, the advantages of adopting more strategic approaches during challenging times. Jeffrey Brudney, volunteer management scholar and the Albert A. Levin chair of Urban Studies and Public Service at the Maxine Goodman School of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University will keynote the event and highlight three steps an organization can take in involving volunteers. There is no cost to attend but space is limited and reservations are required by October 15.
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