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Pam Kassner, chapter coordinator for Medals4Mettle, Pewaukee

Last year, Pam Kassner, owner of Pam Kassner, Super Pear Strategies, LLC in Milwaukee, read about Medals4Mettle in a runners magazine. As a runner herself, she was impressed with the runners who were doing good deeds in their community and started the Milwaukee Chapter of Medals4Mettles.

The Badger Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired will host Dining in the Dark, a fundraiser designated to raise awareness and develop a deeper understanding of what it is like to be blind.

BizTimes Milwaukee has announced the winners of its 2009 Health Care Heroes Awards.

A volunteer group from the Waukesha County Chamber of Commerce’ Leadership Waukesha program helped a homeowner get her Moreland Boulevard home ready for winter by raking leaves and cleaning gutters.

Christmas Clearing Council of Waukesha County (CCC) encourages the community to drop off new, unwrapped toys between Monday, Nov. 9 and Wednesday, Dec. 16 at toy drop-off locations throughout Waukesha County

Local businesses are participating in the Hunger Task Force’s fall food drive.

The United Community Center recently held its annual employee auction as their way of giving back to the United Way campaign. The employee auction included an opportunity to participate in a “Boxing with Shorty” event which gave employees the opportunity to make a small donation and nominate their colleagues to spar with UCC Boxing Program and USA Olympic Boxing Coach Israel “Shorty” Acosta.

In honor of National Alzheimer Disease Awareness Month the U.S. Bank Tower, 777 E. Wisconsin Ave., will shine a purple hue which serves as the beacon of hope for the 50,000 people in Southeastern Wisconsin who have Alzheimer’s disease.

Johnson Controls recently held WAVE UNITED, dubbed as the largest corporate wave for charity in Wisconsin.