Milwaukee area companies go pink in support of Komen race
As sponsors of Sunday’s Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Kohl’s department stores across the state and the Milwaukee Art Museum have gone pink. All Wisconsin Kohl’s store entrances will display a pink ribbon through Sunday, Sept. 26. All light posts at the Kohl’s corporate headquarters in Menomonee Falls and light posts along the Race for the Cure route also have the pink ribbons. The Milwaukee Art Museum has also partnered with Susan G. Komen Foundation to honor the participants of the 2010 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. In addition to dying the fountains in front of the museum pink, the Museum will offer race participants free admission to the museum on Sunday, Sept. 26 and breast cancer survivor participants will receive free admission throughout the month of October.
“We are thrilled to be working with the Susan G. Komen Foundation again this year,” said Daniel Keegan, director of the Milwaukee Art Museum. “It’s an honor to have our beautiful facility serve as the starting point for this highly-successful annual race.”
The Museum will also host an outdoor tent where participants will receive discounted admission coupons for European Design Since 1985, the Museum’s newest feature exhibition.
Wisconsin AIDS walk raises more then $250,000
More than 2000 people from all across Wisconsin recently gathered at the Summerfest grounds for AIDS Walk Wisconsin 2010. Participants at the event raised $261,094 for the cause. Funds raised by AIDS Walk Wisconsin benefit organizations that provide HIV prevention, care and treatment services in the state.
“AIDS Walk Wisconsin is an event of profound solidarity. We are so grateful that people endured a chilly, rainy day to raise much-needed funds for AIDS prevention and to assure access to health care for all HIV patients,” said Doug Nelson, president and chief executive officer for the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin (ARCW).
In addition to ARCW, other agencies including One Heartland, HIVictorious, the City of Milwaukee’s No Condom? No Way! Campaign, the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center, Common Ground Ministry/Elena’s House, the Sheboygan County AIDS Task Force, and Equality Wisconsin receive funds from the walk.
Kohl’s donates $1 million to zoo for conservation theater
Menomonee Falls-based Kohl’s Corp. will donate $1 million to the Zoological Society of Milwaukee County and the Milwaukee County Zoo. The money will be used to create Kohl’s Wild Theater, a live, interactive, participatory theater that the zoo will use to present drama, puppetry, games and songs with a conservation messages for children and families. The theater will open at the zoo in May of 2011.
“Kohl’s is committed to children’s education and to being an environmentally responsible retailer. We are proud to partner with the Milwaukee County Zoo to bring lessons about conservation, wildlife and natural animal habitats to life for Wisconsin kids,” said Julie Gardner, Kohl’s executive vice president and chief marketing officer. “The Zoo is a well-known family destination in our hometown community and we both share a commitment to enriching the lives of area children through positive, impactful educational programming.”
The donation comes from the Kohl’s Cares merchandise program, which sells special merchandise, including plush toys and books, and donates 100 percent of the net profit to benefit children’s health and education initiatives nationwide.
Since 2000, Kohl’s and the Kohl’s Cares program have combined to give approximately $31 million to support charitable initiatives in the metro-Milwaukee area.
