Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin and Metropolitan Chicago will host a 2023 Community Day event and service activity to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday.
Goodwill, in partnership with Northwestern Mutual, will engage attendees in a special Clips and Conversations panel discussion around the documentary, The Loyola Project’s Northwestern Mutual “63 for 63 Screening Series” which has been selected as a Grand Winner by the NYX Awards in the Strategic Campaign-Corporate Social Responsibility category.
More than 200 Goodwill employees and community partners will be in attendance at the event Monday, at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Student Center in Somers, 930 Wood Road. Sessions will be held throughout the day, starting at 9:30 am
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The event showcases employee and community partner contributions to transforming lives and communities through the power of work by reducing barriers and helping people build skills and find employment in their local community.
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In honor of Dr. King, attendees will participate in a volunteer activity by packing wellness and flu-fighting kits to help community members in need combat influenza during peak flu season.
Special guests are scheduled to include: Donald Driver, a Green Bay Packers Hall of Famer; Patrick Creadon, director of The Loyola Project Documentary; dr Robert Smith, director of the Center for Urban Research, Teaching & Outreach at Marquette University.
Pike River Cleanup volunteers collect trash and plenty of goodwill
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A group hauls garbage from the Pike River near Highway E during the Pike River Cleanup event on Saturday. See more with this story at kenoshanews.com.
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From left, Morgan Mayer, 17, Johan Meyer, 13, and Zach Kozmer, 18, look for garbage during the Pike River Cleanup event on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. The Root Pike Watershed Initiative Network is working to ensure that the Foxconn development does not have a negative impact on the Pike River.
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Jonah Meyer, 13, left, carries a piece from a vacuum cleaner he found during the Pike River Cleanup event on Saturday. Working with him is Zach Kozmer.
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A group combs the Pike River using canoes to collect garbage during the Pike River Cleanup on Sept. 21, 2019.
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Dave Mayer, left, and Dan Meyer haul garbage with a canoe during the Pike River Cleanup event on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019.
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Nick Petts, left, watches as Doug Meyer, center, puts a discarded tire on a canoe during the Pike River Cleanup Saturday.
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Kyle Tobias stacks discarded wood on a canoe during the Pike River Cleanup event on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019.
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