It Takes a Village
5:00 PM
June 18, 2021
Learn about resources for south-side residents and reconnect with community members at a fair hosted by Goodman South Madison Library (rescheduled for July 20 after a rainout in June). Learn more about the libraryâs services, as well as those offered by various community organizations. The festivities also include free books for kids (from Madison Reading Project), food, activities led by artists from The Bubbler, and Madison police and fire vehicle displays, as well as a free, mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinic by Public Health of Madison and Dane County.
media release: Madison Public Library is hosting an in-person, outdoor resource fair at Penn Park on Tuesday, July 20 (new date) from 12-5 p.m. Local residents can get connected to community services in a fun, informal environment. The idea for the event came from new Teen Librarian at Goodman South Madison, Will Glenn, Sr. who worked with the Madison Police Department to plant the see
By Site staff
Operation Fresh Start is celebrating the completion of an affordable home in Sun Prairie.
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It Takes a Village
5:00 PM
June 18, 2021
Learn about available resources for south-side residents and reconnect with community members at a community resource fair hosted by Goodman South Madison Library. Learn more about the libraryâs services, as well as those offered by Badger Rock Neighborhood Center, Odyssey Project, Operation Fresh Start, South Side Planning Committee, Tales with Big T, Urban Triage and other organizations. The festivities also include free books for kids (from Madison Reading Project), food, story times, a DJ, and Madison police and fire vehicle displays, as well as a free, mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinic by Public Health of Madison and Dane County.
Operation Fresh Start gets $250K grant to expand programming
June 15, 2021 7:28 PM Stephen Cohn
Updated:
MADISON, Wis. A Madison nonprofit received a $250,000 grant Tuesday from the Ascendium Education Group.
Operation Fresh Start, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, works to put disconnected youth on a path to self-sufficiency.
The two-year grant will help OFS bolster its existing Graduate Crew program, which provides pre-apprentice training for young people just starting careers in the construction trade.
It will also add a Conservation Graduate Crew to address a growing need for diverse young adults in the field.
“This wonderful gift from Ascendium will provide more young people with training, education and access to career-track employment,” said OFS Executive Director Greg Markle in a statement. “Expanding the Graduate Crew to include a pathway into the conservation industry will create a new doorway to economic prosperi