The annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive, the largest single-day food drive in the world, will take place for the 25th time on Saturday, May 13. The food drive, organized by the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) and supported this year by eight other organizations, has collected a total of 1.5 billion pounds of […]
Participation still welcome Thursday as Poverty Summit wraps up initial exploration of county-wide income inequality issues
By David Gordon, associate editor Action plans to deal with nine different aspects of poverty will be discussed Thursday evening as the Eau Claire County Poverty Summit wraps up the first phase of a project that will continue for another 21 months. The project, put together under the auspices of Clear Vision Eau Claire and launched […]
Senn to head United Way’s campaign for $2 million
Darrin Senn, owner of Senn Blacktop, will chair United Way’s $2 million 2016 fundraising campaign. Senn is in his second year on the board of directors of United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley (UWGCV). He said one of his goals this year is to increase the number of workplaces that support United Way. “I […]
Clear Vision Eau Claire to kick off “Poverty Summit” series on Thursday
The first of seven sessions to focus on poverty in Eau Claire County and to organize action to combat it will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at Grace Lutheran Church, 202 W. Grand Ave. in Eau Claire. The Poverty Summit series has been organized by Clear Vision Eau Claire, a citizen-based organization whose […]
Ribbon-cutting for new Irvine Park ‘Born Learning Trail’ set for Saturday noon during United Way’s Block Party
A public ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held Saturday noon for the new Born Learning Trail installed Thursday evening at Irvine Park in Chippewa Falls by United Way’s Emerging Leaders Society. The leadership group used funds raised during its Dueling Pianos event to purchase the trail kit through United Way Worldwide. The ribbon cutting will be part of United Way’s annual Block […]
“Stamp Out Hunger” drive collects nearly 160,000 pounds of food here but falls short of record
Chippewa Valley food collections for the 2016 “Stamp Out Hunger” drive dropped off from last year’s record total, according to Tina Dunn, the local U.S. Postal Service coordinator for the May 12 event. Dunn reported in a press release that 159,051 pounds of food were collected in this year’s drive, a decline of 11,554 pounds from […]