Over two days, November 24th and November 25th, 1,000 families will come to the new Goodman Community Center for help providing a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.
Community Action Coalition, United Way 211 and food pantries throughout Dane County are gearing up to collect food to support families through the winter months and specifically to provide a Thanksgiving meal.
Please donate food or money by this Friday, Nov. 21, if possible. That gives us Saturday to purchase food needed to fill in gaps, and enables us to make good use of our scheduled volunteers.
Bring donations to the Goodman Community Center Gym at 149 Waubesa St. from 9am-7pm weekdays,
or 9am-3pm on Saturday.
If those hours don't work, our main reception desk is open during the week from
6am -8pm and Saturday and Sunday from 8:30am-1:30pm.
Donate online at this website via the Paypal link towards the bottom of the page. As you review your donation, designate your gift for T-baskets in "Add special instructions for the merchant".
Thanksgiving Baskets Page
Items Needed for Baskets
HOLIDAY GIFT SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM
The Holiday Gift Sponsorship Program helps families of the Goodman Community Center's youth programs provide holiday gifts for their children. You, your family, organization, or business can help provide gfits to the almost 200 children in our programs.
Goodman Community Center families complete wish lists for their children under the age of 12. Children from 12 to 18 will receive mall gift certificates. You may choose to sponsor as many children as you wish. You can also choose to shop for a child of a certain age of specify a girl or a boy if you have a shopping preference.
To be assigned to a child or two or to a family, call Tanya Martinez-Knauer at 608 241-1574 extension 237, or email her.
All gifts should be brought unwrapped to the office at Goodman Community Center, 149 Waubesa Street by December 12, 2008.
Download Holiday Gifts Program Poster
(PDF, 146 KB)
CENTER BUILDINGS ARE STILL FOR SALE
The Center's three building properties are still for sale.
The price for the 2715-2717 Atwood Avenue property has been reduced from $437,200 to $389,000.
The price for the property at 827 East Washington Avenue has been reduced from $749,900 to $675,000.00.
Click here for building-spec information.
EASTSIDE HISTORY CLUB The East Side History Club collects memories through conversations with East Siders, then produce articles, yearbooks, exhibits, and programs. The club offers East Side history resources to schools, neighborhood centers, libraries, seniors programs, writing and drama groups, and more. To accommodate different schedules, our monthly meeting times include a mix of weekday mornings and weekend afternoons. To volunteer contact Pat Martin at 241-0895 or pmartin@atwoodcc.org. Read more about the EastSide History Club
HISTORICAL SLIDE PRESENTATION
On Saturday, May 31st, the Barrymore Theatre and the East Side History Club presented Picturing the Past: The Schenk-Atwood Neighborhood, a
historical slide presentation narrated by Ann Waidelich. This was held at the Barrymore Theatre at 2090 Atwood Avenue, Madison.
Instead of an entrance fee, everyone was invited to make a donation
after a brief presentation about the future Goodman Community Center.
View poster (PDF, 579 KB)
BADGERCARE PLUS
Sign-up is Easy!
BadgerCare Plus is a new program for children under 19 year of age and families in Wisconsin
who need and want health insurance.
BadgerCare Plus is for all kids, regardless of income.
BadgerCare Plus is about more than just kids. It also offers access to comprehensive,
affordable health care to working families and pregnant women in Wisconsin.
Read more (Word doc, 32KB)...
For more info, go to http://www.badgercareplus.org/.
GAIL AMBROSIUS CHOCOLATE FUNDRAISER:
Purchase Chocolate and Benefit the Goodman Community Center
We are excited to announce our partnership with the Gail Ambrosius Chocolatier-Madison Company.
As part of their ongoing fundraising, Gail Ambrosius Chocolatier will offer specialty products with profits set aside for the Goodman Community Center.
Their first offering is eight solid dark chocolate hearts wrapped in bright blue foil. 2.12 oz of love for $2.75, with $2 going to the GACC. Click here to purchase these fine chocolates.
Please thank Gail if you visit her store at 2086 Atwood Avenue for her generous support of the Center and our community.
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