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BizTimes Media’s third annual Giving Guide offers southeastern Wisconsin’s business community an outlet to connect with area nonprofit organizations for philanthropic involvement.

BMO Harris Bank has announced plans to sponsor this year’s performance of “The Nutcracker” by the Milwaukee Ballet to ensure that the holiday tradition can take the stage for its 43rd year.

The Waukesha County Technical College (WCTC) Foundation has been awarded a $5,000 AT&T Innovation & Investment Award to provide funding to its “Schools2Skills” program, which gives Waukesha county high school students, parents, teachers and school administrators the opportunity to tour three area manufacturing sites and WCTC’s Engineering and Manufacturing Center.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee is in the process of filling about 150 full- and part-time positions at its 38 clubhouses in metro Milwaukee.

The Waukesha County Business Alliance will host a program on Thursday, Sept. 5, on “Innovate or Die: The Secret of Driving Revenue Through Innovation,” to be presented by Dan Steininger, president and co-founder of BizStarts Milwaukee.

Earlier this month, high school students participating in Milwaukee's Conservation Leadership Corps met with corporate and community leaders at Johnson Controls' Glendale headquarters for "Green Jobs Day."

Marquette University’s Social Innovation Initiative, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and Catholic Relief Services will host a presentation on social entrepreneurship presented by Dr. Carolyn Woo, president and chief executive officer of Catholic Relief Services, on Monday, Sept. 9, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Union’s Monaghan Ballroom.

The Milwaukee Athletic Club will officially launch its mentor program in late September.

Marquette University’s Social Innovation Initiative, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and Catholic Relief Services will host a presentation on social entrepreneurship presented by Dr. Carolyn Woo, president and chief executive officer of Catholic Relief Services, on Monday, Sept.9, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Union’s Monaghan Ballroom.

The U.S. economy expanded at a faster pace than previously estimated in the second quarter as exports and business investment were revised upward, pushing the revised gross domestic product up 2.5 percent from the initial estimate of 1.7 percent.