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The City of Milwaukee's Office of Environmental Sustainability partnered with Rock the Green to hold the third annual "Milwaukee's Earth Day Celebration" on April 22 in downtown Milwaukee. The celebration featured a variety of onsite eco-friendly efforts, including reclamation stations facilitated by Waste Management, sustainable and organic lunches, a bicycle pedal-powered stage, and eco-educational booths staffed by event sponsors and organizations. The celebration also included addresses from community leaders about ongoing sustainability initiatives. Photos contributed by Rock the Green, which will host its third near-zero waste music festival in Milwaukee this September.

The United Performing Arts Fund announced on Wednesday it will receive a $1 million gift from the Bucyrus Foundation to be distributed over the next 10 years.

This summer's Jazz in the Park series will be backed by a new set of co-presenting sponsors.

The United Community Center will honor a lineup of area leaders who have significantly contributed to the development and well-being of the community during its 44th Anniversary Celebration on Friday, May 2.

As Cristo Rey Jesuit High School welcomes its first class of about 100 freshmen in fall 2015, support from Milwaukee’s business community will be critical to its mission to prepare students for success in college and beyond.

*Tuesday, April 22, Milwaukee’s Office of Environmental Sustainability and Rock the Green together will host the third annual Earth...

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

ESPN Milwaukee’s latest panel discussion in its series on “The Business of Sports” focused on the value of philanthropy. The discussion topic was “Doing good is good business.” The event, presented by Jannsen + Company, was held at the Grain Exchange in downtown Milwaukee and drew about 220 attendees.

With a debilitating debt of more than $30 million threatening its existence, the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee is exploring ways to tighten operations and refocus priorities.

Most young people in Milwaukee who don't belong to after-school programming aren't skipping out on that programming by choice, according to a 2013 survey of 1,000 area youth.