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The Cathedral Center will collect mittens and gloves for Milwaukee’s homeless residents through its inaugural “Warm Hearts, Warm Hands” campaign.

The Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee has announced winners of its 2014 Nonprofit Excellence Awards. The program calls attention to nonprofits that have demonstrated “exceptional organizational performance,” according to the center.

The Association of Fundraising Professionals Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter celebrated its 36th annual National Philanthropy Day on Nov. 11. As part of the celebration, the organization honored top community activists, volunteers and donors during an awards lunch at the Pfister Hotel. BizTimes Media served as a sponsor.

BizTimes Media’s fifth annual Giving Guide highlights the missions, fundraising efforts and volunteer opportunities of more than 50 regional nonprofit organizations across a range of focus areas.

Joe Sweeney, a strategic advisor at Milwaukee-based Corporate Financial Advisors, has released a new book, called “Moving the Needle.”

An affiliate of Beachwood, Ohio-based DDR Corp., one of the largest retail real estate firms in the U.S., recently purchased the Pick 'n Save-anchored retail property at 1717 N. Mayfair Road in Wauwatosa.

The first MinuteClinic walk-in medical clinics in Wisconsin are now open inside four CVS/pharmacy stores in Milwaukee, Menomonee Falls and Waukesha. MinuteClinic also expects to open a fifth location in Whitefish Bay in December, as well as two clinics in Fox Point and Kenosha in early 2015.

Menomonee Falls-based Kohl’s Corp. today reported third quarter net income of $142 million, or 70 cents per share, down from $177 million, or 81 cents per share, in the third quarter of 2013.

Home sales in the metro Milwaukee area were up 3.7 percent in October, compared to October of 2013. There were 1,487 homes sold in October in the four-county area, compared to 1,434 sold in October of 2013, according to the latest report from the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors.

Wisconsin farms and agribusinesses have exported almost $2.8 billion worth of products to 138 countries so far in 2014, an increase of 17 percent over the same period in 2013.