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The Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative will present a series of community seminars in May and June to explain the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance reforms coming in 2014.

The federal government has met its deadlines, tested its system and collected insurance plan information critical to rolling out the 2010 Affordable Care Act, the White House and other federal officials say, despite the rumors of “train wrecks,” delays and bare-bones health care exchanges rocking Washington.

*Saturday, May 11, the Milwaukee Art Museum will host Yoga @ the Museum from 8:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m....

Innovation in Milwaukee (MiKE), an initiative of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, will present Flying Car, a showcase of emerging Milwaukee-area innovation and technology talent.
 

Eight Oak Creek police officers will be honored at the White House this weekend for their heroic response efforts in the Aug. 5, 2012, mass shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek.

Best Buddies Wisconsin is in need of 40 adult volunteers for two of its upcoming Friendship Walks, which benefit expansion efforts among the nonprofit organization's chapters and help fund new friendship programs among kids, adults and people with disabilities.

St. Charles Youth & Family Services, Inc., a nonprofit human services agency based in Milwaukee, has opened a resale shop to act as a “training ground” for youth members and young adults involved in the organization's Youth Employment Services (Y.E.S.) program.

The Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative has organized a series of educational seminars focused on explaining health insurance reform guidelines to be enacted in 2014. The seminars will run throughout May and June and will be tailored toward uninsured individuals, self-employed individuals, small business owners and leaders and nonprofit executives. Each seminar covers the same material including insurance marketplaces, subsidies for purchasing insurance, and the individual mandate among other critical points.

The Milwaukee Brewers and Brewers Community Foundation have pledged $100,000 toward the reconstruction of Milwaukee’s Sherman Park baseball field to give Boys & Girls Clubs Little League players and central city kids a quality venue for games and programs.

This year's Milwaukee "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" Walk, held on May 4 at Veterans Park, raised $500,000 toward “the fight against breast cancer” through the generosity of more than 7,000 walkers.