- Friday, March 12th, Southeastern Youth & Family Services, an agency providing services for at-risk youth in the Milwaukee area, will host a training event, Understanding Emotions: Improving Self, at the Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with registration and breakfast starting at 7:45 a.m. This seminar, presented by Dr. Ramel Smith, a licensed psychologist at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, is designed to gauge a proper understanding on how to truly know and improve the self. It will give educators, social workers and other community professionals the tools that will allow them to assist clients and students through a process to successfully control their emotions. Registration is $55 per person to attend and includes breakfast and all training materials. Pre-registration is required. To register, or for more information call (414) 464-1800.
- Saturday, March 13, ALS-Lou Gehrig’s disease Evening Of Hope event will be held at the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown Milwaukee. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with a silent auction. Call (262) 784-5257 or visit www.BeatALS.org for more information.
- Tuesday, March 16, PEARLS for Teen Girls Inc., will host Women Inspired to Lead: An Intimate Evening of Conversation and Inspiration at the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown Milwaukee beginning at 5:30 p.m. The event will be moderated by WISN-TV Channel 12 news anchor, Portia Young and will feature a panel of five high-profile local women leaders including: Jennifer Bartolotta, director of strategic partnerships of Bartolotta Restaurant Group and president and owner of Train-2-Gain; Geneva Bolton Johnson, retired president and CEO of Family Services of America and Families International; Gail Lione, executive vice president, general counsel and secretary for Harley-Davidson Inc.; Maria Monteagudo, employee relations director for the City of Milwaukee; and Tawanna Jackson, PEARLS Alumna and Mount Mary College Senior. The panel will discuss what inspires individual leadership and strategies used to inspire others to lead. Tickets to attend are $40 each or $300 for a table of eight.
- Friday, March 26, the Samudra Fashion Show at Whitefish Bay High School Auditorium, 1200 E. Fairmount Ave., beginning at 7:30 p.m. The show will benefit H2O which provides clean water wells in Third World countries. It will feature local and student fashion. The high school is over a third of the way to reaching its goal of completing the water project in their partner school in India for clean, safe water. Admission to the Samudra Fashion Show is $5 for Whitefish Bay students, and $8 for the general public.
- Monday, April 12, Repairers of the Breach, Milwaukee’s only daytime homeless shelter will host “Rebuilding Dreams,” a cocktail event at the Harley Davidson Museum’s Rumble Room from 6-8 p.m. Cost to attend is $125 per person and includes a free ticket to the Harley-Davidson Museum, music, food and drinks. For more information contact Jo Ann Kuenn, director of development at 414-934-8446.
- Friday, June 11 The Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens will host is annual fundraising event at the gardens, 9400 Boerner Dr., Hales Corners, from 6-9 p.m. Guests can enjoy the gardens in full bloom, music from Cream City Jazz, food and drink from Bartolotta Catering, a silent auction and raffle, and live green demonstrations. Cost to attend is $75 For Information & reservations, contact Kristine at 414-525-5661 or kpetersen@fbbg.org
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