Green Bay Packer star helps raise money for food pantry
Ryan Grant, running back for the Green Bay Packers has teamed up with Quaker Steak & Lube in New Berlin for its Make a Difference Monday event which will help raise money for the New Berlin Food Pantry.
“We’re doing events like ‘Make a Difference Mondays’ and bringing Ryan Grant to town, because we really do care about this community that has given us so much support,” said Konrad Arnold, Quaker Steak and Lube general manager. “Really, this is win-win; fans can meet a sports idol, while giving back to this community.”
Grant will appear at the restaurant, located at 4900 S. Moorland Road, on Monday, June 13 from 5 to 8 p.m. Guests will have the option to purchase a photo of Grant for $5 which Grant will autograph for a food purchase of $25 or more. Proceeds will benefit the New Berlin Food Pantry. In addition, the restaurant will donate 10 percent of the day’s food sales to the food pantry.
As part of the Make A Difference Monday initiative, Quaker Steak and Lube donates a portion of it’s proceeds from 11:00 a.m. to midnight to a New Berlin area charity organization, Arnold said.
Milwaukee Bucks’ guard Brandon Jennings teamed up with Mark Furlong, president and chief executive officer of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, and employees at the Milwaukee offices of M&I Bank to install drywall in five Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity homes in Milwaukee’s Harambee neighborhood.
The effort was part of M&I’s nationwide Community Day initiative.
“Although many M&I employees have other volunteer commitments throughout the year, we have found that M&I Community Day provides a unique experience that enables thousands of our employees to give back to their local communities,” said Mark Furlong, president and CEO of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation. “M&I Community Day provides our employees an opportunity to be part of a corporate-wide effort that underscores our commitment to nonprofit organizations throughout the entire M&I system.”
In addition to Habitat for Humanity, groups of M&I employees volunteered throughout the city and state with organizations such as Rebuilding Together, Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control, Big Brothers Big Sisters; Feeding America, and the Hank Aaron Trail organization.
Carwash to benefit children’s hospital
Brookfield-based North Shore Bank in partnership with Bubrick’s Complete Office and United Stationers will host its Car Wash 4 Kids fundraiser on Saturday, June 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at select North Shore Bank offices. Proceeds from the car wash will benefit patients at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
“This is one way to take a fun summertime activity and give back to Children’s Hospital,” said Sue Doyle, vice president for North Shore Bank. “We’re very appreciative of all the local businesses that are taking an active role in this effort, and we applaud their community spirit.”
The public can stop by one of 12 Wisconsin North Shore Bank branches to get their car washed and drop off donations to Children’s Hospital. Bubrick’s Complete Office and United Stationers are supplying the materials for the car wash.
“We love getting involved in the communities where we and our customers live, and this is a great way to do that,” said Ron Beam, president of Bubrick’s. “We’re happy to help support this wonderful cause.”
Students and area youth groups are volunteering at local bank branches as well. For a list of participating bank offices visit www.northshorebank.com
Milwaukee celebrates the Summer of China
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett recently dedicated summer 2011 as “The Summer of China,” here in Milwaukee. The Milwaukee Art Museum will open its Summer of China exhibit to the public on Saturday, June 11, though guests at tonight’s MAM After Dark will be able to get a sneak peek.
The museum will host a series of five exhibitions included its feature exhibition The Emperor’s Private Paradise: Treasures from the Forbidden City. The exhibition features 90 objects from the historic Qianlong Garden, a 2 acre meditation area designed for China Emperor Qianlong.
“The objects have never been seen outside of the Forbidden City and in-fact have not even been seen my many Chinese people,” said Nancy Berliner, curator of Chinese Art at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass.
Berliner worked closely with the The Palace Museum restoration crew as well as members of the World Monuments Fund to prepare the objects for exhibition.
“We started the process back in 2001,” Berliner said. “Since the objects needed to be removed so the 27 buildings on the property could be restored we came to a decision to share these beautiful pieces with public.”
The objects were first shown at the Peabody Essex Museum, then at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and will now be shown in Milwaukee until September, said Daniel Keegan, director of the Milwaukee Art Museum.
“After these objects leave here they will return to the Bejing, China and will never be seen again outside of the Forbidden City,” Keegan said. “This is truly the public’s only chance to see these objects, short of flying to Bejing.”
According to Berliner, the objects will return to the Qianlong Garden that will not be open to the public until 2019.
The exhibition will coincide with four other China exhibits at the Museum including art from the James Conley Collection; Emerald Mountains: Modern Chinese Ink Paintings from the Chu-tsing Li Collection; On Site: Zhan Wang and Way of the Dragon: The Chinoiserie Style.
“Once we realized The Emperor of China exhibit was in place, we knew we could really make this a great experience for the people of Milwaukee by combining it with other exhibits of Chinese Arts of all types,” Keegan said. “We’ve truly experienced an outpouring of support from Milwaukee community members as well as businesses.”
Click here to see more of the exhibit and video interviews with Keegan and Berliner.
