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LEAVEN thankful to Chilton Area Community Foundation

Posted on Aug 24, 2021, by

LEAVEN helps residents of Outagamie, Calumet, northeastern Winnebago counties and those in New London living in Waupaca County, thanks to the generosity of the community, including the Chilton Area Community Foundation, our regional affiliate partner. By Mary Parsons, executive director, LEAVEN Congratulations to the Chilton Area Community Foundation for 20 remarkable years of supporting causes […]

Calumet County School Districts Receive Landmark Grants for Mental Health Services

Posted on May 26, 2021, by

News conference at Calumet County Park announcing new mental health screening and counseling initiative. By Jane Frantz, Development & Communications Director, Samaritan Counseling Center A coalition of five Calumet County school districts will begin to offer school-based mental health screening and counseling services this spring thanks to a $231,544 grant from the Basic Needs Giving […]

Fox Cities LIFE Study finds graduation rates increasing across the region

Posted on Feb 3, 2021, by

Four-year high school graduation rates increased between 2013 and 2019 across all regions, according to data in the Fox Cities Leading Indicators for Excellence (LIFE) Study. Calumet, Outagamie, and Winnebago counties all ranked above the state average in 2019, and Wisconsin ranked eleventh best in statewide graduation rates across the United States. The Fox Cities […]

Laack scholarship helps 18 Calumet County grads in just four years

Posted on Feb 21, 2018, by

A scholarship fund set up to benefit graduates from six Calumet County school districts by a hard-working couple is itself working hard to carry out their charitable legacy. Violet Laack taught in Reedsville, Brillion and Kiel, starting in a one-room schoolhouse, and continued substitute teaching into her 80s. Her husband, Ruben, worked at his cheese factory […]