Community

On September 25th St. Vincent de Paul of Sauk Prairie/Roxbury presented a check in the amount of $6,000 to the Sauk Prairie Area Food Pantry to help purchase commodities such as milk and meat for food pantry clients. St. Vincent de Paul of Sauk Prairie/Roxbury is grateful for the care and hard work that the Sauk Prairie Area Food Pantry puts forth to provide food to their clients. Pictured from left to right are: Jaime Patterson, pantry assistant; Jean Schneller, pantry Treasurer; Nancy Klabough, pantry President; Helen Campbell, SVDP Vice-President; Tammy Vande Hey, SVDP Secretary; Mary Brickl, SVDP Board Member; Dean Brickl, SVDP Board Member; Bill Campbell, SVDP Treasurer; Kris Ballweg, pantry Director.

On October 3rd, the Free Congregation of Sauk County awarded $7,750 from their Mission in Motion program. One of the missions of the Free Congregation is “to create opportunities for group action and service related to our mission, values, and concerns” both locally and in the world as whole. The Free Congregation of Sauk County is a Unitarian Universalist fellowship and is the only Free Thinkers congregation remaining in the world. Pictured, left to right: Nancy Kaufman, Diane Woerpal and Tom Sullivan (Good Neighbor Clinic; with Tom also representing Sauk Prairie Solar Schools), Lisa Meyer (Baraboo Homeless Shelter, Pathway House), Cliff Thompson (SP CAN, Sauk Prairie CommUNITY Acceptance Now), Jean Schneller and Kris Balleg (SPAFP, Sauk Prairie Area Food Pantry), Rebecca Kirch, (6:8 Inc. Circles program), Jen Maggio-Laack (SOAC, Summer Outdoor Adventure Club- Reedsburg), Heather Reader (Sauk Prairie School. District, district Social Worker), Glen Johnson (Free Congregation Mission in Motion Committee Chair), Kohler Olszewski (Sauk Prairie School District Social Worker), Chanda Kulow (school district representative for Sauk Prairie Solar Schools, and Karen Peterson (Sauk Prairie Area Literacy Council). Unable to attend: Hope House, Kids Ranch, Powered up Baraboo, ACLU of Wisconsin, Midwest Access Coalition, and Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin.

The Sauk Prairie Optimist Club held an Installation and Annual Meeting on November 4. The 2023-24 budget was passed and new President Cliff Thompson addressed those gathered. Pictured, left to right: Fred Dorn, Optimist SWIS District Lt. Governor; past President, Ellen Paul; Jeff Boll, board member; Joy Pulsfus, board member; Diane Shaw, Treasurer; Cliff Thompson, new President; Vicki and Dale Gullickson, board members; Shawn Lerch, President-Elect; Margaret Mauch, board member; and Steve Koehler, board member . Missing from the picture are Carol May, Treasurer; Bart Mauch, Vice President; and Shari Diehl, Board Member.

Compeer Financial Fund for Rural America, the giving program of the Farm Credit Cooperative, announced recently that the Good Neighbor Clinic of Sauk Prairie, was one of the 35 recipients who were granted funding this year. Since its establishment in 2018, the Fund has awarded 402 General Use Grants to community organizations, totaling over $2.3 million. The General Use Grant Program makes a difference in the communities where Compeer Financial clients and team members reside and work, reflecting their commitment to enriching agriculture and rural America. The Good Neighbor Clinic will be using the funding to support the diabetic clinic and occasional transportation needs. Pictured, left to right: Nancy Kaufman, GNC Board of Directors and Kelsie Mateske, Compeer Financial Officer.

Jukebox Saturday Night, a 10-piece big band, celebrates America’s Swing Era performing the greatest hits of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s as recorded by Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Jimmy Lunceford, Harry James, Artie Shaw, Cab Calloway, Benny Goodman, Bunny Berigan, Count Basie and more! Vocal selections will include songs made famous by Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Bob Eberly, Helen O’Connell, Rosemary Clooney, and other vocal idols. See the show at the Sauk Prairie River Arts Center (105-9th Street, Prairie du Sac) on Saturday, October 28th at 2 p.m. Tickets are $30/adults and $10/students and can be purchased online: www.RiverArtsInc.org/uptown, in person at River Arts on Water (590 Water Street, Prairie du Sac), over the phone at 608-643-5215, or at the door the day of the show based on availability. Jukebox Saturday Night is sponsored by The Ballweg Group.