The Great Northern Cares – Twin Cities team partnered with the Angel Foundation again this holiday season. Employees donated over $2,400 in cash and gift cards, along with other items such as stuffed animals, art supplies and other items they had requested.
Month: December 2019
Great Northern Cares – Chicago Team Helps Pack Over 150,000 Meals for those in Need
The Great Northern Cares Chicago team recently kicked off the holiday season by again teaming up with Feed My Starving Children.
Great Northern’s team packed along with 500 other volunteers, filling 722 boxes which serves 155,952 meals! This feeds 427 kids for a year! In a single weekend, a total of 5,000 volunteers packed 1.2 million meals!
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Great Northern Cares About Veterans
Our very own chairman of the board and decorated Vietnam veteran, Bill Raaths, was recently featured in a video for a Wisconsin Veterans Village Association campaign, promoting the creation of a first-of-its-kind Veterans Village in Northeast Wisconsin.
With the Fox Cities veteran population being 8.8%, which is higher than the national average, there is a great need for affordable housing and support for veterans in all stages of life in our area. When they return to civilian life, many veterans continue to face challenges.