MillerCoors’ Bike Donation
This November, MillerCoors donated 27 new kids’ bicycles to COA! These bikes will be a wonderful addition to our camping programs. All year round, our Camp Helen Brachman provides low-income youth and families with the opportunity to travel up north, explore, make new friends, and create memories that will last a lifetime. Thank you, MillerCoors!
We Energies’ Winter Gear Drive
Toni Higgins' daughter has been attending COA's Early Education Center since she was six weeks old. Last year, Toni noticed that some of the children were in need of new winter gear. Toni, a member of the volunteer planning committee at We Energies, proposed a winter gear drive to benefit COA's Early Education Center. After [...]
Volunteer Spotlight: Shira Grinker
This fall, 13 year-old Shira Grinker began volunteering in COA's Early Education Center. "I started volunteering at COA as a school requirement," Shira said. "But after that I continued doing it because I love to be with the children. They are all so energetic and extremely adorable, and they always make me smile." In addition [...]
Happy Halloween!
The kids at our Riverwest Center had a blast this Halloween! Â Â Â Â
Pumpkin Picking at Apple Holler
We had a great time this week when we took a field trip to Apple Holler to pick pumpkins with the little ones!
Before and After: United Way Intern Day of Action
Before and after! Thanks so much to volunteers from BMO Harris Bank for the hard work. And thanks to United Way of Greater Milwaukee Intern Day of Action. These folks made a world of difference, as you can see, in our community gardens at the Goldin Center at 24th and Burleigh.
Jackie’s story featured by United Way of Greater Milwaukee
Jackie, a teen participant at Goldin Center, was recently the subject of one of United Way of Greater Milwaukee's success stories. Last June she graduated from high school and is off to UW-Oshkosh this fall. It has been a joy to watch her grow into the strong young woman she is today. United Way is [...]
The story of a song: Nicole Newson on “Reflection I.”
COA's Media Based Mentor Kiran Vedula sat down with Nicole Newson to discuss the inspiration and background for her new video with Dayz'hane Anderson, "Reflection I."
Riverwest 24 checkpoint
July 25-26, 2014 from 7pm - 7pm Riverwest hosted the seventh annual Riverwest 24, a bike race/ride through the neighborhood. COA played host to one of the many Bonus Checkpoints that saw riders do everything from writing letters to elementary school students to riding in canoes on the Milwaukee River. Our checkpoint asked them questions [...]
Reflection I.
"In today's hyper-mediated consumer culture, we (young people especially) are constantly bombarded with information, images, and messages that influence our behavior, and serve to construct our sense of reality. Mass media is a very powerful communication tool because it informs us about ourselves, our society, and how we fit in and interact with the world [...]