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If you don't have anything to do this evening and you want to expand your horizons then the Deaf, Deaf, Diverse World celebration at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee might fit your agenda.
The event, in its sixth year, offers a mix of entertainment and other events for all ages. The first-year American Sign Language interpreter training program puts on the event. Its purpose is to boost community awareness of the deaf community, celebrate diversity and bring the deaf/hard of hearing and hearing cultures together.
This year Mindy Moore and Theron Parker, who are married, will perform their version of "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus." Moore and Parker combine acting, storytelling, poetry and mime using American Sign Language in their performances.
Moore teaches drama/deaf studies and art at the Texas School for the Deaf. Parker founded the ASL Hour in Seattle.
Refreshments, face painting and a raffle are all part of the festivities. Advance ticket prices are $8 for students, $9 for non-students and $10 at the door.
Doors open at 5 p.m. and the program begins at 6 p.m. in the Wisconsin Room of the Student Union at 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.
A special donation When Mary Feest made a donation to the brain injury research department at University Hospital in Madison earlier this month, it had a special purpose.
It recognized the care her husband Ron received at the hospital when he was injured in an accident. Ron Feest was injured in a motorcycle accident in Adams County in June 2004. As a result, he endured major head trauma.
Mary Feest presented the $3,645 donation to Dr. Robert Dempsey, the head of the department.
The money represents 10 percent of the net revenue from the Ron Feest Miracle Benefit that took place at South Hills Country Club in April 2005. That amount was earmarked for brain injury research so subsequent trauma victims could benefit, Rose Coulthart said.
Coulthart, Ron Feest's sister, was chairperson of the committee of approximately 60 volunteers who put the benefit together.
"He was transported by Flight for Life to University Hospital, where there was little hope, but miraculously, they saved his life. Ron was in a coma for months," Coulthart said.
Today Ron Feest is a resident of the brain injury wing at Mount Carmel Rehab in Milwaukee, Coulthart said. The staff anticipates he may be able to return home by year's end.
"He recently began walking, with assistance, five to 10 steps between the parallel bars. He can speak, feed himself and most of his cognitive abilities are present, although impaired," she said.
Coulthart said the Miracle Committee appreciated the efforts of everyone who contributed to the benefit in "any manner because that made donating to this wonderful cause possible. It's a great feeling to be able to give something back. It just is a testament that volunteerism benefits more than just the obvious."
Food drive a good cause The employees of the Metro Milwaukee Auto Auction in Raymond are at it again. They're in the midst of their Second Annual food drive, Barbara Rasmussen said. Last year's food drive, which benefited America's Second Harvest, brought in 154 pounds of food - enough for 930 meals, Rasmussen said.
"This year we kicked the drive into high gear and created some competition between teams. The winning team is to receive a pizza party. Currently, we are at 4,105 pounds. The food drive ends Friday, the way our employees are going we should easily meet our goal of 5,000 pounds," Rasmussen said.
All the food is being donated to the Love & Charity Mission in Racine. The company feels it's important to give back to the community, Rasmussen said. "The employees are so caught up in the drive and what we can accomplish as a team that the pizza party has taken a back seat, the result is a lot of food being donated for a wonderful cause."
If you don't have anything to do this evening and you want to expand your horizons then the Deaf, Deaf, Diverse World celebration at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee might fit your agenda.
The event, in its sixth year, offers a mix of entertainment and other events for all ages. The first-year American Sign Language interpreter training program puts on the event. Its purpose is to boost community awareness of the deaf community, celebrate diversity and bring the deaf/hard of hearing and hearing cultures together.
This year Mindy Moore and Theron Parker, who are married, will perform their version of "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus." Moore and Parker combine acting, storytelling, poetry and mime using American Sign Language in their performances.
Moore teaches drama/deaf studies and art at the Texas School for the Deaf. Parker founded the ASL Hour in Seattle.
Refreshments, face painting and a raffle are all part of the festivities. Advance ticket prices are $8 for students, $9 for non-students and $10 at the door.
Doors open at 5 p.m. and the program begins at 6 p.m. in the Wisconsin Room of the Student Union at 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.
A special donation When Mary Feest made a donation to the brain injury research department at University Hospital in Madison earlier this month, it had a special purpose.
It recognized the care her husband Ron received at the hospital when he was injured in an accident. Ron Feest was injured in a motorcycle accident in Adams County in June 2004. As a result, he endured major head trauma.
Mary Feest presented the $3,645 donation to Dr. Robert Dempsey, the head of the department.
The money represents 10 percent of the net revenue from the Ron Feest Miracle Benefit that took place at South Hills Country Club in April 2005. That amount was earmarked for brain injury research so subsequent trauma victims could benefit, Rose Coulthart said.
Coulthart, Ron Feest's sister, was chairperson of the committee of approximately 60 volunteers who put the benefit together.
"He was transported by Flight for Life to University Hospital, where there was little hope, but miraculously, they saved his life. Ron was in a coma for months," Coulthart said.
Today Ron Feest is a resident of the brain injury wing at Mount Carmel Rehab in Milwaukee, Coulthart said. The staff anticipates he may be able to return home by year's end.
"He recently began walking, with assistance, five to 10 steps between the parallel bars. He can speak, feed himself and most of his cognitive abilities are present, although impaired," she said.
Coulthart said the Miracle Committee appreciated the efforts of everyone who contributed to the benefit in "any manner because that made donating to this wonderful cause possible. It's a great feeling to be able to give something back. It just is a testament that volunteerism benefits more than just the obvious."
Food drive a good cause The employees of the Metro Milwaukee Auto Auction in Raymond are at it again. They're in the midst of their Second Annual food drive, Barbara Rasmussen said. Last year's food drive, which benefited America's Second Harvest, brought in 154 pounds of food - enough for 930 meals, Rasmussen said.
"This year we kicked the drive into high gear and created some competition between teams. The winning team is to receive a pizza party. Currently, we are at 4,105 pounds. The food drive ends Friday, the way our employees are going we should easily meet our goal of 5,000 pounds," Rasmussen said.
All the food is being donated to the Love & Charity Mission in Racine. The company feels it's important to give back to the community, Rasmussen said. "The employees are so caught up in the drive and what we can accomplish as a team that the pizza party has taken a back seat, the result is a lot of food being donated for a wonderful cause."