Green Bay station gathers 22K pounds of food

Green Bay TV station WLUK-TV gathered 22,572 pounds of food and $3,368 in donations during a three-day food drive. The FOX 11 Food Project gathered items like canned meats, canned fruit, canned vegetables, and canned soup for pantries in Green…
Milwaukee Radio Group recognized for helping firefighters

Milwaukee Radio Group is being recognized for its efforts to help local firefighters. The Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin Charitable Foundation presented its annual media award to Milwaukee Radio Group for its “Answering the Call” campaign in support of first…
School supply drive raises more than $53,000

The tenth annual ‘Class Act School Supply Drive,’ hosted by WISN 12 and The Salvation Army raised $53,236 this year. The long-standing campaign puts essential classroom supplies into the hands of children in need across Milwaukee and Waukesha counties. Viewers…
Combat Hunger raises more than 50,000 meals for veterans in need

Woodward Radio Group, in partnership with Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, recently hosted the 5th annual Combat Hunger event that raised enough dollars and pounds of food to provide 52,580 meals for veterans facing hunger in the Fox Valley. The event…
Station collects cereal, oatmeal for food pantry

Life 102.5 (WNWC) in Madison and The River Food Pantry collected 133 pounds of cereal and oatmeal at The Rend Collective concert. Life 102.5 has been partnering with the River Food Pantry for a few years, in order to make…
Radio auction raises money for Reedsburg community

A radio station in Reedsburg raised more than $61,000 for community organizations through a radio auction. WRDB held its 70th annual Reedsburg Area United Fund Radio Auction Jan. 23-27. The station donated 40 hours of airtime. Proceeds totaling $61,500 were raised…
Radio, TV stations band together to replace buses destroyed by fire

Radio and TV stations in the Green Bay area worked together to help a local charity replace buses lost in a fire. Aspiro is committed to helping people with disabilities and lost its fleet of buses in February. In response,…
The Family Radio’s ‘Help for the Homeless Hygiene Drive’ raises $665K

The Family Radio Network’s 31st annual Help for the Homeless Hygiene Drive celebrated another a record-breaking year raising more than $665,000 worth of new hygiene and cleaning supplies now stock the shelves of 101 crisis programs in 19 communities across…
Station’s effort generates 1.3 million diapers

A Madison station generated monetary donations combined with physical donations of diapers equaling 1,375,737 diapers during its third annual diaper drive. NBC15 (WMTV-TV) raised the diapers for the Village Diaper Bank which provides diapers to families in need across south…