The Shawano Area Community Foundation will honor five local volunteers at its seventh annual “Celebration of Giving” event April 12.
The celebration will begin at 5:30 p.m. at The Gathering.
The event celebrates the past year of giving through the Shawano Area Community Foundation, which was founded 25 years ago, and recognizes area citizens for their spirit of volunteerism. Award recipients receive $1,000 each to benefit the local nonprofit organization of their choice.
The following volunteers will be honored:
Matty Mathison: Health Care Volunteer Award sponsored by ThedaCare Physicians. Mathieson focuses on improving the physical and mental health of people in Shawano County through her involvement with with Community Health Action Team, Born Learning Trail, Shawano Pathways and the Bike the Barn Quilts initiative.
Gabriela Krueger: Youth Volunteer Award sponsored by the Shawano Optimist Club and Shawano Rotary. Krueger volunteers with Big Brothers Big Sisters, Shawano Community High School, Shawano Optimists and various fundraising events, including those for Shawano Hockey, Taste of Shawano and the Highway Cleanup Program.
Heather Jauquet: Bill Mielke Volunteer Educator Award sponsored by the Mielke Family Foundation. Jauquet is being honored for her volunteer service with the Shawano County Dairy Project, Wisconsin Junior Holstein Association and Maple Grove Countryside 4-H Club.
Elaine Diffor: Robert D. Nueske Wittenberg Community Service Award sponsored by Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Meats. Diffor is being recognized for her many years of volunteer service in Wittenberg and Birnamwood schools, and with Walls of Wittenberg Inc.
Muffy Culhane: Shawano Community Service Award sponsored by a fund holder within the Shawano Area Community Foundation. Culhane is receiving this award for her volunteer work with Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Red River Riders and Shawano Area Matthew 25, which opened the new homeless shelter in Shawano.
Tickets for the event can be purchased by contacting Raquel Strayer at 920-525-5797 or rlstrayer@centurytel.net. The cost is $25 per person.
The Shawano Area Community Foundation is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Established in 1990 by community volunteers to preserve and improve the quality of life in Shawano and the surrounding area, SCAF is an affiliate of the Appleton-based Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region (www.cffoxvalley.org), the second-largest community foundation in Wisconsin.
For information about the SACF, visit www.ShawanoFoundation.org online, calling 715-524-6627 or send email to info@shawanofoundation.org.