Goodman Community Center

A couple of weeks ago, a mighty crew of 11 CUES staff members rolled up their sleeps and helped deep clean our elementary afterschool classrooms. They really made the spaces ✨glisten✨ Thank you for your time!

Thank you to Weichert, Realtors - Lakepoint for your continued support of our Thanksgiving Basket Drive! We are able to provide 4,000 families with everything they need for Thanksgiving, because of partners like you! 💜

🦃 🧡 We are thrilled to announce our first competitors for the kickoff of our Friendly Food Drive Competition! 🧡🦃 The organization that gathers the most *items* during the drive period will be crowned the Thanksgiving Basket 2024 Champion, and will have the honor of displaying the Goodman Food Drive Trophy at their workplace until the next round's competition winner is announced! 🧡 Ahan Madison 🧡 Black Men Coalition of Dane County 🧡 Clasen Quality Chocolate 🧡 COUSINS SUBS 🧡 DeWitt LLP - Law Firm 🧡 Exact Sciences 🧡 Fiskars Group 🧡 Madison Investments 🧡 Madison Police Department 🧡 American Marketing Association UW-Madison 🧡 HOOPER 🧡 Stantec - Madison Area Offices 🧡 Gordon Flesch Company 🧡 Isthmus Partners, LLC 🧡 Temple Beth El Madison All food donations will be counted, then dropped off at the Goodman Community Center during Thanksgiving drop off week: Mon.–Fri., Nov 18–22, 10am–7pm 🏆 The trophy will be delivered to the winning partner to display with pride! 🌈 Interested in joining the next round of this friendly competition? Please contact Meghan for more information! mjohnson@goodmancenter.org

🦃 🧡 NEW! THANKSGIVING Office Food Drive Competition! 🧡 🦃 We are thrilled to be hosting our first Friendly Food Drive Competition for partnering community organizations and businesses. The organization that gathers the most *items* during the drive period will be crowned the Thanksgiving Basket 2024 Champion, and will have the honor of displaying the Goodman Food Drive Trophy at their workplace until the next round's competition winner is announced! How to compete: ✏ Register your office for the Food Drive Competition by October 20, 2024 : https://lnkd.in/gUuQzgYk 😊 Assign one contact from your workplace 💙 Download our Food Drive Kit 🥫 Collect food from now until the week of November 18, 2024. ⭐ Count your items 🚚 Drop off your food at the Goodman Community Center during drop off week: Mon.–Fri., Nov 18–22, 10 am–7 pm 🏆 The trophy will be delivered to the winning business to display with pride! 🌈 Know another Dane County area business who would love to join this friendly competition? Please forward this form along to them! The more the merrier! Contact Meghan with Questions: mjohnson@goodmancenter.org

🚀 VP of Finance Wanted! 🚀 📢Are you ready to lead the financial future of Goodman Community Center? We’re looking for a passionate and skilled VP of Finance to join our family. Enjoy a competitive salary, fantastic benefits, and the opportunity to make a real difference in our community. If you’re a financial whiz with a heart for service, we want to hear from you 💙 📩 https://lnkd.in/g6sWxkqG #FinanceJobs #JoinOurTeam #GoodmanCommunityCenter

Remember to join Goodman Community Center’s backpack drive this weekend! Many thanks to WKOW-ABC 27 for their great coverage yesterday. Our goal is to collect school supplies & backpacks for 500+ students again this year. 📏 🖍 📑 📓 ✏ ✂ 📒 Drop-off supplies this weekend: Aug. 3, 10am-12pm Aug. 4, 11am-1pm Visit our homepage www.goodmancenter.org to view our supply Wishlist and other info. We also have some terrific coupons for local restaurants and businesses for anyone who comes by with supplies! 😎 https://lnkd.in/gS-NhD3N

Become a Friend of the Food Pantry & help Goodman fight Dane County's ongoing food crisis! The data is in, and Goodman's pantry is expecting over 60,000 customers by the end of 2024—that's over 50% MORE people than 2023 (which was also a record breaking year for our pantry). As a dedicated community drop-off point for Goodman pantry donations, you'll have full access to: 🖨 Customizable Printed Materials. 📣 Digital Sharing Templates and Toolkits (email and social media) 🏫 Our FotFP Yard Sign or 11x17" poster (for homes, apartments, businesses, and other settings). 😊 Help and sharing advice from Goodman staff. ✅ Specific tips for FotFP food drives. With your help, we can make donating to Goodman's pantry accessible for more Madisonians. Message us to become a Friend of the Food Pantry: Businesses, please contact Meghan at mjohnson@goodmancenter.org Individuals, please contact Susan at sramspacher@goodmancenter.org

Goodman Community Center had the pleasure of hosting MMSD Superintendent Joe Gothard, Ed.D. and Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway for a special visit yesterday. Dr. Gothard and our kiddos had fun switching roles, as he got to hang out in the classroom fort and the kids got to take turns trying on his suit jacket. ❤️ Many thanks to Nathan Beck for coordinating, and for all our special guests from MMSD, MSCR, and MOST who were able to join us. 😊 #SummerLearning #SummerLearningWeek #DiscoverSummer Letesha M. Nelson, Sara Nowakowski, Hope Ballentine, Catie Tollefson, Sonia Spencer, Nicole Schaefer, Mary Roth, Anahi Gallegos Valles, Tony Brown, Lou Calanche, Victoria Patterson, and Gail Snyder

👀 Look out for our Friends of the Food Pantry yard signs & meet your neighbors who are collecting food for Goodman's Pantry! 🥕 Since 2021, our pantry has experienced a customer increase of over 130%! 🥧 In order to keep up with our community's exponentially growing need for Goodman’s pantry, we’re making donating from anywhere in our area accessible. 🍏 Get in touch if you want to become a Friend of the Food Pantry, and help keep our shelves stocked! Every bit helps! 💕 Thank you 💕

Thank you, Fenrici Brands for your support of our Backpack Drive!