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Mission: Leaven works through volunteers to assist people in crisis who have basic needs that cannot be met elsewhere.

 

 

 

 

Save the Dates!

September 5, 2013:

LEAVEN Legacy Appreciation Event-This event is an appreciation reception for our Legacy Society members. Memebership into the Legacy Society is extended to LEAVEN donors who commit $1,000 or more to support the LEAVEN endowment fund. If you would like to join the Legacy Society please contact the Development Department for more information at 920-735-9638.

 

October 12, 2013:

Doctors in Recital Event-Hosted by Heid Music and Steinway & Sons, this concert event brings together music and medicine as area physicians perform to benefit LEAVEN. Tickets are $25 each and are sold at Heid Music Appleton and Oshkosh locations, as well as LEAVEN's Menasha office. Doors open at 6 p.m. for a champagne welcome, show starts at 7 p.m. followed by a reception at the new Jane Bergstrom Fine Arts Education Center at St. Mary High School in Neenah. LEAVEN has received a grant from The Avenue 91.1 radio station to promote this event for us.

 

November 14, 2013:

Fox Valley Chef's Association Dinner Event-The Fox Valley Chef's Association will host a six course dinner, provided by six local executive chefs. This amazing night will be held at Riverview Gardens with seating limited to the first 200 people. Join us also for light entertainment and a silent auction. Cost is $60 per person and all proceeds benefit LEAVEN. Tickets will be sold at LEAVEN beginning July 1.

 

People Helping People

  • Part of the character of a community is defined by how it helps its most vulnerable citizens. LEAVEN started as an idea of Father Robert Udulutsch, a local priest who saw a need for a network providing emergency assistance to the needy of the Fox Valley area.

     

  • Since 1987, LEAVEN (Limited Emergency Assistance Valley Ecumenical Network) has been the bridge between hardship and hope for residents of Calumet, Northeastern Winnebago, and Outagamie Counties.

     

  • Supported by local individuals, churches, businesses and foundations, LEAVEN provided emergency

    financial assistance for housing, utilities, transportation and other basic human needs for over 7,180 households in 2012.

     

  • Help strengthen the character of our community by supporting LEAVEN, as a donor and volunteer.

     

  • Emergency Shelter Point in Time Homeless Count

    A Point-In-Time count is a statistically reliable, unduplicated count of people experiencing homelessness during a designated one night period. The count is done two times per year—January and July. It includes persons who are living in emergency shelters, transitional housing, domestic violence shelters, or who are unsheltered living on the streets or any other place not meant for human habitation.  The Emergency Shelter of the Fox Valley (ESFV), along with other agencies from the Fox Cities Housing Coalition, including LEAVEN staff, conducted their Point-In-Time count on January 30, 2013 in the middle of a snow storm.

    In total, 301 homeless persons were identified this count. [Extract for the Emergency Shelter Newsletter First Quarter 2013]

    The Fox Cities support of local agencies that provide help for the homeless is always greatly appreciated.

Hardship hurts. Caring counts.