(Beloit, 11/25/2015) Community Action, Inc. of Rock & Walworth Counties announces its World AIDS Day community awareness event on Tuesday, December 1. The nonprofit agency is partnering with Beloit Public Health Initiative (BPHI) for the program. “Eliminating the stigma surrounding people with HIV is our mission,” says Marc Perry, director of community programs for Community [...]
Released from YWCA Rock County: Janesville, WI. – The first annual YWCA Rock County Racial Justice Conference “Building Bridges through Cultural Competency” was held on November 12, 2015 at the Holiday Inn Express/Janesville Conference Center with 230 in attendance from around the region. During the sold out conference, the YWCA Rock County awarded Community Action, [...]
(Darien, WI 7/20/2015) Walworth County’s only 24/7 homeless shelter is receiving an outpouring of support from its friends and neighbors. Preliminary numbers from Monday’s 17th Annual Twin Oaks Golf Outing show community members contributed nearly $30,000 for the shelter. The total includes sponsorships, golf and dinner tickets and general donations. The amount does not include [...]
BELOIT (7/01/2015) —Part pep rally, part block party, organizers of the second annual Unity in the Community event are excited about the way this year’s family- and community-oriented happening is coming together. On Saturday, July 25 from noon to 6 p.m., several blocks of Beloit’s Switchtrack Alley (located in the Merrill neighborhood on the city’s [...]
DELAVAN, WI (5-21-2015) Community Action, Inc. of Rock and Walworth Counties is expanding its partnership with landlords in Walworth County for the agency’s Transitional Living Program (TLP). “We’ve operated this program in Walworth County for nearly two years,” says Sue Katzer, Housing Services Manager. “The biggest benefits for landlords are guaranteed rent and weekly [...]
BELOIT, WI (4-30-15) Community Action, Inc. of Rock and Walworth Counties is pleased to announce that the Women’s Fund of the Stateline Community Foundation is supporting a new mentoring program with a $3,500 grant. Community Action staff formed the Young Women’s Mentoring Program to mentor, teach, and encourage teenage women at Beloit Memorial High School. [...]
BELOIT, WI (4-21-15) – Community Action, Inc. announces food assistance services available in both Rock and Walworth counties. The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) is a federal program that provides food assistance to low-income households through the distribution of food commodities from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Services (FNS). TEFAP [...]
(4-21-15) Proud choices. Respectful decisions. Community Action is partnering with other local organizations to encourage teens to choose wisely despite the temptations of prom season. The FREE one-mile walk on Saturday, April 25 will begin and end at the Hendricks Center for the Arts in downtown Beloit. The event is open to the public. We are [...]
(3-30-15) BELOIT —Cecilia Dever likes to share a success story about Savanna Brewster, a young woman on the verge of homelessness. When Savanna lost her job, she went for help to Community Action of Rock and Walworth Counties. Community Action found she was eligible for a program that helped her find stable housing. With a secure home, [...]
(3-24-15) Community Action announced today that it has received a $2,000 grant from the Stateline Community Foundation for its Community Sharing Garden located in the 1300 blocks of Porter and Nelson Avenues in Beloit’s east-side Merrill Neighborhood. The garden was created as part of a larger neighborhood revitalization project Community Action has been leading in [...]