The Goodman Community Center in the news:
Goodman Community Center and Hy-Vee Partner to Raise Turkeys Donations
November 5, 2011This year due to budget constraints, the Goodman Community Center will not be receiving donated turkeys from the CAC (Community Action Coalition). Hy-Vee is currently promoting "buy a ham, get a free turkey" and volunteers for the Fritz Food Pantry will be at Hy-Vee on Saturday, November 5th from 10 AM to 3 PM asking Hy-Vee customers to donate their free turkey to the Goodman Community Center's Fritz Food Pantry to be given out to a family this holiday season.
Capital Square garden provides vegetables for our food pantry.
May 25, 2011Community Groundworks, is planting vegetables for the second year in a small plot along the Capitol Square. Plants harvested from this plot will go in part to the Goodman Community Center's Fritz Food Pantry. Click here for the full article in the Capital Times.
Fundraising event Celebrating Goodman Community Center a Success!
May 23, 2011The Goodman Center celebrated its daily contributions to its community with the event "Goodman 365: Strengthening Lives." Dave Zweifel of The Capital Times featured this event and its touching moments. Click here for the full article.
GCC Baker and Catering Manger Lee Davenport featured in 77 Square.
February 9, 2011Lee Davenport is well known to those who frequent the Ironworks Cafe at the Center; her freshly baked scones and treats draw frequent praise from customers. Lee was recently featured in 77 Square articles discussing the Center and Lee's commitment to strengthening relationships with local farms and slow food groups. You can read the article here and find out more about our Working Class Catering program at this link.
Healthy U Event a Success
December 14, 2010Many Madison residents entered the Goodman Community Center for the first time for our widely-promoted Healthy U Event. In collaboration with the Junior League of Madison, GCC offered activities ranging from felt hat making to knitting to face painting. Over 250 children and their families showed up to engage in healthy living activities.
Read the Wisconsin State Journal's article on the event.
Fritz Food Pantry provides healthy choices
December 14, 2010The Fritz Food Pantry is making a push to offer a variety of healthy options for neighborhood customers. Partnering with community gardens and block captains, the food pantry and Coordinator Kathy Utley have strengthened its commitment to healthy living and community education. Check out the recent article in the Wisconsin State Journal! To find out more about our food pantry, visit our Food & Meals page.
Students and veggies are growing
July 20, 2010 >> On MMSD web site:Students from East HS along with middle school students enrolled in the Goodman Community Center summer camp program have been working the 1/4 acre vegetable plot this summer. Hundreds of plants started in East HS's green house in late winter were planted this spring yielding abundant crops of broccoli, tomatoes, peppers and more. Much of the fresh produce will be donated to the Goodman Center food pantry. The farm plot is overseen by Megan Cain, who works for Community Ground Works, a partnership project with the Troy Gardens on the north side.
Read more about this program
Feb 10, 2010 >> In the Wisconsin State Journal:
East High Working on Community Farm by Marge Pitts
MEDIAWORKS announces new short film:
Feb 11, 2010 >> On YouTube:A multi-national corporate board (aka bored) meeting goes awry in this silly romp that might remind you of the classic story 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.' Perhaps you've been in meeting much like this one. This project was two months in the making and is an amazing effort by the MEDIAWORKS Thursday group.
The Bored Meeting
Learn more about MEDIAWORKS
Our food pantry shelves are emptying fast
Can you contribute food >> or money to buy food >> today?
The Goodman Community Center used to serve an average of 400 families a month and now 1,000 is typical. As a result, many pantries like at the Goodman Community Center struggle to keep the shelves stocked.
Given the current economic situation and unemployment on the rise, lower-income families are desperate to stretch their dollars. Visiting a food pantry can help by enabling them to use their money to pay rent and utilities. Many individuals and families of Dane County are not just food insecure but truly going hungry.
Pantries and the thousands of people throughout the county that rely on them need additional help to keep from having to cut services and in some cases close. The Goodman Community Center accepts food donations Monday-Friday from 7:00am-8:00pm and on Saturday and Sunday from 9:00am-5:00pm. If Goodman is not close to you, there is a network of pantries throughout Dane County and all of them accept food donations. Please contact the Community Action Coalition at: 608.246.4730 to find the pantry closest to you.
Most needed food: Tuna, beans, shelf-stable milk, juice, canned fruits & vegetables, macaroni & cheese, peanut butter, cereal, infant formula, baby food, diapers, soup (not tomato), rice.
Prefer to make a financial donation? If you'd like to make a donation of money so we can buy food, you can DONATE ONLINE today.
Monty's and Tex Tubb's are helping us fight hunger every month
You can help >> All you have to do is have a great meal at these restaurants!
On the first Tuesday of every month, eat at Monty's or Tex Tubb's Taco Palace East. Why? Well, in addition to the tasty food and great ambiance, the Food Fight Restaurant Group will donate 10% of their food sales that day to our Fritz Food Pantry. Food has been flying off our pantry shelves because so many folks are needing help putting food on their table these days, including many are people who have never needed to shop at a food pantry before.
Join us December 7th!
Why not mark your calendar now, so you don't forget?
If you join in this fight against hunger, let your waitstaff or the management know you think this is great, too.
Monty's Blue Plate Diner
2089 Atwood Avenue
Madison, WI
Tex Tubb's Taco Palace EAST
2009 Atwood Avenue
Madison, WI
www.textubbstacos.com
Our beautiful facility has won many awards
Read more about the awards
The Goodman Community Center, and the folks who designed and built this exceptional new community space, have won the following awards:
For Interior design
Eppstein Uhen Architect's Interior Designer, Gigi Szeklinski, ASID, won top honors at the American Association of Interior Design Awards in February when her interior design for the Goodman Community Center was awarded a 2008 Gold Level Design Award.
Congratulations, Gigi and Eppstein Uhen Architects!
As a Top Building Project
The Wisconsin Builder Magazine's Top Projects Awards committee selected the Vogel Bros. project, The Goodman Community Center, as one of Wisconsin's 2008's Top Projects. The competition was very tough! Over 150 projects were submitted and only 30 were selected as "Top Projects." The Wisconsin Builder magazine will feature the Goodman Community Center project in an upcoming article that will be published to coincide with the Awards Banquet.
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