Your Gifts at Work

Boys and Girls Club of the Greater Chippewa Valley Lee & Mary Markquart Center

The Boys and Girls Club of the Greater Chippewa Valley – Lee & Mary Markquart Center received a WGC grant to expand mental health resources to its members by creating a sensory room and providing sensory seating and tactile tools in each of the programming spaces.

The Club used the grant to convert an office space into a dedicated sensory room, which members utilize in times of need and for mental health focused programming. It allows kids to work through their emotions and gives them a quiet space to decompress if they’re overwhelmed by noise in the cafeteria or other loud spaces.

Sensory items have also been added to each of the programming spaces to aid members who are overwhelmed with emotion but want to remain where they are.

Thanks to this grant, young people at the Club are better able to manage their emotions so they can focus on academic success and healthy relationships.

2022 WGC Grant Recipients

Chippewa Valley Free Clinic

Advancing Women’s Health Services, Year 2

$7,500

Chippewa Valley LGBTQ+ Community Center Youth Engagement Initiative

$6,500

Professional Dental Hygiene Express Bright Smiles

$7,500

Family Resource Center

Reaching More Families with Triple P Positive Parenting Program

$7,500

Feed My People Food Bank Childhood Hunger Program Expansion

$7,500

“Read, Play, and Learn”

$5,600

Literacy Chippewa Valley English Language Learners Class with Childcare

$7,500