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Vol. 36 • No. 16 • Thurs., April 27, 2017 - Wed., May 03, 2017 • An NCON Publication Serving The Milwaukee Area • 65¢
Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch visits and reads to St. Marcus students
On Monday, April 24, 2017, Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch visited and read to students at St. Marcus School's North Campus. The Lt. Governor read to the 2nd grade class a book called "Little Critters Just Saving Money" by Mercer Mayer, chosen by Money Smart Week for the "Big Read". The Money Smart Week Big Read program runs April 22-29, and is a program that distributes thousands of financial literacy books to children and families to provide opportunities for families to discuss saving, spending and money management. Each child will receive a copy of the book to take home with them. Money Smart Week started in 2001 through the Federal Reserve Bank (Chicago) and is an initiative to provide financial literacy programming to help community members of all ages to better manage their personal finances.
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Baptist Ministers Conference of Greater Milwaukee hosts Annual City-wide Fellowship Revival
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For three days, Tuesday, April 18 through Thursday, April 20, 2017 the Baptist Ministers Conference of Greater Milwaukee hosted their Annual City-wide Fellowship Revival. The event was hosted by Way of the Cross Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Kurt L. Boyd as the host pastor. The Evangelist for the week was Rev. Dr. Sedric D. Veal, Sr., Th.D., of Temple Baptist Church, East Cleveland, OH. Pictured at the revival are (back row, from left) Rev. Anthony Smith; Rev. Aaron Morgan; Rev. William Yancey, Jr.; Rev. Carey Myles; Rev. Victor Manns; Rev. Eddie Nash; (front row, from left) Rev. Eric J. Smith; Rev. Robert McFarland; Rev. Robert Faulkner; Rev. Andrew Morgan; Rev. Richard Watkins; Rev. Robert Moore; Rev. Carl Smith; (not pictured) Rev. Dr. Donnie Simms; Rev. Dr. Hugh Davis, Jr.; Rev. Michael Cooper; Rev. Anthony Mosley; and Rev. Danny Washington.
MHSI hosts "National Minority Health Month Community Health Fair" On Saturday, April 22, 2017 Milwaukee Health Services, Inc. hosted its annual "National Minority Health Month Community Health Fair." This year's theme is "Bridging Health Equity Across Communities." The event was held at the Isaac Coggs Heritage Health Center, 8200 West Sliver Spring Drive. The health fair was open to the public and included various health screenings, information booths, entertainment, games, prizes and healthy food. Pictured at the event are (3rd row, from left) Jerry Smith, Gruber Law Office; Debbie McKay, MHS Health Wisconsin; Synovia Moss, Betty Brinn Children’s Museum; Rayna Andrews, Feeding America; Lyah Holmes, FNP MHSI; Robbie Fulton, Andrew Chevrolet; (2nd row, from left) Sandy Dotson, MHS Health Wisconsin; Kendra Collier, United Healthcare Community Plan; Tiffany Johnson, Kohl’s Conversations for the Cure; Missy Kirkwood, Community Advocates; Jennifer Washington-McMurray American Cancer Society; Diane DuBose, Beta Phi Omega Sorority; (1st row, from left) Will Allen, Growing Power; Darrin Reasby; Pamela Clark, MHSI; and Babette Honore, Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin. www.milwaukeetimesnews.com
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