News & Events

Check out the menu at the Arbor Café for the month of February.

Our 2011 signature events, the Attic Sale and the House & Garden Tour were both successful thanks to community support! Our beneficiaries received their money at the Fall Luncheon on Oct. 4: Porchlight $20,000, Middleton Outreach Ministry$10,800, SAIL (Support for Active & Independent Lives)$12,000 and the Attic Angel Resident Aid Fund $51,288.

Our Attic Angel Community President, Mary Ann Drescher, was recently chosen as one of Madison Magazine's People of the Year.

People of the Year banner

Mary Ann Drescher one of People of the Year

 

Another article in Madison Magazine touts Attic Angel alliances with local businesses.

Attic Angel Alliances

Community Grants

Recipients for the 2010/11 Attic Angel Association
Community Grants awards were:

My experience here has been quite pleasant. There are things to do, places to go and programs to attend...
Mike F., Resident

Mental Health Center of Dane County - $17,000 for their "Family Preservation" program

  • YWCA - $10,000 for their "Housing First" program
  • The Road Home - $15,000 for their "Housing and Hope" program
  • The Respite Center - $8,000 for their Comfort of Home" program

Congratulations to these worthy organizations!

Our Community Grants proposal deadline was September 15. For more information on our Community Grants program, please click this link: Community Grants. The annual focus for 2011/12 is: "Children’s Readiness for Kindergarten Including Family/Caregiver Education and Support." Recipients will be announced in the coming months.

 

...thank you for your continued support of the Caregiver Luncheon... I deeply appreciate your support, and I know the entire Caregiver Alliance feels the same.
Claire Culbertson, Caregiver Support Coordinator
Dane County Caregiver Alliance

To find out what is happening within and outside the Attic Angel Community, please click on any of the links listed above to learn the latest.

Attic Angel Association has a partnership with Falk Elementary School. Attic Angel volunteers participated in a successful Cake Walk at the school.
Backpacks and school supplies worth over $1,600 were collected and delivered to be distributed to the children for the beginning of the school year September 1.