Good News Notes: “Milwaukee, you’ve welcomed the world with open arms – and as we revel in the excitement of our World Champions, the Milwaukee Bucks, we should also be proud of an accomplishment made off the court. A lot of mail gets sent to Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, but rarely does it make everyone there stop what…
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SC Johnson Partners with Brewers and Bucks to Upcycle Arena Cups
Good News Notes: “Racine, WI–based SC Johnson, the household products company, is taking sustainability in a new direction — upcycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) cups from professional sports events into bottles for Scrubbing Bubbles cleaner. The company has partnered with Milwaukee’s baseball and basketball teams, the Brewers and the Bucks, to implement the program. In partnership with…
8-year-old starts charity to help homeless children
Good News Notes: “She recently donated $500 to Joy House, a women’s shelter in Milwaukee. For her birthday and at Christmas, she asked for toy donations to the shelter instead of gifts as well. ‘To have someone so young, excited to be giving to individuals that are less fortunate than she is is awesome. I’m…
Milwaukee man surprised families with kindness and generosity amidst pandemic
Good News Notes: “After a Milwaukee man was furloughed from his job he was inspired by a social media challenge to make the most of his time. ‘I believe kindness is a ripple effect,’ said Zach Bartlett. When Zach was furloughed from his job with the Milwaukee Bucks he found himself at home looking for…
Gobert pledges $500,000 to help with relief, NBA shutdown
Good News Notes: “Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz offered the first of what he said will be “many steps” he will take to help with the coronavirus pandemic, pledging Saturday to donate more than $500,000 to relief efforts. Gobert, who was the first NBA player to test positive for COVID-19 — a diagnosis that prompted…
Team Giannis will donate another $100,000 to its NBA All-Star Game charity
Good News Notes: “The NBA All-Star Game was exciting for all fans thanks to a new format they’d be interested to see expanded. No one was more excited, though, than two groups of Chicago school kids who were not only in attendance but were rooting to win thousands of dollars in donations as handpicked charitable beneficiaries….
Giannis Antetokounmpo, girlfriend welcome son
Good News Notes: “Giannis Antetokounmpo and his girlfriend, Mariah Riddlesprigger, have welcomed a new son. The Milwaukee Bucks MVP tweeted a photo of their new baby at 3:33 p.m. Monday.” “The tweet says the couple named the boy Liam Charles Antetokounmpo. Giannis used a baby emoji to cover the newborn’s face.” View the whole story…
SC Johnson partners with Brewers to reuse Miller Park’s plastic cups
Good News Notes: “SC Johnson has found a new use for the more than 1 million plastic cups used annually at Miller Park. Starting this season, those cups will be recycled into spray bottles for the company’s Scrubbing Bubbles bathroom cleaning solution. That’s thanks to a new partnership between the Racine-based manufacturer and the Milwaukee…
Bucks to donate $45,500 to Harley-Davidson Foundation
Good News Notes: “The Milwaukee Bucks and Harley-Davidson have teamed up to make a $45,500 donation to the Harley-Davidson Foundation.” “In addition to the jersey patch partnership between the two organizations, proceeds from every Bucks jersey, which bears the Harley-Davidson logo on it, that was sold in the Bucks Pro Shop at Fiserv Forum during…
Rather than give her a ticket, police officer buys car seats for single mom
Good News Notes: “When Milwaukee Police Officer Kevin Zimmermann saw the three kids bouncing around in the backseat without restraints, his thoughts immediately turned to his own children. “I’m a father myself, I have three kids,” Zimmermann told WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee. “I thought of my kids jumping around. What if a car hit them and they flew…