Milwaukee Rep partners with First Stage, Milwaukee Ballet to make masks and face shields

Milwaukee Rep partners with First Stage, Milwaukee Ballet to make masks and face shields

MILWAUKEE --  Milwaukee Rep has partnered with First Stage and Milwaukee Ballet to leverage resources to make masks and face shields for frontline workers at Children’s Hospital, Froedert and the Medical College of Wisconsin.According to a press release,  the organizations have donated over 10,000 pieces of PPE, with weekly deliveries ongoing, thanks in part to funding from the Northwestern Mutual Foundation.The press release states that ten Milwaukee Rep employees, working in conjunction with First Stage and Milwaukee Ballet are producing 700- 800 masks per week for Children’s Hospital with an additional 100 masks going to Froedert every week.Twelve other employees, with the help of their families, are creating over 8,000 paper surgical masks per week for the Medical College of Wisconsin as long as mask-making kits are available.Additionally, Children’s Hospital and Froedert will receive 200 face shields over the next 3 weeks that Milwaukee Rep was able to construct with materials found onsite.“Jared Clarkin, our Director of Production at Milwaukee Rep is used to coordinating hundreds of talented people to bring a vision to life on stage,” said Artistic Director Mark Clements. “That is why it is of no surprise to me that he proposed this effort and has worked tirelessly to utilize our resources and the resources of other performing arts groups for a common goal of protecting our frontline workers.

Pumped $20K into local restaurants: First Bank Financial Centre wraps up 'Fuel Our Front Line'

Pumped $20K into local restaurants: First Bank Financial Centre wraps up 'Fuel Our Front Line'

OCONOMOWOC -- In just three days, from April 15-17, First Bank Financial Centre (FBFC), infused $20,000 into local restaurants as part of its “Fuel Our Front Line” campaign.According to a press release, the community bank ordered lunches from 18 restaurants that are bank customers and had the food delivered to 1,400 health care workers at 14 different hospitals and health care facilities.

'From Milwaukee with love:' KAPCO collecting cards for frontline workers, seniors impacted by virus

'From Milwaukee with love:' KAPCO collecting cards for frontline workers, seniors impacted by virus

GRAFTON -- A Wisconsin-based manufacturer is looking to try its hand at a different kind of production -- heartfelt thank yous and love in the form of a card."It isn't necessarily manufacturing in our walls, but it's manufacturing based in everybody else's walls," said Jim Kacmarcik, president of KAPCO Metal Stamping. "We're calling upon everybody to create cards and letters and materials that we can then get to our senior citizens and to our healthcare providers."As the coronavirus continues to separate and isolate people, the manufacturing group is looking for ways to close the gap.