Leadership Beaver Dam Class Learns About Local Non-Profits

(Beaver Dam) The November Leadership Beaver Dam class focused on highlighting the many non-profit organizations that help benefit the community and surrounding areas. The program is geared towards people who work or live in the Beaver Dam community who are looking to become the next generation of community leaders. The 2021-2022 class spend most of the day learning about some of the local nonprofits and how they serve important niches in the community. The class heard from Tom Heffron and Patrick Lutz from the Beaver Dam Area Community Foundation and Renae Henning from Community Care Preschool and Child Care. The class also toured Green Valley Enterprises located on Madison Street. After touring Green Valley, Church Health services hosted the class to show their facility at the corner of Center Street and Maple Street. Church Health services offers primary, dental, and mental healthcare for low-income children and families in south central Wisconsin. They also help offer prescription and over the counter medications to people who need them but can’t afford them. The December session will focus on local government.