12/15/11 - Purchase a 2012 "Wisconsin Gives Back" Calendar and Support the LCGW
Purchase a Wisconsin Gives Back 2012 calendar and $9 of your $15 purchase price will directly support the LCGW. Click here to purchase, or preview the calendar.
10/10/11 - Play "Sherlock's Clues for Cash"
In conjuctions with Waukesha Reads' 2011 program, LCGW is hosting a competition for cash in downtown Waukesha from 10/10/11 through 10/31/11 based on the characters from "The Hound of the Baskervilles." Game boards are available at Martha Merrell's Books and The Steaming Cup.
Ten local businesses will be posting clues and all clues eventually can be used at the display window in the five points to solve the mystery. Those who successfully solve the clues will be eligible to win a prize.
You can play over several days or just a few hours on a Saturday afternoon. The game is fun for tweens, teens, and adults. And the minimum donation is now just $1, so more people can play.
08/15/11 - "90 Tutors In 90 Days" Starts September 8th
The LCGW wants to recruit 90 new literacy tutors in just 90 days. Consider attending a New Tutor Orientation and make a difference in someone's life through the gift of literacy. Our 90 Tutors In 90 Days recruitment challenge runs Sept. 8 through Dec. 8.
Can't attend an Orientation Meeting? Submit an online Interest Form for more information about becoming a tutor.
08/08/11 - Join the LCGW in Celebrating its 25th Anniversary!
Thursday, Sept. 8, 5:30-8:30p.m.
LCGW's 25 Anniversary Gala Celebration
The Literacy Council is celebrating its 25th Anniversary! Join us on Thursday evening, September 8, 2011, at Merrill Hills Country Club in Waukesha for a gala Celebration of a quarter-century of service. Click here for details.
06/29/11 - Literacy Council's 19th Annual Corporate Spelling Bee Results
The Literacy Council of Greater Waukesha was proud to host its 19th Annual Corporate Spelling Bee on June 9th, 2011 at the Country Springs Hotel in Waukesha. The event, LCGW’s largest fundraiser of the year, was sponsored by Clarcorp Industrial Sales of Waukesha.
Thank you to all of our participants and corporate sponsors, including the Mystery Writers of America for being a program partner.
Business and organizations were encouraged to sponsor an employee team or non-profit team that might want to spell, and the public was invited to watch competing teams vie for the title of Best Corporate Speller in Waukesha County.
02/28/11 - LCGW's 2011 Scrabble Games Were a Success
The Literacy Council of Greater Waukesha hosted its seventh annual Scrabble Games fundraiser on February 20, 2011 at Steinhafel's Super Store on Highway F in Waukesha.
Contestants did not play the usual form of Scrabble. In our version, team members work together and against the clock to quickly fill up their board with as many high-value words as possible. Corporate and independent teams participated with prizes awarded in both categories.
Congratulations to the winners:
- Corporate Team Champion: Waukesha County Technical College, composed of Barbara Nordberg, Josie Bellone, Sarah Finesilver, Drew Niedercorn, Cindy Schiller and Lynn Spangler.
- Independent Team Champion: Carroll University, composed of Donna Jansen, Adam Jansen, Bob Jansen and Cristie Spoerl.
