40th Year Celebration of Welfare Warriors – Milwaukee
It is our 4oth anniversary! 
Join our celebration Saturday August 1st , 1-4pm at the Mother’s Organizing Center 2711 W. Michigan St. Milwaukee WI wmvoice@att.net
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Unfortunately, this past budget year our expenses were higher than our donations. So, anything you can send in will help us make up for this shortfall. All donations are tax deductible. You can make a donation by clicking here.
One dad we helped was able to get low-income housing in Fond du lac, Wisconsin. Due to his daughter’s autism and their housing insecurity, CPS targeted them for family separation. It is tremendously difficult for families to get low-income housing in Milwaukee, so we help many families apply in other communities. Please make a gift if you are able by clicking here so we can help even more caregivers.
One disabled mom had her kids taken away because her children had lice and CPS workers felt that her apartment was dirty. Her partner had recently died so she had no help. We organized people to clean up and bought her lice shampoo. These are things CPS workers could have easily done but they make more money when children are taken from their parents.
A donation to Welfare Warriors can help pay for simple things, like lice shampoo and cleaning supplies, so families can quickly be reunited. The faster a family can be reunified, the less trauma they will face.
In addition to helping mamas get immediate help in emergency cases, Welfare Warriors volunteers have been helping distribute fresh food. Most recently, a large amount of lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and chocolate milk were left at a local shelter. Welfare Warriors members delivered the extra to 12 different families, people with disabilities and immigrants.
We have been doing a lot of outreach to the community this year to help spread the word to those who need our help. Besides distributing the Mother Warriors Voice and flyering in Children’s Court in between hearings, we have been tabling at many Milwaukee and Madison events. We also have been continuing to meet with politicians friendly to our cause. Most recently we met with Congresswoman Gwen Moore to discuss her Worker Credit and Reform Act, which would expand the Earned Income Tax Credit and help low-income caregivers.
Support our work! And come join us August 1st as we celebrate 40 years!
Welfare Warriors , Mothers Organizing Center
To make a donation, please click the link below
Fundraiser by Welfare Warriors : Help us continue our advocacy for low-income caregivers.
