🌱 Patch AM: How a $3.5M gift could reshape Waukesha’s food pantry future

Hello Waukesha! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How a $3.5M gift could reshape Waukesha’s food pantry future
• What changed after a Waukesha preschool worker’s child neglect sentencing?
• How a Waukesha freshman flipped a 10-point deficit into victory

Also on today's calendar: Small Town Christmas Craft & Vendor Show - Sip & Shop and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Very cold with clouds and sun, with a high of 16 and low of 9 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Frigid with flurries, temps: high: 19, low: -6.
• Saturday: Frigid with a little snow, with a high of -1 and low of -8 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Waukesha County pantry receives multimillion donation from Waukesha natives (spectrumnews1.com) — A Waukesha County food pantry just received a transformative $3.5 million gift from local business founders Dick and Karen Vaughn, longtime supporters of the organization. Most of the money will help secure a larger, permanent facility in Waukesha County, with the rest creating an endowment to keep shelves stocked as demand for food assistance has surged more than 140% since 2021.
   

2. Toddler hurt at Waukesha preschool, woman sentenced to probation (fox6now.com) — A former worker at a Waukesha preschool has been sentenced to one year of probation after pleading no contest to misdemeanor child neglect tied to a 2024 injury involving a toddler at Cadence Academy of Waukesha. State child welfare officials fined the center’s leadership and required added abuse-prevention training, while the court barred the former employee from unsupervised contact with children outside her family.
   

3. Waukesha North/South overcomes slow start to beat Suns (gmtoday.com) — Waukesha hoops fans just saw Waukesha North/South’s girls rally at home to beat West Bend East 54-40, powered by freshman Sage Meler’s 23 points and a stingy second-half defense. The win helps North/South bounce back from a tough loss to Hamilton and extends East’s long search for its first victory in more than two seasons.
   

4. ‘Miss Avalon' still charms the place she once served (gmtoday.com) — A beloved Avalon Square resident known as “Miss Avalon” is preparing to celebrate her 100th birthday in Waukesha, where she once worked at the former Avalon Hotel and later chose to retire. Her life story stretches from wartime Europe to building a home on Tenney Avenue, raising a family, and becoming a cherished, generous presence in the Avalon community.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Waukesha

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 13

• Small Town Christmas Craft & Vendor Show - Sip & Shop
  Fillmore Turner Hall, 523 County H, Fredonia
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday December 10

• Nuncrackers
  Sunset Playhouse , 700 Wall St , Elm Grove
  7:30 pm

Thursday December 11

• Nuncrackers
  Sunset Playhouse , 700 Wall St , Elm Grove
  7:30 am
• Country Christmas Drive Through
  The Ingleside Hotel , 2810 Golf Rd , Pewaukee
  5:00 pm
• Country Christmas Wagon Rides
  The Ingleside Hotel , 2810 Golf Rd , Pewaukee
  5:15 pm
• Dean Martin's Coolest Yule
  7:30 pm

Friday December 12

• Country Christmas Drive Through
  The Ingleside Hotel , 2810 Golf Rd , Pewaukee
  5:00 pm
• Petawa Presents An Evening of Culture 🎄 Music of the Season 🎄
  Petawa Cultural Center , Inc. , Brookfield
  7:00 pm
• Nuncrackers
  Sunset Playhouse , 700 Wall St , Elm Grove
  7:30 pm
• Dean Martin's Coolest Yule
  Sunset Playhouse , 700 Wall St , Elm Grove
  7:30 pm

Saturday December 13

• Washington 4-H in Muskego parade
  4-H Clubs-Waukesha County , 515 W Moreland Blvd , Waukesha
  4:00 pm
• Lost In A Name Rocks-- The Salty Toad Waukesha
  Salty Toad , 921 Friedman Dr , Waukesha
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• One of my neighbors posted this on our ring neighborhood.
  Just wanted to put it here too. We’re on legend hill ln. This black cat has been out and about the past few weeks. All of us have been putting out… (Nextdoor Minooka Park)
• Good morning neighbors!
  I am working on a program to help children process trauma. I am collecting some doll furniture for my doll house. Dolls are not barbie size. They are… (Nextdoor Liberty Heights)

• Dedicated Computing LLC posted a job opening for Material Handler I in Waukesha. Apply here.
• New Perspective Senior Living posted a job opening for Housekeeper Full-Time in Waukesha. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Waukesha here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

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