NEWS

Courtesy of NEWS GRAPHIC CEDARBURG — It was a challenging year for local restaurants and taverns last year, so Beer Capitol Distributing and Modelo beer have partnered to positively impact people in Ozaukee County. In 2020, Mel’s Charities received 25 cents for every...

Courtesy of NEWS GRAPHIC Bell’s Brewery of Kalamazoo, Mich., and Mel’s Charities of Ozaukee County are teaming up to raise money for community organizations serving special needs, human services, and memorial scholarships. During the month of January, a list of...

MEQUON — Every year, Trustmark Voluntary Benefits gives a major donation to a worthy organization. On Nov. 16, the Mequon office of Trustmark Voluntary Benefits announced they will contribute $10,000 to Mel’s Charities of Ozaukee County. Vicki Kell, manager of billing...

The inaugural AMRAP golf outing was held on Sept. 20 at Ozaukee County’s Hawthorne Hills golf course to benefit Mel’s Charities. Turning over 100 percent of the proceeds, the event raised $5,000. Pictured with Tom Stanton, executive director of Mel’s Charities...

Ryan Olsen (right), owner of Olsen’s Piggly Wiggly in both Cedarburg and Mequon, recently presented Tom ‘Mel’ Stanton, executive director of Mel’s Charities, with a check for $11,079.51 as a result of the stores’ roundup campaign in the month of September. Photo by...

Started in 2013 to fund scholarships in memory of Tyler Buczek, Bags 4 Buczek becomes part of Mel’s Charities to expand its mission of helping others A CROWD OF people tossed bags during last year’s Bags 4 Buczek, an annual fundraising tournament held the third...

‘What we raise here stays here’ By Lisa Curtis Special to the News Graphic CEDARBURG — It was a pretty lofty goal that Mel’s Charities had in mind in early August, when it set out to raise some $80,000 during a pandemic. Organizers knew that holding their historically...

Saturday was a perfect day for softball and plenty of people turned out to support Mel’s Softball Tournament at Centennial Park in Grafton. It was a day full of action as eight teams competed in a one-pitch, wood bat event. A team sponsored by Lime Cantina emerged as...

CEDARBURG — Wayne’s Drive In held their first annual Burgers, Beats and Brews Bash for Mel’s Charities last Sunday. The event provided a much needed fundraising activity for the charity as numerous fall events hosted by Mel’s Charities (including BC’s 8 pin,...

Thank you Ozaukee Press for letting this community know that Mel's Charities and it's supporters are not going let a pandemic ever stop its passion to have fun and impact lives in Ozaukee County. Visit www.melscharities.org and see how you can help! Pandemic hits...