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Dementia Friendly Community Initiative, Inc.
The stories tell our mission. It is two-fold. The first is to educate our community on how to best communicate with those individuals with Alzheimer's and dementia to avoid conflict situations. To know how to treat them with dignity and respect. To help ensure that they live the best lives that they can. Learn more >
Fellow Mortals Wildlife Hospital
Fellow Mortals provides care for approximately 2,000 injured or orphaned wild birds and mammals every year. Whether a sparrow or bald eagle, cottontail, or beaver, our goal is the same, to provide medical and rehabilitative services that will allow the animal to return to the wild after healing or maturing. 2024 is Fellow Mortals' 39th consecutive year serving over 100 communities from Wisconsin and Illinois. Learn more >
Geneva Lake Museum
Geneva Lake Museum is an archive of history from the Geneva Lake area that presents this history in ways that encourage maximum interaction with the public. The displays created in the museum show history from early Indian populations, European settlement in the early 1800’s, migration of Chicago families to the area after the Chicago Fire and with it the creation of impressive lakefront estates, the importance of agriculture and recreation development and the influence of industrial development in the area. Learn more >
Geneva Lake Women's Association
Since 1964, the Geneva Lake Women’s Association (GLWA) has been an active social service organization bringing together women of greater Walworth County with diverse backgrounds and unique talents. The Geneva Lake Women’s Association was originally chartered as the Junior Chamber of Commerce Auxiliary (aka, Jaycettes). In 1985, the Jaycettes became the Geneva Lake Women’s Association. The goal was to meet the ever-changing needs of the community through a wide range of fundraisers, volunteerism, and service projects. Learn more >
Lake Geneva Fresh Air Assoc. / Holiday Home Camp
The Lake Geneva Fresh Air Association / Holiday Home Camp is the oldest accredited non-profit summer camp in the country that still operates in its original location on Geneva Lake. We are proud of our continued 136-year mission of building leaders, connecting communities, and providing youth with positive opportunities while using nature, fresh air, and summer camp as our classroom. All are welcome – however, youth from underserved areas are our passionate main focus. Learn more >
Kisses From Keegan & Friends Pediatric Cancer Foundation
Kisses from Keegan & Friends offers emotional and financial support to children undergoing cancer treatment and their families. Our organization raises charitable donations through various fundraising activities, such as dinners, sporting events, social events, grants, and offers from the public. Focused primarily in southeastern Wisconsin, Kisses from Keegan and Friends raises awareness of childhood cancer and comprises volunteers dedicated to helping these children and their families through difficult times. Learn more >
Never Say Never Playland
Never Say Never Playland is the effort to build the community's first inclusive Playland in Delavan, WI. These special playgrounds are designed to allow children with disabilities to play side-by-side with their non-disabled peers in a safe, stimulating, and fun environment. NSN will be the destination of choice for the area's children and will be a community asset for years to come. Learn more >
Rock River Valley Blood Center
Dedicated to providing safe, high-value blood products and services to individuals in need. RRVBC's vital role involves collecting over 800 units of blood each week to fulfill the demands of 14 hospitals. We depend on volunteer donors from Rock and Walworth counties in Wisconsin, as well as nine counties of the Rock River Valley in Illinois. We are the sole supplier of crucial blood products to Mercyhealth systems locations in Janesville and Walworth, Wisconsin. Learn more >
The Rotary Club of Lake Geneva Foundation
Support Rotary Club of Lake Geneva in finding and supporting local charities committed to humanitarian service and reflect the values of Rotary International, building relationships to further help charitable needs and mentor young generations to continue charitable works well into the future. Learn more >
Side by Side, Inc.
Side by Side is an all-volunteer organization that has been serving the Lake Geneva area since 2006. Our volunteers respond to neighbors in need of compassion, hope, community resources, and financial assistance. We meet monthly to interview applicants who have asked for help. One time a year, we can help a family in need with financial assistance by paying rent to their landlord or to the utility company that they are in arrears with. We believe that no one should have to live without life's basic necessities. Part of our mission is to create a stronger, more connected community. Learn more >
Tree House Child and Family Center
It is the mission of the Tree House Child and Family Center to promote safe, strong, and healthy environments for children and families through equitable access to child abuse prevention, education, and resource support. As a stand-alone nonprofit, the Tree House annually reaches 7,000+ parents and primary caregivers, children, educators, and professional service providers in Walworth County and surrounding areas with upstream information and programs to prevent, recognize, and respond appropriately to all types of abuse. Learn more >
Walworth County Food & Diaper Bank
Our mission is to provide the people of Walworth County nutritional supplemental food, diapers, and feminine hygiene products during a time of crisis, in a cheerful, welcoming, nonjudgmental environment without regard to age, race creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, physical or developmental disability. Learn more >
Walworth County Literacy Council
Walworth County Literacy Council educates and partners with adult learners to reach their literacy goals, thereby empowering themselves, their families, and communities. Learn more >
Walworth County Reading Project
We want to get as many books in children's hands as possible in our community at no cost to the children or their families. We want to give the gift of reading! Learn more >
William Guy Forbeck Research Foundation
In October 1983, ten-year-old William (Billy) Guy Forbeck was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, beginning a thirteen-month battle against the disease before passing away at age 11. His parents resolved to bridge a gap in cancer research by bringing together global doctors to share their unpublished findings and advance treatments for children. This determination led to the inaugural Forbeck Forum in 1985, where experts established a common language and developed a staging system for neuroblastoma, laying the foundation for decades of collaborative efforts. Learn more >
YERKES OBSERVATORY + THE YERKES FUTURE FOUNDATION
The mission of the Yerkes Future Foundation is to preserve and protect the historic Yerkes Observatory, celebrate its history, and continue to foster its goals of research, education, and astronomical observation by providing the opportunity to all interested. Learn more >