UW Health Employee-Directed Donations Benefit 66 Organizations

Madison, Wisconsin - Each year, UW Health asks its employees to select local organizations to receive contributions through the Employee-Directed Charitable Giving program. This program gives employees a voice in the donation process that bears their names.

This year, 66 organizations were nominated by 110 employees. Each eligible organization that received at least one vote is receiving a contribution based on the voting results, and a total of $49,500 will be donated.

Thank you to all of the employees who nominated and voted in the Employee-Directed Giving program.

Organizations receiving $3,500:

• Box of Balloons
• Centro Hispano of Dane County
• Mikayla's Grace
• National Kidney Foundation
• Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin

Organizations receiving $1,500:

• Agrace
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• Communication Development Center
• Dane County Rape Crisis Center
• Ethan's Reason
• Hope Haven
• Make-a-Wish Wisconsin
• OccuPaws Guide Dogs Association
• River Food Pantry

Organizations receiving $500:

• Access Community Health Centers
• Arthritis Foundation
• ArtWorking
• Autism Society of South Central Wisconsin
• Big Brother Big Sisters of Dane County
• Blessings in a Backpack
• Blue Crayon Foundation
• Canopy Center
• Center for Families
• Children's Oncology Services, Inc.
• Church Health Services
• Custom Canines
• Domestic Abuse Intervention Services
• F.A.I.T.H. Addiction Awareness of Green County
• Family Service Madison
• Galactosemia Foundation
• Gilda's Club
• Gio's Garden
• Girls on the Run of South Central Wisconsin
• Heartland Farm Sanctuary
• Journey Mental Health Center
• Literacy Council of Madison
• Madison Music Makers
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society - Wisconsin Chapter
• Operation Fresh Start
• Restoring Hope Transplant House
• Santas without Chimneys
• Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin
• Special Olympics of Wisconsin
• Spina Bifida Family Network
• St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry
• The Road Home
• Waunakee Neighborhood Connection
• Wisconsin 4-H Foundation
• Wisconsin Council on Children and Families
• Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation
• Women's Care Center Foundation