Jim has been out of work for at least a year now and his wife Bonnie recently had a minor stroke and was out of work herself.

The benefit will be held at the Lions Club in Mindoro on June 7th starting at 2pm ending at 7pm.  The 1st place prize that will be raffled off is a handmade Harley Davidson quilt (Q/K sized) valued at 700.00. The 2nd place prize is a 22 long rifle auto (model 20p).  3rd and 4th prizes are 100.00 cash with 5th place being 50.00 cash.  Also available will be various gifts and gift cards from local businesses for silent auctions. Also, there will be a bake sale where various cheesecakes,cakes cookies and other goodies will be available for sale.

A benefit is being held for Jason and Leanne (Miske) Hugdahl and their three girls who lost their home and belongings in a fire. It will be held at the Eleva Legion on Saturday May 10 starting at 4pm. There will be charcoaled chicken dinner, raffles, bake sale, and a live auction with Greg Fjelstad as auctioneer. The meal will last through 7pm when the auction starts. There will be a dance following the auction. Monetary donations can be sent to United Bank, PO Box 37, Eleva, WI 54738. The event is co-sponsored by Eleva Legion Post 459 and the Eleva-Strum Lions Club and donations will be matched by Thrivet for Lutherans.

The Coulee Council on Addictions will be hosting a Pogy’s catered Chicken-Q in their parking lot (in the alley behind 921 West Ave South) on Friday April 11 from 11am-5pm.  Dine-in and carryout are available for $7 and include a 1/2 chicken, beans, potato salad, roll and butter. Delivery is available for orders of 10 or more by calling 608-784-4177.

Join us on Sunday, April 20, 2008 for an afternoon of roller skating fun at Flying Wheels Roller Rink, 15111 Hobby Road,
Tomah, WI, 54660. All ages, skill levels and general public welcome. Bring your own skates or rent them when you get
there. There will also be a brat sale, general concessions, and model aircraft demonstrations (weather permitting).

$4.00 admission, $1 skate rentals, $3 for inlines.
Tickets may be bought at the door, or in advance by contacting any Tomah Chapter EAA member or Flying Wheels Roller
Rink.

All proceeds to benefit EAA Chapter 935

On April 18 and 19, two UW-L residence halls, Hutchinson and Laux, are putting on a fundraiser called MAD Dash to LAX. Both residence halls are putting on this program by themselves since it is not a University program or event. They will be taking a coach bus and a few 15-passenger vans filled with close to 100 UW-L students down to Madison. From Madison, pairs of students will run in two-mile increments and relay their way back to the La Crosse campus. All of the money raised by this program will be donated to Shriners Hospital for Children, which provides free specialized orthopedic, burn, and spinal cord injury care to children, all funded through private donations. You can find more information about this organization by clicking on the link here. Our goal for this fundraiser is to raise at least $7,500. For more information on the event please email Kayla Hanson at: hanson.kayl@students.uwlax.edu

The Trempealeau First Responders are holding a fundraiser April 5th from 5:30 pm to 11 pm at the Centerville Curling Club in Centerville, Wisconsin.  The responders are a volunteer organization on call 365 days a year, 24 hrs a day to respond to all types of emergency.   350 tickets will be sold at $50 a piece and include dinner for two and entry into a reverse raffle with a grand prize of $3000. Other raffles will be running throughout the evening.

Proceeds from the fundraiser will help cover the costs of education/training and for the purchase of supplies and equipment for the organization.   To make donations to the Trempealeau First Responders or to get tickets, please call Lisa Montey at 608.797.6983 or email Jen Walker at jen.wlkr1@gmail.com.

The Log Cabin in Bangor, WI

There will be a benefit to help raise money for Lisa Foster for an isolated pacreas transplant. She has been suffering from type1 diabetes for 27 years; complications of which have caused numerous medical complications including legal blindness, and unawareness of low blood sugar resulting in blackouts. She is married with a four year old son.

The benefit will be held at the Log Cabin in Bangor on April 6th, 2008 at 11am. There will be a chili dinner, bake sale, silent auction, Chinese raffle, pie auction, 50/50 drawing, and kid’s activities.

Any parties interested in donating may do so at River Bank or Farmer’s State Bank or can contact Lisa directly at: lmfmindoro@gmail.com

 Retreat Community Center

HWY 82, DeSoto

Three year old Jordan Lomen was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoctic Leukemia on January 14. She started her first chemotherapy five days later and has been getting treatments every seven days and will continue for the next two and a half years.

On Saturday May 10th, there will be a benefit held for Jordan to help with her medical costs. There will be a raffle, silent auction (2-7p), bake sale, chinese raffle, a live auction, food and beverages.

Come and have a fun evening with Jordan and her brothers Logan and Zach. Bring the family and help support someone in your community.

The PTO of St. Charles School in Genoa, Wisconsin is holding their annual Spring Carnival on Sunday, March 30th, 2008. It starts at 11 a.m. and goes to 2:00 p.m. There will be food, games for the whole family, professional face painting, a clown, raffles, prizes and much, much more.

The Spring Carnival is the major fundraiser of the St. Charles PTO. We depend on it to raise money for educational supplies and programs such as Art, Music and Physical Education.

Nutrition on a Mission will be on Monday, March 24^th from 6pm to 8pm in Port O’ Call, Cartwright Center. “Taste your way around the world in one evening, get new recipes, sample a variety of foods, learn about cultural myths and facts from 29 different countries and cultures”

The Nutrition Education students and Community Health Education majors are planning and implementing this first ever event on the UWL campus.

Entertainment, door prizes, t-shirts and much more! It is Free and open to the greater La Crosse communities!

For more information email: rees.keel@uwlax.edu