2017 Walk & Run for Wishes

It was another record-breaking year for the Badger Mutual team participating in the Make-A-Wish Wisconsin Walk for Wishes!  The walk was held at Maier Festival Park on Saturday, August 26.  Badger Mutual had the largest team with 138 members that raised $14,050!

With over $14,000 in pledges raised, Badger was able to grant the wishes of two very special children.  Three-year-old Tyree was granted his one true wish of going to Atlanta, GA, to meet his best friend, Joe, who lives with the same medical condition Tyree does.  In Atlanta, Tyree and Joe visited the Georgia Aquarium with their families.  Badger was also able to grant the wish of 16-year-old Vivianna to go to Key Largo, FL and snorkel at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park.

Badger Mutual is proud to support our friends at Make-A-Wish Wisconsin, and each year, we are ecstatic to see the growing success of the Walk for Wishes at Milwaukee’s lakefront.

Since Make-A-Wish Wisconsin’s founding in 1984, nearly 5,000 children and families with life-threatening medical conditions throughout the state have experienced the transformative power of a wish.

Badger Mutual Lives United!

Employees donated $23,768.12 to the United Way campaign in 2017.  With Badger Mutual’s donation of $25,000, we contributed a total of $48,768.12.

United Way is a nonprofit organization that brings together partners from various organizations to work toward common goals, resulting in a better quality of life for all. Since their start in 1909, they have invested over $1 billion to solve our community’s most serious problems.

Since 1969, the Sixteenth Street Community Health Center has devoted their time to providing quality healthcare and health education services to underserved patients throughout the Milwaukee area regardless of cultural or economic backgrounds.

Badger Mutual Sponsors the Youth Wall of Fame and Teen Center

Each year UCC and Badger Mutual honor outstanding achievements by the community’s youth through the selection of five individuals for the Badger Mutual Wall of Fame. Students are nominated based on their academics, school activities, extracurricular activities, and dedication to community service. Their pictures and brief overviews of accomplishments hang on the walls of the United Community Center Learning Center.

Badger Mutual is proud to recognize the accomplishments of these outstanding students recognized at the UCC 47th Anniversary Dinner on May 5, 2017:  Enrique Aldape, Gabriela Cardenas, Francisco Hernandez, Viviana Sanchez, and Lazaro Vegara.

Wall of Fame – Where Are They Now?

Every year for the past 28 years, exceptional students have been selected for the Badger Mutual Wall of Fame.  We are so proud of all of our Wall of Fame Alumni and excited to show them off!

The United Community Center (UCC) provides personal development programs to Hispanics and near-south side residents of all races and ages in education, cultural arts, recreation, community development, and health and human services in an effort to help individuals achieve their potential by focusing on cultural heritage as a means of personal development.

La Galleria

Badger Mutual has chosen the artwork of many talented student artists from Bruce-Guadalupe Community School to be hung on the walls of the home office.  Each year our collection grows!  In addition to the visual impact the beautiful artwork provides, each student’s piece reminds employees and visitors of the patience, determination, and hard work it takes to be successful.   Badger Mutual is proud to support the young artists in our community and showcase the success and talent of the Bruce-Guadalupe Community School Art Program.

Through a partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the Bruce-Guadalupe Community School operates as an extension of the UCC and includes a K4 – 8th grade charter school within its campus.

Badger Mutual 2017 Giving Tree: 120 Gifts Collected for the Don & Sallie Davis Boys & Girls Club

Our Christmas Giving Tree makes its grand appearance in our Conference Center right after Thanksgiving. Employees choose a card with a child’s age and gift wishes—and then purchase, wrap, and place the gifts under the tree. For some children, this may be the only gift they receive.

Christmas Present Wrap Party

Badger Mutual volunteers helped the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee wrap thousands of presents in early December.  Once all the toys are wrapped, they are distributed to more than 40 various Club Christmas parties so every child attending is guaranteed a present during the holiday season.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee has been helping local kids and teens since 1887. Today, it is the largest youth-serving agency in the city and has grown to be one of the largest Boys & Girls Clubs in the country. Their vision is to ensure the academic and career success of every member that walks through their doors.

Badger Mutual Insurance Women’s Amateur

The Badger Mutual Insurance Women’s Amateur held at the Brown Deer Golf Course is one of the largest amateur women’s tournaments of its kind in our area.  We owe the success of the event to the Brown Deer Women’s Club, staff at the Brown Deer Golf Course, volunteers, sponsors, donors, and the golfers.

The Badger Mutual Insurance Women’s Amateur Golf Tournament benefits local charities including the Sojourner Family Peace Center and LOTUS Legal Clinic.

The Sojourner Family Peace Center is the largest nonprofit provider of domestic violence prevention and intervention services in Wisconsin, serving over 9,500 individuals every year.  Lotus Legal Clinic provides free legal counsel to survivors of gender-based violence and human trafficking.

Cookie Walk Raises Funds to Buy Supplies from Winter Wish List

Badger Mutual employees brought in a variety of homemade cookies from which other employees could purchase their own selection to take home.   All proceeds from the Cookie Walk will be used to purchase items of greatest need for Sojourner Family Peace Center’s 46-bed emergency shelter for battered women, sexual assault victims, and their children.

The Sojourner Family Peace Center is the largest nonprofit provider of domestic violence prevention and intervention services in Wisconsin, serving over 9,500 individuals every year.