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Anthem Volunteer Days: Hunger Task Force Farm (Franklin, Wisconsin)

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Anthem Volunteer Days: Hunger Task Force Farm (Franklin, Wis.)

Photo Gallery 2 of 2: Picking Tomatoes and Harvesting Broccoli

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Anthem Volunteer Days: Hunger Task Force Farm (Franklin, Wis.)

Photo Gallery 1 of 2: Harvesting and Washing Mustard Greens

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Palermo’s Pizza employees pack, hand out Easter baskets for families in need in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE — Two-hundred Palermo’s Pizza employees had the day off work on Wednesday, March 23rd so that they could volunteer at the Hunger Task Force. The workers packed and handed out 1,500 Easter baskets for families in need. They filled each basket with about 56 pounds of food — enough to feed a family for…

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Western’s Honor Society- Where Actions Meet Academics

By G.R. Kirscher

            Naomi Miicke seemed oblivious to the biting north wind that sent temperatures plunging into the upper ‘30s on what was supposed to have been a pleasant April afternoon. Neither did she mind the pelting, icy rain that blew in as she tied up pole bean stringers for the Hunger Task force at the Kane Street Community gardens. She simply enjoys the outdoors.

While the gardens might seem like a strange place for an honor student to hang out, Phi Theta Kappa makes sure that society life isn’t just all about brain work.  Members periodically shelve the books, don their work clothes and head out into the community.

As Vice President, Miicke helps co-ordinate volunteer service projects.  “April is volunteer month,” said Miicke. “We’re helping the Hunger Task Force work on their gardens.” So Miicke and four other volunteers from the honor society cultivated relationships as well as gardens while they helped feed La Crosse’s needy.

With a lime green hat pulled down to her eyebrows, Miicke talked about Phi Theta Kappa’s contributions to her development as a student as well as her future plans. “Volunteering with the Hunger Task Force has really confirmed my career choices,” she said, flashing one of her signature smiles. “I love being outside, everything from mushroom hunting to just being in the woods.”

 A native of Seattle, Miicke arrived in Wisconsin via Medford where she cared for her terminally ill grandmother. As a grandmother herself, she had come to value relationships, so when time came to move again, Miicke headed to La Crosse where she had friends.

While enrolled at Western, Miicke soon found another place to cultivate relationships. She was invited to join Phi Theta Kappa, Western’s honor society. Appointees are expected to enter with a 3.5 grade average and maintain at least a 3.0 throughout the duration of their membership.

“Phi Theta Kappa helps you mature as well as network,” explained Miicke, “especially through projects and regional conferences where we work on leadership skills.” These opportunities forced Miicke to spend some time in self-discovery. “You really find out things about yourself,” she added.

Miicke recalls a regional conference where a personality activity helped her understand group dynamics.  “Everyone in my group was yellow and I was a green which meant I was the class clown,” she said. “I realized that I wasn’t unique, just different.”

For Miicke, this discovery shed new light on how groups operate. She understood her peers better, and visa-versa. “They realized we’re not just being a jerk,” she said with a smile.

“Part of the reason I joined Phi Theta Kappa is that I’m independent and this gave me a chance to work in groups. It changed my way of thinking.”

  Honor society campus projects also offer members a chance to experience new challenges, as well as give back to the college. Last year’s project found the group working in conjunction with President Lee Rasch to design a survey that would determine if student mentors would benefit academics.

“We need to do more research,” Miicke said, but the data seems to be leading toward program specific meetings with faculty.”

Now armed with her experiences from Phi Theta Kappa and three and a half years of “Gen-Eds,” Miicke is again packing her bags. This time her destination is the University of Wisconsin at Madison where she hopes to study botany; a field of study that will most likely keep her just where she wants to be - outside.

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Phi Theta Kappa helps the Hunger Task Force at the Community Gardens

By Bao Xiong and Dylan Overhouse

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Mitten Fest 2015

We're pumped to be joining a great bill of bands for Mitten Fest 2015 at Burnhearts in Milwaukee on February 7. Mitten Fest is an outdoor festival benefiting Hunger Task Force, with food, arts, crafts, music and specialty beverages from Founders Brewing Company and Central Waters Brewing Company. Last year's event raised over $2,500, 1995 lbs. of food and 36 bags of clothing. So come join us for a really good time for a really good cause. RSVP on the Facebook page.