Greater Milwaukee Men

This is some of the swag you get when you donate. Wow, the days seem to go faster and faster. It seems only yesterday we talked about supporting RadioMilwaukee 6 months ago . Well, it's that time again. Twice a year 88.9 RadioMilwaukee holds a fund drive to stay on the air. As an independent, non-profit, listener supported radio station they need Milwaukeeans to give. I know what you are thinking. Its just a radio station - why should I give? What makes it worthy of the support of a Greater Milwaukee Man? I am glad you asked.

Every quarter, Milwaukee chefs organize a special dinner called Milwaukee Food For Thought that raises funds for a charity chosen for that meal. This quarter, on November 11, that charity is very much a Great Man's choice and apropos for the date - honoring Vets on Veteran's Day. On Monday, November 11, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM,  Multiple Milwaukee chefs join with the chefs of Milwaukee Art Museum to provide you with an "Art Americana" themed six course wine dinner!  All proceeds to go to Veterans For Peace Milwaukee - Ending Veterans Homelessness and Promoting Peace.  

If you believe Dogs Are People this great shirt will help you pronounce it We are true believers here that dogs are 'man's best friend', I personally believe that they are an important part of the development of human society, and can't understand when people don't treat them as if they have the feelings we know they have. Two recent news items however highlight the ever increasing understanding of not only what they mean to us but also us to them. In the world of gaming , Call of Duty: Ghosts ,  the most anticipated game of the season, features a service dog as one of the playable characters while the world of science a recent study shows that dogs equal humans in emotional response.

We've said it before , but there's more proof - gamers are Great Mean too. In a novel form of crowdsourcing - using usually free services of many, often hundreds or thousands, people typically via an online tool to solve problems - people playing a game have plotted the intricate structure of the M-PMV retroviral protein, an enzyme that plays a key role in the development of a virus similar to HIV in ten days when scientists have been unable to do it in a decade. Using the game Foldit ,  a revolutionary new computer game enabling players to contribute to important scientific research, players can manipulate virtual molecular structures trying to make the best possible structure for a protein. You can read more about the game and how it actually helps science at their website . The cool thing here is that there was an actual life altering result made possible by the

Score Free Bucks Tickets at the State Fair Park Household Hazardous Waste Collection (For Milwaukee County Residents Only). Ten randomly chosen customers will receive a pair of tickets to the Milwaukee Bucks 2013 regular season home opener just by dropping off unused household chemicals this Friday and Saturday at State Fair Park. Five pairs of tickets will be given away Friday and five on Saturday. Any Milwaukee County resident dropping off compact fluorescent light bulbs, used motor oil, rechargeable batteries and many more approved items at State Fair Park is eligible to win.

Today is 10/10, half of 20/20 (OK mathematically it's the same), so it's the perfect day for the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) to promote a day of awareness of vision impairment through   World Sight Day . After two years without any global theme, this year IAPB has decided – on popular demand – to revisit the global theme idea. 2013 is an important year, as it will mark the launch of a new WHO Action Plan on the prevention of avoidable blindness and visual impairment 2014-19. In keeping with the main thrust of this new Action Plan, the theme for World Sight Day 2013 is: Universal Eye Health .

It may only  be October 1st, but that doesn't mean we can't start looking a month ahead towards Movember . During November each year, during what is Pancreatic Cancer month, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of millions of moustaches on men's faces around the world. Through the power of the Mo, vital funds and awareness are raised to combat prostate and testicular cancer and mental health challenges. For the past few years, Miwaukee has embraced the Movember movement and been at its forefront in the US with various activities that Greater Milwaukee Men as supported. While we like to see new and varied activities, this year you can help raise funds with the standard run in addition to the plethora of activities that will be planned. The Mo Run Milwauke  will take place November 10th and their 2013 national charity is Movember.