News & Events

What is a restraining order? A Restraining Order is a court order intended to protect you from further harm from someone who has hurt you. (There are several different kinds, but the Domestic Abuse order information is included here.) There is no cost to file…

If you’re in a violent or abusive relationship, what can you do to keep yourself safe?   For some survivors of domestic violence, developing a safety plan ahead of time is helpful to have in case there is another abusive episode, or for when the…

Solutions Center’s Board of Directors has announced that Maggie McCullough has been named Interim Executive Director effective immediately. McCullough replaces Lindee Kimball who served as Executive Director since 2009.  McCullough brings more than 30 years of nonprofit leadership experience to Solutions Center. In 1996 she…

Solutions Center welcomes Josh Konen as a Child and Teen Educator/Advocate. “This is a newly-created position that will grow and improve the quality of our services to children and families,” said Executive Director Lindee Kimball. “We are expanding our programming for school-aged children and targeting…

Solutions Center recently received a donation from the Fond du Lac County Association for Home and Community Education, Inc. (HCE). The organization donated two microwaves, pillows, a coffee maker and towels for use in the shelters. Included in the photo are (left to right): Donna Fritsch,…

How would you do living on minimum wage? “Spent” is an online game about surviving poverty and homelessness, created by McKinney, an advertising agency. According to the site, “players must make the difficult decisions necessary to live for one month on $1,000, often having to choose…

Solutions Center’s Warming Shelter was recently featured in The Reporter. Click here to read the news article: http://www.fdlreporter.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2014301080128 Click here to watch the video: http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20140108/FON0101/140108013/Staying-alive-Fond-du-Lac-warming-shelter-video–

Solutions Center with not be providing a Christmas Tree Pickup Service this year. A lack of manpower and increasing costs made this fundraiser no longer feasable for the organization. Trees may be taken to the City Municipal Service Center, 530 Doty St. According to the City…

Fond du Lac area residents supported Solutions Center in numerous ways throughout the holiday season. Adopt-A-Family More than 60 Solutions Center families received gifts through the annual Adopt-A-Family program. “I wasn’t sure that I would be able to provide a Christmas for my children this year,”…

Solutions Center Shelter & Support Services, Inc. has selected officers for its 2014 Board of Directors. Tim Twohig, of FloorQuest, will service as president with Jeff Baker, of Baker Cheese, being named vice president. Rick Schmidt, of Marchant Schmidt, Inc., has been elected secretary, and Bob Hartzheim, of…