Solutions Welcomes Josh Konen

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 abuse victims at risk of continuing the cycle of violence.” […]

HCE Donates Needed Items

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, Solutions Center Administrative Assistant Sheila Baublit, Cathie Seffern and […]

The “Spent” Game Demonstrates Difficult Poverty Lessons

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 between equally disagreeable options. Do you make a healthy meal […]

Warming Shelter Featured In Reporter Article/Video

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 No Longer Offering Christmas Tree Pickup

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 of Fond du Lac’s website: “There are signs on Doty […]

Solutions Center Benefits from Holiday Generosity

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,” said one mom as her jaw dropped seeing the huge […]

Solutions Center Announces New Board Officers

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 Front Line Systems, Inc., will continue on as treasurer. David […]

Solutions Center Calls Attention To National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week

What would our city look like without Solutions Center? Solutions Center attempts to answer this question by displaying a dramatic exhibit portraying the homeless in Fond du Lac during National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (Nov. 16 – 24). The exhibit features 50 life-size silhouettes, which represent the average number of people Solutions Center serves per […]

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