GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – The Wisconsin Childcare Summit at the Resch Expo wrapped up Wednesday.

It served as a chance for business leaders to learn about the childcare crisis in America and understand its effects on employees, retaining them, and even attracting new ones.

Discussions about future economic strategies also took place, to help make the workplace a better place for everyone.

“They’re getting educated on what’s happening, why this is an issue, and it’s pretty irrefutable and people are getting excited about the next conversation. We have the data, now what?” SAID Christine Gunderson, Director of Talent Retention, Greater Chamber of Green Bay.

Joseph Fuller served as the keynote speaker. He’s a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School and the co-director of the school’s Managing the Future Of Work Project.

American Family Insurance, the Greater Green Bay Chamber, and several other groups helped put the Wednesday summit together. They hope to have more soon.

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To celebrate National Intern Day, our rockstar interns and co-ops traded in their laptops for work gloves!

More than 70 volunteers from Kohler, WI, rolled up their sleeves to help local organizations including Terry Andrae State Park, RCS Empowers, Inc., Project Angel Hugs, Nourish Farms, Inc., and the Sheboygan Historical Museum.

They also celebrated the day with a putting challenge at Blackwolf Run golf course, networking lunch, and a panel discussion with Kohler associates who started as interns and co-ops.

Here’s to our next generation of leaders and community champions!

Kohler

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – September is Hunger Action Month.

Governor Tony Evers signed a proclamation Tuesday on behalf of the six Feeding Wisconsin member food banks to recognize the month.

State Health Officer and Division of Public Health Administrator Paula Tran presented the proclamation at Second Harvest Food Bank.

“This month the state of Wisconsin joins dedicated food banks, hunger action organizations and advocates across the state in recognizing the vital importance of food security for all Wisconsinites, and in taking action to ensure no Wisconsinite goes hungry,” said Tran.

According to Feeding Wisconsin, nearly 618,000 people in the state don’t have enough nutritious food to eat and don’t where their next meal is coming from.

For nearly four decades, the organization has put more than 100 million meals for people who face food insecurity across southwestern Wisconsin.

To learn more about what you can do in the fight against hunger, click here.

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