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Riverfront Mental Health Services Awarded $2,500 from Winona Community Foundation
Riverfront Mental Health Services has been awarded $2,500 from the Winona Community Foundation to provide additional testing capabilities in their Winona, MN office. The resources will be used to purchase new assessment tools to provide information about academic achievement, intelligence, personality, and psychological function for individual clients. “We appreciate the support of the Winona Community...
Read MoreParticipant Artwork on Display
Collaborative artwork created by Riverfront participants will be displayed in a show from 6:00-9:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, at the Jade Café, 325 West Avenue North, La Crosse, WI. The work will be displayed for a week, and the show also includes artwork from students of University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and Viterbo University.
Read MoreRiverfront Hosts Mayoral Forum on Role of Nonprofits in La Crosse
La Crosse, Wisconsin- Mayoral candidates Doug Farmer and Tim Kabat will participate in forum about the role of nonprofits in La Crosse. The forum, hosted by Riverfront, Inc., will be moderated by Joe Heim, Professor Emeritus in Political Science, University of Wisconsin La Crosse. It will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Friday,...
Read MoreRiverfront Participant Selected as Ribbon Cutter for New Goodwill Industries Store
Update: “Read More” to see Amanda cut the ribbon. Long time Goodwill employee and Riverfront participant Amanda Lokken has been selected to be the ribbon cutter at the Grand Opening of Goodwill Industries’ new La Crosse store. The ribbon cutting will be at 9:00 a.m., Thursday, March 7th at the facility at 3954 Mormon Coulee...
Read MoreAmerican Family Insurance and Wisconsin Energy Foundation Grants Support Riverfront Employment Services
Riverfront, Inc. has been awarded $2,000 from American Family Insurance and $500 from the Wisconsin Energy Foundation to purchase materials to enhance prevocational training at the Black River Falls work center. The center and its programs are designed to assist individuals in identifying their vocational goals, developing job skills in the career of their choice,...
Read MorePets Brighten the Day at Riverfront
Pup, Chewy and Annie have been to Riverfront several times recently, to the delight of both participants and staff. According to their owner, WXOW news anchor Heather Armstrong, the dogs enjoy people and the attention they receive as pet therapy volunteers. Participant Tara holds Chewy (left), while participant Jayme and volunteer Heather Armstrong give Pup...
Read MoreRiverfront Associate Receives Award
Donald Schmitt,an associate of Riverfront, has been honored as a winner of the 2012 Outstanding Older Worker Award given by Wisconsin’s Older Worker Network (Wisconsin’s OWN). He is one of two recipients statewide to receive the award. Schmitt supports participants at Riverfront through the Wisconsin Senior Employment (WISE), administered and paid for through Workforce Connections,...
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