2009-2010 Milwaukee Placements

Download list of 2009-2010 domestic placements

Messmer Catholic Schools provide a unique opportunity for urban families to have their children grow spiritually, academically and socially through a K4 - 12 continuum of education.  Work as a tutor, teacher, or teacher's aide at this extraordinary urban school. 
St. Ben's Community Meal is a Capuchin ministry that provides a hot meal to more than 300 people, six nights each week.  A volunteer at St. Ben's will provide direct services to meal guests, as well as coordinate volunteers and raise awareness around issues of hunger and homelessness with "urban plunge" groups.  Most of all, the volunteer will help to build community across socio-economic lines.
9 to 5, National Association of Working Women is a membership organization for low-wage working women.  The Cap Corps volunteer at 9 to 5 helps educate women about their rights in the workplace and organizes the local community around policy issues that most affect low-wage working women.
Hope House of Milwaukee is a community center as well as a homeless service organization.  The Cap Corps volunteer at Hope House gets a well-rounded non-profit experience, assisting with the after-school program, the food pantry, and administrative work such as grant writing for program funds. 
Urban Ecology Center provides hands-on environmental education to kids in urban Milwaukee.  The Community Program Educator will welcome visitors to the Center, povide programming for drop-in youth, maintain and feed animals in the Native Wisconsin Animal Lab, present Animal Feeding, B'earthday Parties and implement environmental science programs.