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Enjoy a vibrant market full of local makers on December 7 and 8 that benefits WayForward.

About 1,400 people attend the Holiday Art Market at FCI that helps kick off the holiday season, making this event a must-attend annual outing for many locals. More than 50 vendors — many of them local artists — provide the backdrop for a fun and festive atmosphere.  The popular Gift To-Go Boxes will be back in 2024 as will plentiful Door Prizes and the crowd favorite Plinko game.  Each vendor donates at least 20% of their proceeds back to benefit WayForward’s food and housing programs.

Saturday, December 7 from 10 am – 5 pm
Sunday, December 8 from 10 am – 3 pm

Thank you to the Holiday Art Market Sponsors:
Presenting:

Title:

Gold:

The Byrd Family
Hoffman Manufacturing Corp
Laird Plastics
Lake Ridge Bank
L&M Corrugated Container Corporation
Our Family Brand (found at Metcalfe’s)
Star Holdings Group
State Farm Agent Michael Wegner
Total Administrative Services Corporation (TASC)

Bronze:

Alpina Manufacturing
Carrington Lawn & Landscape
Environment Control of WI
Living in Madison
Molina Healthcare
NEMCO Food Equipment
Systematics
Uline
Wisco Industries, Inc.

Join the Middleton Police Department on Sunday, December 17, from 10am to 2pm at Metro Market (formerly Pick ‘n Save) in Middleton to help with donations for WayForward Resources (formerly Middleton Outreach Ministry).

WayForward brings our community together to create food and housing security through action and advocacy, for neighbors in Middleton, West Madison and Cross Plains. Their food security programs are open to all of Dane County. WayForward hosts one of the largest food pantries in Dane County, and 60 percent of the households WayForward serves have children.

Enjoy a vibrant market full of local makers on December 7 and 8 that benefits WayForward.

About 1,400 people attend the Holiday Art Market at FCI that helps kick off the holiday season, making this event a must-attend annual outing for many locals. More than 50 vendors — many of them local artists — provide the backdrop for a fun and festive atmosphere.  The popular Gift To-Go Boxes will be back in 2024 as will plentiful Door Prizes and the crowd favorite Plinko game.  Each vendor donates at least 20% of their proceeds back to benefit WayForward’s food and housing programs.

Saturday, December 7 from 10 am – 5 pm
Sunday, December 8 from 10 am – 3 pm

Thank you to the Holiday Art Market Sponsors:

Presenting:

Title:

Gold:

The Byrd Family
Hoffman Manufacturing Corp
Laird Plastics
Lake Ridge Bank
L&M Corrugated Container Corporation
Our Family Brand (found at Metcalfe’s)
Star Holdings Group
State Farm Agent Michael Wegner
Total Administrative Services Corporation (TASC)

Bronze:

Alpina Manufacturing
Carrington Lawn & Landscape
Environment Control of WI
Living in Madison
Molina Healthcare
NEMCO Food Equipment
Systematics
Uline
Wisco Industries, Inc.

Enjoy a free outdoor concert and help kids go back to school

Bands will play throughout the afternoon on the patio of Capital Brewery for this family-friendly event open to the public. Thanks to Bob Hoot, owner of Hoot Communications, for organizing the event benefiting WayForward Resources. Performers include Tent Show Trio and Bing Bong, whose 2021 single, Faces, was named the Madison Area Music Association (MAMA) overall Song of the Year. We will collect school supplies and monetary donations for WayForward to use to fill backpacks for kids in our community. The Sabor Regio food truck will also be onsite during the event.

Items we need this year include:

  • Backpacks – including extra large (XL), sturdy backpacks for high school students
  • Dry erase markers
  • Crayola thin or wide markers – 10 pk
  • Pink erasers and pencil tip erasers
  • #2 pencils
  • Pencil sharpeners
  • Pens
  • Highlighters
  • Composition notebooks, wide and college ruled
  • Spiral notebooks, wide and college ruled, assorted colors
  • 1-inch binders and binder dividers
  • Poly pocket folders without prongs – assorted colors
  • Earbuds
  • Headphones
  • Loose leaf paper, wide and college ruled
  • Graph paper- loose leaf and notebooks
  • Crayola colored pencils – 12 pk
  • Crayola crayons, 24 pack
  • Watercolor paints
  • Post-it notes – 3×3
  • Ruled index cards 3×5 
  • Sharpies (black), ultra-fine and fine
  • Protractors & compasses
  • Glue and glue sticks
  • Pencil pouches and boxes

Thank you for supporting WayForward’s Back to School Program!

 

Golf on the shore of Lake Mendota at Bishops Bay Country Club

Help make sure everyone in our community has access to nutritious food and stable housing by golfing in Chip in to End Hunger, an annual event for foursomes at picturesque Bishops Bay Country Club. The event begins with a 10 a.m. shotgun scramble start, with golfers moving quickly through the course, several hole contests and a putting green contest.

The event is capped at 140 participants to ensure quick play and culminates with the after-event awards and cookout, where golfers can stay briefly or linger on the club’s outdoor patio on the shore of Lake Mendota.

Sponsorship levels available from $600 to $7,000. All sponsors at $2,000 and above include complimentary golf and cart for a foursome, offering you the chance to treat employees or key clients to a round of golf at an iconic private course.
See Sponsorship Opportunities >

 

Presenting Sponsor

Godfrey Kahn

Title Sponsors

JTKlein, Inc.

Raymond Management Company

 

 

Platinum Sponsors

Ed and Patty Neumueller Foundation
Exact Sciences
Ideal Builders
Johnson Financial Group
Laura Gmeinder Coaching + Consulting
Living in Madison
Parisi A Walbec Company
Robin Andrews
Standard Imaging Foundation Fund
Starion Bank
Team Keyes
Tom Kunes
Vogel Brothers
Wealth Enhancement Group
Wisco Hotel Group

 

Box  Breakfast Sponsor

Strand Associates, Inc.

 

Hole Contest Sponsors

Zimbrick Eastside

 

Hole Sponsors

Entire Car Protection (ECP)
Gordon Flesch

 

Putting Green Contest Sponsor

Lake Ridge Bank

 

Join us for the 60th anniversary of Good Neighbor Fest! We’ll be joining Willy Street Co-Op for games of Spin the Wheel – with a chance to win prizes – and our WayForward Resources truck will lead the way as we walk the parade route on Sunday afternoon.

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