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MPCA Activities and Community Involvement

MPCA conducts business meetings on the second Monday of each month at the East Library in Milwaukee 6:30-8:00 p.m.

MPCA Grants

MPCA makes grants two times per year to organizations in the Milwaukee area and to Peace Corps Volunteer led/nominated projects abroad.   Brief funding requests are due April 30 and October 31.  Please click here for a copy of our funding guidelines/application form. 

 

MPCA Funds at Work

 

 

Milwaukee Organizations

 

2006      

Sojourner Truth House  $100

Lutheran Social Services (Refugee resettlement) $300

 

2005

Catholic Charities, (Refugee resettlement) $300

 

2004

Hmong American Friendship Association $200

 (Refugee resettlement)

 

2003

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(Liberian refugee children support)    

 

       

   

Peace Corps Partnership Projects

2007

Mali, Composting Latrine  $241

Mali, Well Repair $629

 

2006

Togo, Sanitary Butcher Shop $350

Romania, Therapy Room  $350

*Tanzania, Public Library    *$3,989

*Benin, Internships for Girls   *$745

Ukraine, Printer Project $300

India, Tsunami Assistance Project $300

 

2004

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Micronesia, Women’s Group Handicraft Shop   $250

**Paraguay, Water Tank construction**$260

 

2003

Niger, Well project        $250

Ghana, Basketball Court  $250

 

 

National/International Donations

2007

Morocco, Women’s Cooperative Project $250

Kenya, Purchase of  School Textbooks   $160

 

Souls for Soles, 551 pairs of shoes collected/shipped   $302

NPCA Virtual Community Fund   $250

 

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Honduras/Tanzania, Book collection/shipping(2000 bks) *$631               

Hurricane Katrina relief, Global Giving fund      $500

Moldova, Youth harmonica band             $150

 

2005

Mongolia, ESL Resource Center        $150

Grenada, Hurricane Relief   $150

Niger, Famine Relief        $200

 

2003
Senegal, Casamance Fund (Ferry boat disaster)  $200

**Togo, Girl’s Scholarships          $300

Benin, Project Abeni       $100

 

 

 

*Possible through an anonymous donor

 

** Dover School/MPCA rummage sale profits

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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