Inter-Generational

The staff at Thurston Woods Elementary school in Milwaukee generously gave some of their very precious time to plan a reading buddy event with us in February. It is the first partnership we’ve had with MPS and they seriously were so helpful and collaborative with our big group. Last summer, we recognized a desire to […]

We now have two playgroups that meet monthly at St. John’s on the Lake. If you are interested in joining one of the groups, contact us!

TOAM parent and board member, Andrea, was inspired to create a mission encouraging random acts of kindness among our children after someone was spontaneously kind to her. Sometimes those acts just happen and sometimes we have to plan them out a little bit. Below, you’ll find our list of ideas for acting with kindness towards

This summer, I learned about a grant offered through my church that is awarded to members who are working to bring love and care to others. Lynn and I discussed what projects we could create for the fall that could use that grant money. We decided to do a coat drive for a Milwaukee school.

This summer, Lynn and I wondered what we would do for our organization’s first birthday. Throw a party? Host a pot-luck dinner? Bug the Milwaukee news outlets until they ran a story about us so more parents could join us and learn the unpredictable, exciting, lump-in-the-throat joy that is volunteering with children? In the end, we celebrated