OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS
ANON Charitable Trust 
Dorothy Inbusch Foundation 
Evinrude Foundation  
Mosher Family Foundation
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Stackner Family Foundation Tate Family Foundation 
Waukesha County Community Foundation 
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Greetings!,
Happy Holidays! What an incredible year it's been for Make A Difference! It's hard to believe that five years have gone by since we opened the doors and rolled out this very important financial education program. Five years, 800+ volunteers, 70 high schools, and more than 22,000 students reached! I admit that I am in awe when I think of what all of us have accomplished. I recently completed teaching the program myself to a group of at-risk students in one of our alternative partner schools. I was reminded again, of the incredible opportunity we have to impact the lives of area youth. After talking with this group of students about compound interest and the importance of starting to save and invest early, one young man, Donrico, stopped me in the middle of the presentation and said, "Ms. Campbell, do you know what you're doing right now? You're making me rich!" Wow! Donrico caught me off guard with that statement. I paused, reflected, then responded with something that I'm sure all our volunteers could express: "Donrico, you're making me rich, too." I want to take the opportunity of this holiday season to thank our many wonderful volunteers, educators, donors and other supporters of the Make A Difference mission and program. The need for the work we do is more important than ever. Teaching our teens, who are on the verge of adulthood and financial independence, to make informed and responsible decisions about finances is critical -- and will ultimately enable us to build a stronger and healthier community for everyone. My sincere thank you to those who have provided financial support either recently or in the past. If you haven't considered it yet and would like to support achievements like these through a year-end gift, your contribution will be much appreciated and will allow us to provide financial literacy to even more students. For more information and to donate by mail or online, click here. From all of the staff and Board of Make A Difference - Wisconsin, our warmest wishes to you and yours for a happy and safe holiday season. 
Brenda Campbell
Executive Director
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Save the Date: May 9, 2012
for our 4th Annual Investment Conference
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Jim Chanos
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The date is set, the speakers are confirmed, and it's clear this will be the must-attend investment conference of the year!
Mark your calendar now as you won't want to miss this impressive line-up of leading investment professionals, including Jim Chanos, President and Founder of Kynikos Associates, the largest investment firm devoted exclusively to short selling. Throughout his career, he anticipated many corporate disasters, including Boston Chicken, Sunbeam, Tyco International; and most famously, his ENRON short-- which Barron's called "the market call of the decade, if not the past fifty years."
Registration information coming soon.
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Make A Difference thanks FUEL Milwaukee
Make A Difference - Wisconsin was chosen as one of eight nonprofits selected for FUEL's 2011 Adopt-a-Nonprofit program.
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For the past year, a team of young professionals contributed their time and talents to support and promote Make A Difference and our volunteer opportunity to FUEL members.
Special thanks to FUEL and our team (Tarik, Rose, Mitch, Jamie, Will, and Bei) for your help and support throughout the past year!
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Make A Difference - WI reaches the Fox Valley
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Students at Kornerstone School in Kimberly are on their way to becoming "money smart" and "life smart". Thanks to help from Fox Valley volunteers from Associated Bank, Make A Difference recently delivered financial education to all Kornerstone students.
"Kornerstone School is absolutely thrilled to be the first school in the Fox Valley to partner with Make a Difference-Wisconsin," says Josh Zimmers, Lead Teacher and Advisor. "Bringing volunteers from our business and professional community into the classroom and allowing Kornerstone students to learn from those who practice good personal financial management themselves is extremely important to our approach to project-based and service learning. This program will help prepare our students for success in college and later in their professions, as well as throughout the rest of their lives."
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Wisconsin Gives Back
Make A Difference - Wisconsin has partnered with Wisconsin Gives Back to offer our supporters the beautiful (made in Wisconsin) 2012 Wisconsin Wall Calendar.
When you purchase this calendar on our behalf, Wisconsin Gives Back will contribute $9 of the proceeds to Make A Difference - Wisconsin.
You can order your calendars right now on the Wisconsin Gives Back website. This link (click here) will take you directly to our profile where you can support Make A Difference - Wisconsin!
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Help us reach more students
Donate to Make A Difference - Wisconsin
and help give area youth the tools they
need to make sound financial decisions.
DONATE HERE!
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