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Nominations Now Open for Neighbor of the Year Award!
Amazing neighbors make our community stronger by always looking out for others and bringing people together. Whether it is by organizing a meal train to make sure that a neighbor going through a hard time has dinner every night, planning the neighborhood block party, removing snow and raking leaves for a homebound neighbor, or other acts of kindness, such individuals are the glue that hold our community together and make everyone feel welcome.
Waunakee Neighborhood Connection is seeking nominations for our annual Neighbor of the Year Award which honors someone who exemplifies our “neighbors helping neighbors” mission in the community. The winner will be honored at the Waunakee Area Chamber of Commerce Community Awards celebration on Sunday, April 23rd.
Nominations are due by 9:00 PM on Monday, March 6, and the winner will be selected by the Waunakee Neighborhood Connection board of directors. All nominees will receive a certificate and letter recognizing them for being nominated. The winner will be notified by March 17th.
Please complete the nomination online or pick up a nomination form at Waunakee Neighborhood Connection, 208 S Century Avenue. We look forward to hearing about all of the wonderful neighbors in the community!
Next Building Connections program is a discussion of the book “Kindred” by Octavia Butler
Save the date for the next Building Connections program, a collaboration of the Waunakee Public Library, Create Waunakee, Waunakee IDEA, and Waunakee Neighborhood Connection. On the evening of February 7th, we’ll be hosting a discussion of the book Kindred by Octavia Butler.
Watch for more information coming soon!
Closed for the holidays and inventory Dec 23 – Jan 8
Waunakee Neighborhood Connection will be closed for the winter holidays and for inventory preparation from Friday, December 23 through January 8. Staff will be checking voicemail and email during this time, so please contact us at (608)849-5740 or wncteam@waunakeenc.org if there is anything you need.
Building Connections: “Through the Night” Film Screening & Discussion
Thursday, December 8th | 6:00-8:15 PM
Join Waunakee Public Library, Waunakee Neighborhood Connection, Create Waunakee, and Waunakee IDEA for a viewing and facilitated discussion of the documentary Through the Night by Loira Limbal and Jameka Autry. Through the Night is a verité documentary that explores the personal cost of our modern economy through the stories of two working mothers and a child care provider, whose lives intersect at a 24-hour daycare center in New Rochelle, New York. Official Selection, Tribeca Film Festival. A co-production of POV and ITVS in association with Latino Public Broadcasting and Black Public Media.
Food will be provided (Mac and Cheese Bar provided by Buck & Honeys Waunakee) or you may bring your own. No registration required.
The Building Connections program series is designed to do just that by introducing neighbors in Waunakee to each other and to lived experiences that may be different than their own. The purpose of the series is to promote community engagement, build relationships, and foster conversations – all with a goal of continual learning and growth. This event is a collaboration with POV, the award-winning independent non-fiction film series on PBS (www.pbs.org/pov)