Jan 8th, 2026 WMAN Community Meeting notes

WMAN January 2026 Meeting Notes

  • Clothing swap/food share
    • Where to take leftover clothes
      • Mens/winter gear to Hope Center?
      • Women’s and kids to St Vinnie’s 
      • Ask on social media about organizations that would like the extra clothing
      • Emphasize clean clothes in good condition
    • Amethyst to coordinate with Dawn L about advertising to protestors and handing out flyers about WMAN
    • Have a table at the protest to advertise events
    • Amethyst to make size signs for tables
    • Max to pickup bread from pepperidge farms on 1/14 at 3:30, Tiffany as backup
    • Max to inquire about free boxes from USPS
    • Lindsey to recruit volunteers via social media
  • Financing for the group
    • Look into some kind of nonprofit status 
    • Start by creating a group bank account w/ multiple members able to access
    • Some kind of music fundraiser for local causes (bail funds for those affected by ice)
    • Make and take beadwork class for small donation
    • Plant rambles at riverwalk and retzer
    • Art crawl partnership
  • Garden options
    • Summit View Elementary (Fen will check w/ principal)
    • Lindsey to follow up with Waukesha Parks director
    • Ask in the private FB group about connections to churches, school, etc. that have space for gardens)
  • Community Resource List
    • Max to manage spreadsheet of master resource list
    • Google forms for volunteers and service request
    • Mary Jo to create signup sheet for resources