Our community is important to us and through the years we have supported local charities and causes. In late 2009 we decided to take this even further and actively support a specific charity each month. Gilles matches your donations dollar for dollar, and 100% of the monies we collect go to the charity. Due to the generous contributions from our wonderful and caring customers and those from Gilles, this program has been a terrific success. Thank you for helping us give back to those in need in our community!
If you have a suggestion for a charity for us to highlight, please let us know by using this link. When choosing a charity we focus on those that help people directly and have administrative costs of 10% or less.
The Monthly Charity for October is Mr. Bob's Under the Bridge. Find out more about their great work at https://mrbobsunderthebridge.org/.
Mr. Bob's Under the Bridge fosters a community of dignity, compassion and friendship by providing basic necessities such as clothing and hygiene products to the homeless and those who need support in the Milwaukee area. They collect clothes, hygiene items, food, and financial assistance. Every week their volunteers sort all items that are donated. Once the items are sorted, they put together care packs of things like clothing, hygiene items, books, and snacks. Care packs are then distributed to the homeless in Milwaukee on Saturday mornings.
Some of our past Monthly Charities are:
- Adoption Resources of WI
- ALS Association
- Alzheimer's Association-WI Chap
- Am Legion Women's Post 448
- American Legion Post #449
- American Lung Association-Milwaukee
- Aurora Zilber Family Hospice
- Autism Society of Southeastern WI
- Autism Speaks
- Badger Association of the Blind
- Best Buddies Wisconsin
- Bethesda Lutheran Communities
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Milwaukee
- Christ Child Society of Milwaukee
- Coalition for Children, Youth & Families
- Community Projects for Seniors
- Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America
- Daystar
- Dominican Center for Women
- Fisher House
- Great Lakes Hemophilia Foundation
- Hope Street Ministry
- Just One More Ministry
- Kathy's House
- Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
- Life Navigators
- Lotus Legal Clinic
- LOVE>hate Project
- Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation
- Mental Health of America Wisconsin
- Michelle's Action Angels Community Outreach
- Milwaukee Homeless Veterans Service, Inc
- Milwaukee Irish Fest Foundation
- Milwaukee Rescue Mission
- Mr. Bob's Under the Bridge
- Paralyzed Veterans of America
- Professional Fire Fighters of WI Charitable Foundation
- Relay for Life West Allis New Berlin
- Repairers of the Breach
- Riding with Angels
- Royal Family KIDS Camp
- Savage Support
- Sherman Park Food Pantry
- Smile Train
- Sojourner Family Peace Center
- St. Coletta Day School
- St. Francis Children's Center
- St. Vincent de Paul Society
- The LOVE>hate Project
- Tosa Cares
- Trees of Hope WI
- Tunnel to Towers Foundation
- USO
- Vision Forward Association
- Walker's Point Youth & Family Center
- WI Chapter of MS Society
- WI Donor Network
- Women's Support Centers of Milwaukee
- Wounded Warrior Project
- Zachiariah's Acres