Food Donation Gives Families at Meta House Another Reason to Give Thanks
Meta House was recently featured on Fox 6 News as a recipient of food donated for Thanksgiving by The Brewers Community Foundation, 1290 WMCS, the Hunger Task Force, and the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department. View the segment to hear how this support gives families at Meta House another reason to give thanks.
Milwaukee Courier Coverage of Digital Advocacy Workshop
Meta House’s Digital Advocacy Workshop recently received coverage in the Milwaukee Courier. Read the article here and view Wanda’s story of recovery:
Meta House Featured in Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s Empty Cradles Series
The Families Come First program at Meta House was recently highlighted in the Journal-Sentinel’s Empty Cradles series, discussing the work Meta House is doing helping pregnant and post-partum women who abuse substances overcome their addictions and increase their capacity to keep their children safe. Read the article here. View the video of Dr. Francine Feinberg explaining how mothers and children receive the help they need at Meta House:
Juanita’s Story Featured in the Riverwest Currents
Juanita and her daughter, Danielle, came to Meta House through the Families Come First program, which helps pregnant and post-partum women who struggle with substance abuse overcome their addictions and increase their capacity to keep their children safe. Juanita’s story was recently shared in the Riverwest Currents.
Digital Advocacy Workshop Gains Recognition for Empowering Meta House Graduates
Meta House recently held a Digital Advocacy Workshop for graduates where participants learned the basics of storytelling, photography, and computer software to create their own stories of recovery. Read coverage by the BizTimes Nonprofit Weekly and view Latoya’s story of recovery:
omTownYogis, a yoga group in Milwaukee held an event that brought the community together, celebrated movement, music, and peace, and benefitted Meta House through financial donations and generous contributions of personal care items for Meta House women. Read the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s coverage of the event.
Meta House Profiled in Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee e-news
Meta House was recently featured on TMJ4’s Morning Blend segment “Coffee on Us.” Tiffany Ogle came to Meta House, visited with clients, and shared a coffee break with staff. View the segment here.
Recently Sheila shared her story with the Riverwest Currents and it appeared in the May issue. Read it here.
July Meta Moments: Milestones toward Recovery Thursday, July 28th, 12:00 – 1:00 PM
When a woman comes to Meta House a team of counselors, family members, and supporters meets with her to map out a plan, helping her to succeed in her drug and alcohol treatment goals. Earning her first weekend pass home, enjoying visitations with children not in her care, obtaining her GED, moving into safe and affordable housing and securing employment – all of these accomplishments are milestones towards a woman’s new life in recovery.
At Milestones toward Recovery, learn how Meta House helps women to
meet these goals in their journeys to recovery, and hear from a graduate who has been successful because of this support. Download the event flyer.
Meta House is a 2011 Top Workplace
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, in collaboration with WorkPlaceDynamics, recently released a survey of Milwaukee-area Top Workplaces. Over 200 companies took part and Meta House received an Honorable Mention Award. The Top Workplaces program recognizes small, midsize, and large organizations that provide their employees with a great place to work. Highlighted companies are selected through a survey completed by their employees. View Meta House’s Top Workplace profile and learn more about the award.
Meta House Clients Eating Local with the Help of Volunteers
Recently, a group of volunteers from Congregation Shir Hadash in Mequon, WI joined Meta House staff and residential clients in building and planting gardens on the north side of our parking lot. Our women and their children will be in charge of taking care of the vegetable gardens, and will also enjoy the produce at harvest time. Thank you to Congregation Shir Hadash for supporting Meta House clients and their children!
A Day for Meta House was a success!
On Friday, May 6th we held a breakfast, lunch, and evening reception at Discovery World for nearly 1,000 attendees. Our theme Celebrating Mothers. Rebuilding Families. told the story of the work we do helping pregnant women give birth to healthy babies, helping mothers become better parents, and helping mothers and children build strong bonds during the recovery process. Read Shirley’s testimony.
Watch the video from A Day for Meta House – Celebrating Mothers. Rebuilding Families.
Thank you to 94.5 Lake FM and Yelp! Milwaukee for helping spread the word about A Day for Meta House and our social media campaign.
Meta House PSA Played on 94.5 Lake FM
To help increase attendance at A Day for Meta House and educate listeners about the work Meta House is doing in the Milwaukee community, 94.5 Lake FM produced this Public Service Announcement.
Shorewood Patch: It Takes a Village to Raise a Mother
One attendee left the event and blogged about her experience and how our message and the stories of our women changed her perspective of motherhood. Read it here.
BizTimes Nonprofit Weekly
In addition to our event at Discovery World, we held a social media campaign on YouTube and Facebook to help raise awareness and support for the mothers and children we serve. You can read an explanation of the campaign in this BizTimes Nonprofit Weekly article.
Our goal of reaching 750 “Likes” on our Facebook page was met during our breakfast event on Friday, so we increased the goal to 1,000 “Likes” by Mother’s Day and ended with 935! In addition, our YouTube views totaled 1,818 by the end of Mother’s Day, which, again, exceeded our goal of 1,500. Thank you to Manpower Group for donating $1,500 to match $1 per YouTube view, and WaterStone Bank for donating $1,500 toward our Facebook goal. And a big thank you to all of our supporters who helped us reach and surpass these goals!
Celebrating Mothers on TMJ4’s Morning Blend
Kenyatta, one of our graduates, shared her story with viewers of The Morning Blend on April 26th. It was a great opportunity to share the work we do for mothers and children and raise awareness for our A Day for Meta House event! View the segment here.
Meta House Fundraiser at AJ Bombers
Twitter’s favorite Milwaukee restaurant hosted a fundraiser for Meta House on Friday, February 11th. The event helped raise awareness for the work Meta House does in the community, and we received $1 for every “Meta” Burger sold in addition to generous donations from customers. You can read more about the event in an announcement in the BizTimes Nonprofit Weekly.
Dr. Francine FeinbergAwarded for “Putting Her Stamp on Metro Milwaukee”
In March, the United States Postal Service will be celebrating Women’s History Month by honoring women in the metro Milwaukee area who have had a positive impact on the community. Our Executive Director, Dr. Francine Feinberg, is a recipient of this award in the Health or Social Services division. You can learn more about the award and read a story by Fox 6.
Shirley’s Story in Milwaukee Community Journal The holidays pose a stressful time for anyone, but for a woman in recovery it can be an even more difficult time of temptation and anxiety. Read Shirley's story for her outlook of hope and to hear how she uses her gift of recovery to pay it forward to other women in need in the Milwaukee Community Journal.
CityGal Magazine Profiles Meta House
Meta House was profiled in the Empowering & Uniting section of CityGal Magazine. The story uncovers obstacles women face in overcoming their addictions, and how Meta House is uniquely positioned to provide the services they need to reclaim their lives and rebuild their families. Read the article here.
Nonprofit Spotlight: Meta House
Meta House was recently featured in Biztimes Milwaukee’s Nonprofit Spotlight. The issue came out the same day as their Giving Guide, and we subsequently received great exposure to the Milwaukee community. View it here.
Yoga Mala Benefits Meta House
September is National Yoga Month and the Milwaukee Yoga Teachers Group held an event that brought the community together, celebrated movement, music, and peace, and benefitted Meta House through donations of nearly $700 and generous contributions of personal care items for Meta House women. Read the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s coverage of the event.
On WUWM: “ Meta House Gets White House Attention”
Meta House Executive Director Francine Feinberg was interviewed on Lake Effect, WUWM – Milwaukee Public Radio 89.7 FM. To listen to her interview, click here.
Meta House children received bicycles from Walmart for Independence Day Parade
The 2010 Independence Day Parade marked the first time children staying with their mothers at Meta House have been able to participate in the parade in Milwaukee’s Riverwest area. Walmart Stores in Milwaukee and Waukesha generously donated 9 children’s bicycles. Meta House is thankful to Walmart for donating bikes and helmets for this fun event! Click here to see the Milwaukee Courier’s coverage of this event.
Meta House welcomed Director Kerlikowske of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
Meta House was honored to welcome a very special visitor to Meta House on June 16, 2010: the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Mr. Gil Kerlikowske. He toured our facilities, heard about our family treatment program, and enjoyed dinner with 3 Meta House women and their families. Click here to read the ONDCP’s official blog post about their visit to Milwaukee!
Two articles in WWEN Newsletter
Meta House had two articles in the Summer issue of the WWEN newsletter (Wisconsin Women's Education Network on Addiction, Recovery, & Prevention). Enjoy graduate Patricia's inspirational story on page 1 and more about Meta House on page 3! Click here to read it.
A Day for Meta House was a great success!
On April 16, 2010 we held a breakfast and lunch at Discovery World, and a Tweetup at iPic Entertainment. Our online Tweetathon reached 1,100 tweets and retweets on twitter!
Watch the video from A Day for Meta House – One Family’s Story: Nicole’s Addiction and Recovery:
Meta House in Riverwest Currents
Meta House was thrilled to get even more involved in the Riverwest neighborhood recently by being prominently featured in the May issue of the Riverwest Currents! One article is featured online.
Social Media Strategies for Nonprofits
Caroline Anderson, public relations and advocacy coordinator at Meta House, spoke as a panelist during a seminar at the BizTech Conference & Expo on April 29 about how we are using social media.
She then wrote a guest blog about Meta House - 'One Nonprofit's Strategy on Facebook' - on the Promise Marketing Blog.
Meta House Mosaic
Meta House women made a mosaic with the help of local artist Ann Wydeven throughout March 2010. See a photo and the article from the Milwaukee Courier here.
94.5 Lake FM sponsors A Day for Meta House
Listen to 94.5 FM from April 1st to16th to hear our Public Service Announcement! Their website also features three moving interviews with Christine, Marsha, and Shirley who share their stories of addiction and recovery at Meta House, so check it out.
Executive Director Dr. Francine Feinberg helps formulate national guidelines for gender-responsive treatment
Dr. Feinberg recently contributed to and was on the consensus panel for TIP 51. Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPs) are best-practice guidelines for the treatment of substance use disorders. TIP 51, Addressing the Specific Needs of Women, reviews gender-specific research and best practices regarding the specific substance abuse treatment needs of women. This TIP provides practical clinical and administrative information to help respond to these treatment needs, including information about specific treatment issues and strategies across substance abuse treatment services.
Shirley on MPTV
Meta House graduate, Shirley Hughes, spoke about her addiction on Black Nouveau, MPTV Ch.10, on January 20th . Click here to watch; her segment starts at 15:16.
Lucy is named Hero of the Week
Check out the Shepherd Express Hero of the Week - our own volunteer, Lucy Benka! Congratulations to her, and thank you to all of our volunteers.
