Jet Sweep Joe
Horse With Milwaukee Ties Tapped to Run Breeders’ Cup Friday MACC Fund benefits from a win for “Jet Sweep Joe” All things must align perfectly for a successful jet sweep on the football field. It requires speed and perfect timing,…
Summer Fundraising Ideas to Support Childhood Cancer Research
The weather is warming, the sun is shining, and that means summer fundraising season has begun! Summer is a great time of year to host many types of outdoor events and fit the theme of the season. If you’re looking…
“Virtual Lucky Leprechaun 7k” Benefitting the MACC Fund
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WAUWATOSA, WI, December 9, 2020 The 9th Annual Lucky Leprechaun 7K will be virtual in 2021 and SWAG filled. "We have upped our SWAG items this year with a Blingy Bottle Opener Medal and Limited Edition Flask,"…
Thirty-five Years of Holiday Lights Provide Hope on Candy Cane Lane
The 35th year of making a difference in the life of a child with cancer opens Friday, November 27th! Take a trip down Candy Cane Lane and share the true spirit of the season. The West Allis neighborhood bounded by…
Wesley Matthews Fund: Bucks player donates the largest personal gift
MILWAUKEE — Bucks' shooting guard Wesley Matthews has just donated the largest personal gift from a professional athlete to the Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer (MACC) Fund. In MACC Fund history, no athlete has ever made as large of a…
Announcing Our #Driveto35 Initiative
At the close of 2019, the MACC Fund announced a commitment to fund two separate research acceleration projects launching in 2020; a $10 million commitment over five years in conjunction with the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center and the…
Steven Gruber, MACC Fund ELB Member, Named to Milwaukee Business Journal 40 Under 40
The third group of Milwaukee Business Journal 40 Under 40 members brought another pleasant surprise today, with the announcement of yet another MACC Fund Emerging Leaders Board member making the list. Steven Gruber, of the well-known Gruber Law Offices, has…
MACC Fund ELB Member Sophia Minnaert Makes Milwaukee Business Journal 40 Under 40
Yesterday marked a special occasion for one of our longtime Emerging Leaders Board (ELB) members. Sophia Minnaert has been a journalist for Fox Sports Wisconsin since 2013 and was hired by the Brewers in 2018. Since then, she has worked…
Cancer Dream Team: American Family Children’s Hospital and UW Carbone Cancer Center celebrates $10 million donation from MACC Fund
Madison, Wis.- One has been called the “dream team” that is changing the landscape of pediatric cancer research. The other has been called the best team in Wisconsin men’s basketball history. Both teams – and the children they serve --…
