New Harvest Foundation Gala

press release: On August 16, 2019, the New Harvest Foundation (NHF) will be celebrating its 35th year anniversary, an exciting milestone for a fledgling organization that started as a grand idea among visionary folks around Dick Wagner’s kitchen table.  Today, the mission statement of NHF speaks to the funding and empowering of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex communities by providing funding for projects, which nurture our communities’ strengths, pride, diversity and positive character for all to see.  At the Gala event at the Edgewater Hotel, we will recognize and honor those in Wisconsin leadership roles and others whose dedicated work has supported the LGBTQ community.

The celebration’s program will kick off at 6:30 pm with Keynote Congressman Mark Pocan. We will be honoring Governor Tony Evers and Senator Tammy Baldwin whose public service has supported the LGBTQ community. Special guest is Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway of Madison. To celebrate our successes and continue these efforts, we hope you will join us for the 35th Celebration Gala, a Black-Tie Casino Night: Honoring Public Service for the LGBTQ Community

Friday, August 16 / 6:00 -10:00 pm / The Edgewater Hotel

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-harvest-foundation-35th-gala-tickets-61936148688

Ticket: $100 each; Table of 6 Tickets: $550

About New Harvest Foundation:

Founded in 1984 by a core group of inspired, passionate individuals, NHF has since provided over 300 grants to a myriad of non-profit organizations. Through fundraising and very generous legacy gifts, we have been able to support LGBTQ projects focused towards community development, health care, public education, social services, and the arts.  In 35 years, greater than $400,000 has been channeled from our donors into grants awarded by NHF. The Gala will highlight some of the past recipients and the positive results of the projects that have received grants. From Briarpatch’s Teens Like Us Program, to the Rodney Scheel House food pantry, to the Madison Queer History project now archived at Steenbock Library, NHF has been instrumental in supporting the community. The 272 youth from 21 school’s GSAFE programs that attended an NHF supported matinee of FUN HOME last November at Forward Theater can attest to the impact of these grants. With a renewed focus on outreach to some underserved areas of our state and to the most at-risk groups, we look forward to expanding our reach and influence.

New Harvest Foundation has an all- volunteer board made up of individuals that bring a variety of talents and insights that foster our mission. This anniversary celebration will recognize the 164 committed individuals that have led and nurtured what started as a seed of an idea into a foundation that continues to make a meaningful and valued impact within the LGBTQ community.  The Gala will dazzle as old friends reminisce and our LGBTQ community and allies come together to celebrate how far we’ve come and the exciting things we have yet to do!