“Make A Difference”: Meta House | Wrap Up

Listen: I remind myself everyday how lucky I am to have a job that allows me to find and tell stories of good work going on in Milwaukee. Sometimes those stories require a bit of hunting and clever editing, but on rare occasion, the stories come to life on their own. The stories of Meta House [...]

“Make A Difference”: Meta House | Lisa, Counselor and Volunteer

Listen: Lisa Williams came to Meta House as part of a program to earn her associate’s degree. Before the internship began, she was not entirely sure what to expect from an experience working at a gender-specific rehab center, but from the minute she walked in the door, she knew Meta House was a perfect fit. [...]

In studio with META House

Jordan here. It’s been a while since I posted on the Unified Milwaukee blog. We’ve had some wonderful organizations come through the studios, as a part of the MAKE A DIFFERENCE campaign. This morning I had the opportunity to interview two ladies from the META house.
Lucy Benka, a volunteer with META and [...]

“Make A Difference”: Meta House | Susan, Yoga Instructor and Volunteer

Listen: In my initial conversations with Meta House, I was unsure about what type of interviews I would get. While I had an understanding of what the organization does, the exact role of volunteers didn’t immediately jump out at me. As I discovered, volunteers play a crucial role at Meta House, but they may not [...]

“Make A Difference”: Meta House | Shirley, Program Graduate and Volunteer

Listen: In the first two weeks of our Make A Difference campaign, we brought you the stories of organizations whose volunteer opportunities center around hands on work. This week we change pace, as we take a look inside Meta House, an internationally recognized treatment center that has provided alcohol and drug abuse treatment services designed [...]

“The First Summer of the Rest Of Your Life”: Part One | Latavia Patterson, The Pearls Girl

Listen: Latavia and I met in the Pearls For Teen Girls office in the Brewer’s Hill neighborhood, where she felt incredibly at home. Understandably so — prior to becoming an alumnae of Pearls, she was the longest tenured Pearls Girl, having been with the program from 6th grade through the end of high school. What’s [...]