Connecting With Our Communities
Every community has different needs. Our local employees and customers help us determine which areas to support. Here is a small sampling of the projects and charities we support in the 30 states we provide telecommunications services.
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2008 Activities
- TDS Donates to the Dorchester Fire & EMS DepartmentsSteve: Vanden Heuvel (left in the left top picture), market manager for TDS, presents a $1,000 check to Dorchester Fire Department members Dave Behnke, Carol Staab, and EMS Coordinator John Staab. Behnke is also an employee of TDS. The money may be used toward lighting for a new tanker truck and communication devices for the EMS unit.
- TDS donates to Medford Area Fire Department
- Helping Boy Scout Troop 54 in Alma, Wis., get Red Cross Certified.
- TDS donates $2,575 to the Western Wis. Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International.
- Donation to the American Red Cross to help with flood relief efforts.
- TDS helps connect 1,150+ families in Minnesota to loved ones serving in Kosovo.
- Wisconsin Public Television Auction.
- Concerts in the Park, Black Earth and Waterford, Wis.
- Friends of Performing Arts Center, Middleton, Wis.
- Verona Area Performing Art Society, Verona, Wis.
- Supporter of Art Cart, a Madison Museum of Contemporary Art program.
- Teamed up with MargaretAnn's Place (Milwaukee) to give a local 10 year old the surprise of a lifetime.
- March of Dimes Walk, Monticello, Minn.
- Minnesota Governor's Fishing Opener, Pequot Lakes, Minn.
- Teamed up to sticker, stamp and pack up books for "With Wings and a Halo--Reach a Child" program in Wis.
- Worked with the Girls Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys on the "Troop to Troop: Cookie Connection;" more than 12,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies were sold and delivered to servicemen and women serving overseas.
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2007 Activities
- TDS Metrocom Joins Race for the Cure in Lansing, MI
- TDS helped raise $4,500 for the Hope Fund to support Hyperbaric Treatments for children.
- Race for the Cure in Madison, Wis., June 2007
- Verona Food Pantry donations
- TDS teams up with Clear Channel KBMX-FM to raise $38,350 during the St. Jude's Radiothon, Duluth, Minn.
- Hole in One sponsor at the American Red Cross golf event, June 2007
- March of Dimes walk/run events
- Winnequah Park Shelter Project, Monona, Wis.
- Computer donations -- Verona Area School District, Verona, Wis.
- Computer donations -- American Legion Post 75, Fond du Lac, Wis.
- Wisconsin Public Television Auction
- Concerts in the Park, Black Earth and Waterford, Wis.
- Friends of Performing Arts Center, Middleton, Wis.
- Verona Area Performing Art Society, Verona, Wis.
- Firefighters Memorial Park, Middleton, Wis.
- Madison Area School District, Athletic Programs
- Little League teams, Verona and West Madison, Wis.
- American Cancer Society
- Habitat for Humanity ReStore
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2006 Activities
- Operation Freedom Calls in MI, WI and IL- Military Teleconferencing
- Ronald McDonald House
- Art Cart- Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters
- Boys and Girls Clubs
- Local Libraries- TDS Computer Lab
- Madison Ballet- Behind the Curtain Youth Performance
- Second Harvest Food Banks
- Local Food Pantries
- Public Television Auctions
- Henry Vilas Zoo- Halloween at the Zoo
- Habitat for Humanity
- United Way
- Holiday Wish Campaign, Magic 98
- Red Cross Real Heroes Award Banquet
- Red Cross Blood Drives
- Equipment donations to local fundraising auctions
- Trackside Charities events and local charities
- City festivals and parades in association with local Chambers of Commerce
- Salvation Army
- Meals on Wheels
- Toys for Tots
- American Cancer Society local events
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