for the development and advancement of youth and the performing arts
in the Greater Metropolitan areas of Madison Wisconsin, Richland Center WI and Rockton IL
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Welcome to the home page of the Madison Youth Performing Arts Foundation! The Madison Youth Performing Arts Foundation actually has three distinct parts. MYPAF itself is fully focused on the Greater Madison, WI area. Richland Rejuvenates is a separate arm that focuses on the Greater Richland Center, WI area. Rockton Rejuvenescence is another branch that focuses on the Greater Rockton, IL area, including Rockford, IL. The depth and breadth of what we are doing brought us to the attention of the Joni & Jodi show (In Business Magazine) on WTDY 1670 AM in Madison, WI. The original broadcast aired on October 14 but you can still listen to the podcast at www.wtdy.com. We appreciate Joan and Jodi for bringing attention to the work we do. Our involvement in some of the major music and youth festivals and activities has been extremely fulfilling. It aligns perfectly with our mission of creating performance and fundraising opportunities for youth and performing arts groups in the greater Madison Wisconsin area. In Madison, Brat Fest 2011 was a great event, allowing us to surpass the $1,000,000 mark in money donated to charity and selling the 3,000,000 brat. In Richland Center, we played a major role in the July 4 celebration, Thunder In The Hills, launching Caring Karts – Churnin’ Dust, a charity go-kart race. Churnin’ Dust will be expanding to both Madison and Rockton over the next two years. In 2012, we are bringing the PiTri Challenge to Richland Center, a triathlon featuring pedaling, paddling and running. We will also have a Pie-Athlon for family and friends of the Triathlon. For more details on this, stay tuned to our website. Rockton is our newest expansion. We are currently involved with a number of projects, including a Feeding America event. In Rockton it is called Feeding America – Neighbors Helping Neighbors. This is our first year but we already have great community support. This event will run in February 2012. In process right now is Feeding America – RC Style. This pre-Christmas fundraising event features tremendous community involvement. The competition challenge to ‘combat hunger’ was taken up by the Capital Wealth Advisory Group, Richland Center Foundry, The Richland Hospital, the Richland Medical Center, MPC, Rockwell Automation, S&S Cycle and Schreiber. If you would like to help our Foundation do its work, you can get a signed limited edition print of Jeff Koehn's spectacular piece of collectible art titled "Red Zone". Since our Foundation is located in Madison, Wisconsin, art work featuring the UW-Wisconsin Badgers about to score from the 'red zone' is a natural tie-in. (Plus Jeff is a Wisconsin native.) The Office of Trademark Licensing at the UW-Wisconsin Athletic Department has granted us permission to create these prints as a charitable fundraiser. 'Red Zone' is an exciting piece depicting the Wisconsin Badger football team in historic Camp Randall. The sun is setting as the Badgers storm the end zone, capping a memorable day for 88,000 plus loyal Badger Backers. You will want to own this magnificent piece. To learn how you can get your limited edition print, click on Jeff's painting or here 'Red Zone ' . Also, you can now own a signed limited edition print of Jeff Koehn's Madison Magic. 100% of these proceeds go to support our work. Madison Magic prints are available at Milward Farrell Fine Art
or Gary’s Art & Frame
Many wonderful things underway. Is your group involved? For more information, check out our Fundraising section. |
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Jeff Koehn's Red Zone painting
"Making A Difference" Nominations |
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