About Be Amazing

​The mission of “Be Amazing” is to empower and inspire people of all ages to realize their amazing potential for positively impacting our diverse community.  We want to promote positive change in our community to honor the victims and those impacted on March 22, 2017.

“Be Amazing” started as a small idea of a fifth grade teacher as a way to help her students heal from the tragic events in central Wisconsin on March 22, 2017.  After reading an article in the local newspaper which made a plea to the members of the community to go forward and “Be Amazing”, the teacher decided that was just what they needed to do.  She talked with her students about what it means to “be amazing”.

One idea that stood out was “helping those in need”. In small groups, they worked diligently for 8 weeks to complete projects to help groups of people they viewed as in need of help. As they completed their year in 5th grade, one proud accomplishment for each of them was knowing they had made a difference in the lives of others in amazing ways.  Their projects were completely student driven, and included the following efforts:

Making and donating fleece blankets to hospital patients

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Making get-well cards for hospital patients and visiting with them

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Creating an obstacle course for students to compete in to raise money for Special Olympics

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Creating “comfort kits” for grieving families and visiting with them

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Creating and filling gift bags for special needs students and having a celebration with them

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Creating cards to send to War Veterans

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As word of these activities spread more people became interested in developing ways for members of our community to do amazing things, and the “Be Amazing” group became a reality.

The “Be Amazing Fund”, a 501c3 non-profit fund, was established to provide monetary support for those individuals and/or groups wanting to make such a difference.