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16 | I NSIGH T • J u l y 2 0 2 0 w w w . i n s i g h t o n b u s i n e s s . c o m • PLACES continued • WEST CENTRAL Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara, Marquette, Green Lake Counties AbbyBank provides grants to Shawano County organizations AbbyBank has allocated a $20,000 grant it received from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago to help nonprofits in communities it serves. e bank matched the grant and advised each of its locations to identify where the funds were most needed in their communities. AbbyBank, which includes locations in Appleton, Shawano, Gresham, Wausau and Weston, donated $2,000 to St. Michael's Food Pantry in Keshena and $3,000 to Flo'ing With Kindness, a Gresham food pantry. It distributed $3,700 each to Shawano Area Matthew 25, Shawano Area Food Pantry and Resource Center, Wolf River Habitat for Humanity, Safe Haven Domestic Abuse Facility, Georgia's House and the F.R.E.S.H. Project. In addition, AbbyBank purchased gi cards from local restaurants and businesses in the communities it serves and distributed them to those in need. • INTERSTATE 41 CORRIDOR Brown, Calumet, Outagamie, Winnebago, Fond du Lac Counties 2020 U.S. Venture Open moves to virtual format COVID-19 has led to changes for the 2020 U.S. Venture Open. Now being held virtually, the event will include an online fundraiser and auction as well as a regional media-thon fundraiser in partnership with WBAY-TV and Woodward Radio Group leading up to Aug. 12 — a day of celebration and final fundraising. Donors can visit usventureopen.com to contribute or text USVO to 76278. U.S. Venture underwrites all expenses associated with the U.S. Venture Open, so every dollar raised goes to help area nonprofits. Last year's event featuring outings at several golf courses in the region and a dinner raised $4.3 million and a gi of $925,000 from the David A. iede estate, totaling a record-breaking $5.2 million in a one-day event. Matching grants from regional partners are key to sustaining the work of the Basic Needs Giving Partnership. e J. J. Keller Foundation will match $800,000, along with other lead grant partners including Oshkosh Corp. at $250,000, edaCare at $200,000, and the rivent Foundation at $200,000. With U.S. Venture's added $800,000 donation, the grant matching will increase to $2.25 million, effectively matching every dollar donated through the U.S. Venture Open in 2020. "We all miss the celebration and fellowship of group events, but our collective resources are absolutely critical right now," said Greg Vandenberg, director of giving and community engagement for U.S. Venture. "Rising unemployment, the economic downturn and other effects of the pandemic are hitting at-risk populations the hardest."