Help Support Workplace Safety and Health
WisCOSH is an independent, non-profit oganization that works closely with the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, labor unions, individual workers, and other occupational safety and health groups across North America and around the world.
There are several ways you can help promote safer and healthier workplaces throughout Wisconsin. They include membership, donations and participating in fundraisers.
Membership
WisCOSH is the largest, independant, worker based organization in Wisconsin that makes worker safety and health top priority. We are not a government agency. Our strength depends on our members. The greater the membership the more effective WisCOSH can be. The bigger WisCOSH's membership the more clout WisCOSH has when discussing workplace safety and health issues with Wisconsin's elected officals in the state and federal level.
Membership in WisCOSH is a great way to help support workplace safety and health. Membership comes with some great privaleges such as our quarterly newsletter, our yearly Resource Directory and early notification of WisCOSH events.
Donations
WisCOSH is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and donations are tax deductable. There are several ways to make donations to help support WisCOSH and workplace safety and health in Wisconsin.
Direct Giving
You can make direct donations to WisCOSH. You can make monetary donations, donations of supplies, equipment and materials. WisCOSH can make use of new or like new office equipment and supplies. WisCOSH prints a large amount of handout materials and a donation to cover the costs of such can make a huge difference in what materials we can handout and how offten. Donations of transportation for events is also welcome.
Another method of giving could be to set up a trust or endowment for WisCOSH.
Workplace Giving
There are many valuable organizations that we all want to support and encourage, however, we often find it difficult to come up with the money we'd like to give to them. WisCOSH is a member of Community Shares of Greater Milwaukee, formerly AChoice, and is one of the choices available in the yearly workplace giving campaigns in many workplaces.
Workplace giving is one of the most effective ways to donate to WisCOSH since it allows you to spread out the payment over a whole year rather than trying to come up with the full amount at one time or remembering to write a check every month. It also allows you to give more since it is a smaller amount each pay period but which adds up to more support by the end of the year.
In the past donations to WisCOSH came from Community Shares of Greater Milwaukee through the United Way workplace giving campaigns through 'Donar Choice'. Milwaukee Shares is now running seperate campaign for workplace giving. Many companies will have presentations by United Way and Community Shares of Greater Milwaukee. Some may only run one or the other. If social, ecconomic and environmental justice issues are a concern of yours and you want your money spent in your community ask your companys Human Resources department to host a campaign with Community Shares of Greater Milwaukee or contact Community Shares directly to find out how you can give to your community.
You can support WisCOSH directly through regular payroll deduction in the fall 2008 workplace-giving programs at the following government offices and private businesses. Look for WisCOSH listed under the Community Shares of Greater Milwaukee umbrella. Please tell your friends who work in these locations that they also can support us through payroll deduction where they work!
Public Sector Combined Giving Campaigns (Govenment Offices and Educational Institutions)
| Public Sector Combined Campaign | Dates of campaign |
| Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) | Sept. 1 – Dec. 15 |
| Milwaukee County Combined Campaign | Sept. 22 – Oct. 17 |
| City of Milwaukee Combined Campaign | Sept. 23 – Oct. 21 |
| Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) | Oct. 14 – Nov. 14 |
| Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) | Sept. 8 – Oct. 10 |
| Suburban Municipalities & Schools | September and October |
Private Businesses Where Community Shares Is Holding A Campaign
| After Breast Cancer Diagnosis | Albiero Plumbing, West Bend | Alliance for Children and Families | Alzheimer’s Association * | American Red Cross | Aurora Healthcare |
| Beans & Barley | Big Brothers, Big Sisters | Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee | Business Journal | Community Advocates | Digicorp |
| Engberg Anderson Architects | Entercom Milwaukee | First Business Bank * | Gordon Flesch Company | Greater Milwaukee Foundation * | Harry W. Schwartz Booksellers |
| Hunger Task Force | IMPACT | Independence First * | Johnson Controls | Justice 2000 | Kaiser Group, Waukesha |
| Marcus Center for the Performing Arts | Metro Milwaukee Association of Commerce | Milwaukee Christian Center * | Milwaukee Magazine | Morgan Stanley | Mount Mary College |
| Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee | Nurses and Medical Staffing | One Wisconsin Now | Penfield Children’s Center | Previant Goldberg et al law firm | Reilly Penner & Benton |
| Ritz Holman | Small Business Times | UW Credit Union | Veolia (formerly United Water) | Wells Fargo | Wixon Industries |
| * Ran campaign in ’07; confirmation pending for ‘08 | |||||
Fundraising
Throughout the year WisCOSH has a few funraisers. Currently WisCOSH is selling Entertainment 09 books. Between now and December 15, 2008 WisCOSH is selling Entertainment 09 for the Milwaukee Metro Area and Southeastern WI. However if you would like one for another area of the state of Wisconsin or elsewhere in the country WisCOSH online sales can help. Purchasing Entertainment 09 is an excellent way to help support workplace safety and health and save money all year long when you shop, go out for dinner or visit Wisconsins many vacation and get away locations. When purchasing an Entertainment 09 book for other areas of Wisconsin or another state WisCOSH can still earn credit for the sale when you use our special online ordering area.