Cooking up a new nonprofit

Mel’s Charities and Happy Place Cooking Space in Cedarburg raised $41,551 last year through a matching grant program run by Mel’s Charities, money that will be used to construct an accessible teaching kitchen in Cedarburg intended to help people with disabilities learn to cook and connect in a space designed to meet their needs. Present to celebrate the fundraising efforts were (front row, from left) Adelyn Wagner, Jovie O’Brien, Emerson Wagner, Jack O’Brien, (back row) Happy Place Cooking Space Co-Executive Director Lauren O’Brien, Mel’s Charities Executive Director Tom Stanton, Andrea Acosta and Happy Place Cooking Space Co-Executive Director Sally Wagner.