WESTERN DAIRYLAND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC
EIN 39-1076993 · Community Improvement & Capacity Building (S32Z)
What they do
WESTERN DAIRYLAND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL, INC. WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1966, UNDER THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT to HELP DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS IN BUFFALO, EAU CLAIRE, JACKSON, and TREMPEALEAU COUNTIES LOCATED IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE AGENCYS MISSION is to ALLEVIATE POVERTY RELATED CONDITIONS and PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES WHICH ENABLE PEOPLE to ADVANCE ECONOMICALLY and SOCIALLY.THE AGENCY WORKS WITH INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS to IMPROVE THE QUALITY of LIFE for ALL. THE AGENCY is GOVERNED BY A 24 MEMBER BOARD of DIRECTORS REPRESENTING A CROSS SECTION of THE COMMUNITY. EIGHT MEMBERS ARE LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, EIGHT ARE REPRESENTATIVES of THE LOW-INCOME POPULATION, and EIGHT ARE REPRESENTATIVES of COMMUNITY GROUPS and ORGANIZATIONS.COMMUNITY ACTION CHANGES PEOPLES LIVES, EMBODIES THE SPIRIT of HOPE, IMPROVES COMMUNITIES, and MAKES AMERICA A BETTER PLACE to LIVE. WE CARE ABOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, and WE ARE DEDICATED to HELPING PEOPLE HELP THEMSELVES and EACH
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1966
- Location
- 23122 WHITEHALL RD, INDEPENDENCE, WI 54747-7706
- County
- Trempealeau
- In care of
- % ANNA CARDARELLA