Congratulations to the Madison Reading Project, which won the Women’s Bracket, and Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin, which took home the win for the Men’s Bracket in the 2025 True North Consultants Charity Challenge!
The Charity Challenge was created to support and raise awareness in all the communities in which True North Consultants operates. Creating a community entails becoming involved in it in various ways. Commitment to volunteering, time, and financial support is deeply ingrained in their culture. In general, they utilize the enthusiasm surrounding the annual NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship Tournaments to share this fantastic event with our clients and partners, showcasing the excellent work each of their selected charities does.
However, this year’s new addition was the inclusion of the Women’s Bracket. By hosting both the Men’s and Women’s competitions this year, True North Consultants elevated the event to another level. As a result, participants and the participating charities were given two chances to win. True North awarded $2,500 to each of the winning charities at the competition’s conclusion, totaling $5,000 in donations to the charities selected by the Men’s and Women’s bracket winners with the highest post-competition point totals.
Additionally, True North Consultants would like to congratulate Dan Milewsky, with Pace® Analytical, on winning the Men’s Bracket and Carole Schaeffer, with JLA Architects, on winning the Women’s Bracket in this year’s March Madness® Charity Challenge. Carole selected the Madison Reading Project to receive the 2025 True North Consultants Charity Challenge donation, having achieved the highest total score. Dan, on the other hand, selected the Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin. Thanks to Carole and Dan’s outstanding bracket-picking skills, each winner of the 2025 True North Consultants Charity Challenge received a $2,500 prize.
Unquestionably, being able to contribute to the Madison Reading Project (MRP) is an honor for True North. Since its founding, MRP has grown to help thousands of families, schools, and community organizations by offering free book distribution and engaging, enjoyable reading programs to teachers and kids. MRP offers free books and reading materials to the larger Dane County community.
Subsequently, it is a privilege for True North to once more help the Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin. Since 1986, Second Harvest has distributed approximately 241 million meals to the communities it serves. They think that everyone should have equal access to healthy, affordable, and culturally appropriate food. They provide the community’s hungry with nutritious food to help them thrive through their vital services, including food distribution, acquisition, and storage, as well as FoodShare Outreach.
True North Consultants would like to thank all our partners, clients, and vendors who participated in the 15th Annual True North Charity Challenge, which was a huge success once again. We also want to congratulate all of the nonprofit organizations that joined with True North this year, as the True North Consultants Charity Challenge continues to be a special and one-of-a-kind event.
The following charitable organizations partnered with True North Consultants for the Charity Challenge:
- Anti-Cruelty
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County
- Greater Chicago Food Depository
- Second Harvest FoodBank of Southern Wisconsin
- Madison Reading Project
- Make-A-Wish® Illinois
- Make-A-Wish® Wisconsin
- Special Olympics Illinois
- Special Olympics Wisconsin
- Susan G. Komen®
Please take a moment to learn more about each organization and its mission. Information on each organization will remain accessible through our website for several weeks.
About True North Consultants
Established in 2008, True North Consultants represents a unique assembly of science and engineering professionals dedicated to providing sustainable site development and resource management solutions. It is seen as an environmental consulting group well-versed in mitigating the environmental risks you may face.