Beneficiary Designations

Beneficiary Designations  Your support for the neighbors served by LSS can continue even beyond your lifetime when you name LSS or the LSS Foundation as a primary or secondary beneficiary of an asset such as your retirement plan, insurance policy, commercial annuity, or donor advised fund. The process is quick and easy. It typically requires nothing more than completing a simple form provided by your plan or policy administrator. It costs you nothing now, and it’s a planned…

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Donor Advised Funds

Donor Advised Funds  With a donor advised fund (DAF), you establish a charitable giving account through a contribution to a fund administrator. If you have a DAF, you can recommend a one-time grant or recurring grants to support the work of Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.   To Recommend a Grant to LSS  Contact your fund administrator to recommend a grant to LSS. The process may vary, but most fund…

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Bequest Gifts

Bequest Gifts  Your will is a simple tool you can use for protecting your loved ones and for ensuring that your wishes are carried out in the future. A bequest in your will is perhaps the easiest way to leave a lasting legacy of care for the people, places, ministries, and charities that have meant the most to you.  By leaving a bequest to the LSS Foundation Endowment, you’ll continue to provide help to neighbors served by LSS even beyond…

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LSS Announces 2025 Annual Heroes Awardees

Thank you again for joining us at the LSS Heroes Celebration! The 2025 Civic Hero Award was awarded to the Kelben Foundation, with Laura Kellner Lueck and Kristin Kellner Schultz accepting on behalf of the Foundation. The 2025 Individual Caregiver Hero Award in Honor of Marty Schreiber was awarded to Yolanda Shaw, mother and mental health advocate. LSS…

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LSS Launches Renovation of Shuttered Treatment Center

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LSS Launches Renovation of Shuttered Treatment Center Wisconsin Non-profit held an event to “turn the lights back on” in Chippewa Falls CHIPPEWA FALLS, WIS. Oct. 27, 2025 — Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan (LSS) has officially begun renovations on the former Libertas Center in Chippewa Falls. The center closed…

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Uniting Hearts for Recovery in Northwest Wisconsin

Love Big: Uniting Hearts for Recovery in Northwest Wisconsin LSS is kicking off renovations at the former Libertas Center. You’re invited to help us mark this very special occasion! The lights are coming back on as LSS prepares to bring recovery programming back to Northwest Wisconsin. Be the first to see our plans, find out…

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LSS Supports New Affordable Townhomes on Madison’s West Side

MADISON, Wis., July, 28, 2025 — The City of Madison recently celebrated the completion of six new townhomes on Theresa Terrace, bringing much-needed affordable housing to the city’s west side. Replacing two aging and long-vacant duplexes, the new three-bedroom homes—each over 2,000 square feet—are permanently affordable to households earning up to 60% of the Area…

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