Editor’s Note: The following was provided by Whitewater Unites Lives (WUL).

Renea Gardner-Zuehlke is a Hometown Hero, and was nominated by Mary Sue Reutebuch “For her fiscal organization and dedication behind the scenes to the Mind the Gap program which has allowed WUL to work within a not-for-profit status and support local children.”

Mind the Gap is a program that raises funds to purchase gift cards during the summer when our school lunch programs will not be operating. Whitewater Unites Lives (WUL) uses community support to meet this need and raised the donations to fund the purchase of gift cards that homeless and impoverished families will use to buy groceries. 

Renea and the UCC Congregational Church had helped with Mind the Gap until the closing of the church.  WUL is grateful to the First English Lutheran Church for taking over this important work. 

WUL (Whitewater Unites Lives) is a locally-focused civil and human rights group that works to connect the people in our community and to create opportunities for all people to learn and support each other in our common humanity.   

Anyone who would like to nominate a local hero of any age should send their nomination, with a short description, to whitewaterunites@gmail.com