Community Engagement
Our focus on the community is a staple of how we run our business. And while it starts with best practices in real estate development, it goes beyond this to where people live and work. We actively engage with, support, and provide leadership for a number of charitable organizations and causes. Our team is actively involved and commits their time to organizations that are important to the community and close to their hearts.
Pat Connaughton Foundation
Sports teach kids lessons that resonate with them long after their playing days are over. They learn translatable life skills such as hard work, teamwork, leadership, accountability, anddiscipline. Most importantly, they have fun. For these reasons, the Pat Connaughton Foundation is committed to making sports accessible to student athletes across the world. To date, the Pat Connaughton Foundation has held 31 clinics and built/refurbished 33 basketball courts with more planned/underway. To learn more and to donate, visit www.patconnaughtonfoundation.org.
So Long to Leukemia
Since 2012, our Director of Accounting & Tax, Sarah Lemke, and her family have hosted the So Long to Leukemia golf outing to raise money in honor of Sarah’s Grandpa, Dave Miller, who passed from Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). To date, their fundraiser has raised over $500,000 which stays right here in Wisconsin helping patients and their families. This includes thousands in toys and books donated for children and their families in the Blood Center Unit at Froedtert Hospital and also the Dare to Dream project. To learn more about the organization and to donate, visit www.solongtoleukemia.org.
Breakthrough T1D
Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF) works to find better treatments, preventions, and ultimately a cure for Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and its complications through critical research. This cause is near and dear to our President, John Ford, as his son Carson was diagnosed with T1D at 13 months old. Since 2019, John has physically challenged himself each year to raise money for JDRF. Through events like walking/running for 24 hours straight, running 5 miles every day for a month, walking 100,000 steps in one day, and biking 200 miles – John has raised over $135k for JDRF! To learn more about T1D research and to donate, visit www.breakthrought1d.org.
Hunger Task Force
Impact Through Volunteering! Our team is proud to support Hunger Task Force through hands-on volunteer efforts, including packing stockboxes and sorting food. These efforts directly benefit local families and older adults, helping ensure access to healthy, nutritious food during the colder winter months when support is needed most. to learn more about Hunger Task Force’s mission and to donate, visit www.hungertaskforce.org.
Habitat For Humanity
Our team proudly joined the Sargento Cheese group to support Habitat for Humanity on one of their builds in Milwaukee. Habitat for Humanity works in more than 70 countries and has helped over 39 million people improve their living conditions since 1976. It is an honor for our staff to join the cause, get our hands dirty, and support the local Milwaukee community. To learn more and to donate, visit www.habitat.org.
Wisconsin Lutheran High School
Wisconsin Lutheran High School was facing a growing challenge in securing host families for its international students, limiting the number of students who could attend and fully engage in campus life. In partnership with the school, TLP helped create Honey Creek Apartments right on campus. This initiative has allowed 100+ students to attend WLHS, contributing to over 70 baptisms in four years and supporting the school’s growth from 720 to more than 930 students. By addressing a critical housing need, Honey Creek Apartments helps strengthen the school’s faith-based mission, academic excellence, and sense of community.
