Chrysalis 844 Williamson St., Madison, WI 53703 Phone - (608) 256-3102   Fax - (608) 256-3103 Creating and supporting work opportunities for individuals with mental illness

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Past Events Since 1980, Chrysalis has been involved with the Madison community by hosting charitable events, winning prestigious awards and donating time and resources. 2001 - Mental Health Center Certificate This award was given by the Mental Health Center of Dane County, Inc. for providing work opportunities to person with disabilities. 6/21/2005 - Veteran of Foreign Wars Award After providing service to more than 900 area veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States gave Chrysalis an award for it's "continuous distinguished service" for promoting the rehabilitation goals of veterans who have long-term mental illness. 9/15/2005 - State of Wisconsin Citation Given by the State Assembly, Chrysalis was commended for its extraordinary commitment to serving over 125 Dante County clients per year. Representatives Spencer Black, Scott R. Jensen and Stephen J. Freese all signed the citation. 9/15/2005 - Open House and 25th Anniversary Crestwood Elementary School third grade students created colorful butterfuly collages to display at Chrysalis' 25th Anniversary Open House. 8/31/2006 - Madison Community Foundation Grant Through its John A. Johnson Foundation, the Madison Community Foundation provided a grant to fund building renovations (painting, shelving), office equipment (copy machine) and technological advancements (computers & networking). 9/16/2006 - Dane Net IT Provides Technology Support Chrysalis had two excellent and knowledgeable volunteers from the Dane Net “IT Day of Service” At the end of a very long day, we had five computers set-up and networked to a server, and we had DSL up and running!!! Chrysalis was officially welcomed into the 21st Century! 12/06/2006 - Chrysalis Holiday Giveaway Every year Chrysalis holds a holiday party to celebrate the great accomplishments of our consumers. This year the party was held at Immanuel Lutheran Church. We had food, music, a raffle, award certificates and most importantly, good company & conversation. All of our food and raffle prizes were donated by area businesses. 2/12/2007 - United Way Volunteer Award Five of our Work Center volunteers won the "Someone Special Volunteer Award." They were chosen because of the enormous amount of time, dedication, and service have provided for the Madison community. 2/13/2007 - Capitol Times Newspaper Article The Cap. Times ran an article to highlight the work of our five Someone Special Volunteer Award winners. 5/28/2007 - Chrysalis Helps Support Bratfest This year, six people volunteered on behalf of Chrysalis at Bratfest. We helped sell brats, check bikes, and wash towels and aprons. Bratfest donated about $250- to Chrysalis in return for our volunteer efforts. It was great fun and will be a yearly event/fundraiser for Chrysalis! 7/2007 - Insty Footprint Fund Awarded Chrysalis was selected to receive one of Insty Prints first FOOTPRINT funds. We were awarded $1,000- worth of print services! Funds will print brochures and our first ever annual report! 8/2007 - Madison Originals Magazine Article A wonderful, four-page feature article was written in the August Issue of the magazine which highlighted our programs, services, staff, consumers, culture, and environment. 8/2007 - Brava Magazine Column Pete Lundberg mentioned Chrysalis in a column he writes for Brava magazine that focused on art and mental illnesses. A painting was also auctioned off at the Janus gallery with proceeds to benefit Chrysalis. 8/06/2007 - Chrysalis Summer Picnic Raffle This year, the event was held at Tenney Park for our consumers and staff. Lots of fun was had by all; we had delicious food and a very successful raffle. 8/28/2007 - United Way Day of Caring The support of eight volunteer members helped beautify - paint & clean - the Chrysalis building. 9/16/2007 - Resources Provided at Willy Street Fair Chrysalis staff and consumers spent the day talking to members of our community about the work we do and handed out brochures and other program information 9/30/2007 - First Ever Chrysalis Fundraiser Many Chrysalis friends, advocates, project providers, and new-comers joined for an afternoon gathering to celebrate our successes and to show their support for the Chrysalis future! The event was held at Rep. Spencer Black's home and was an unbelievable success; we garnered over $5,000! 10/14/2007 - Madison Hours and Chrysalis Fundraiser Chrysalis teamed up with Madison Hours, another Community Shares of Wisconsin member agency, for the 'Organic Vegan Pancake Feed' to make pancakes, have fun, and raise some money! Look for this again each summer!