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George & Kathy Schneider Two evenings each week for the past 13 years, George Schneider and other volunteer physicians, typically after a full day of seeing patients, have treated people without health insurance at the Greater Milwaukee Free Clinic. As of January 2009 the clinic will treat its 20,000th patient. That clinic depends partly on doctors, nurses and others who volunteer their time and skills to help some of the most vulnerable people in society. Hundreds of doctors have volunteered at the clinic at 9330 W. Lincoln Ave. in West Allis over the years. No one has put in more time than Kathy and George Schneider. Kathy Schneider started the clinic in 1995 and has kept it afloat for more than a dozen years. She typically works about 30 hours a week, handling everything from cleaning to scavenging for supplies and prescription drugs to ensuring the clinic has enough money to pay the rent and keep the lights on. George Schneider, an internal medicine specialist, is the clinic’s medical director. He has volunteered his time two evenings a week for most of the years that the clinic has been open. The clinic handles about 2,500 patient visits a year. It draws on a network of about 45 volunteer physicians. In addition, doctors often will arrange for other hospitals to provide charity care if a patient requires surgery. But Kathy Schneider gets the credit for running the clinic on a meager budget. The clinic has spent less than $650,000 since it opened and has seen over 20,000 patients. Marty McLeod-Boville Marty McLeod-Boville has been a dedicated community member for years. When the West Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce was in existence she was their secretary, she was in this position for over 10 years. When the West Milwaukee Chamber joined with West Allis she became involved in the West Allis/West Milwaukee Chamber. Marty is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the Chamber. Marty is on the Forks & Corks Committee, she also Co-Chaired the Gala committee for many years. Marty is a current member of the West Milwaukee Community Development Authority. Year after year Marty volunteers to help with the Golden Agers Christmas party. She was also an active member of the Centennial Committee for West Milwaukee in 2006. While her children were in High School in the 1990’s at Wisconsin Lutheran, Marty was very involved with the schools auction. This past year, she was again involved in the event creating all the centerpieces for the event. Along with all her community service she is a Funeral Director and owned the Ermec-McLeod Funeral home. Her Funeral home merged and became Alstadt Tyborski, Ermec and McLeaod Funeral Home. The Funeral Home is currently owned by Heritage Funeral Homes. Marty is married to Jeff Boville and is the proud mother of three sons Michael, Patrick and Nick and 1 daughter Brigitte. Marty is awaiting the birth of her 7th grandchild in April. LifeTime Credit Union LifeTime Credit Union contributes to the community by donating to local charities, fundraisers and school events throughout the year for the benefit of West Allis and the Greater Milwaukee area. LCU also contributes by: Providing free tax preparation services to low-income filers from Jan. through mid-April; Major sponsorship of the Fox Co. Marine Families “April Showers” in honor of hundreds of family members of deployed Marines; Joint sponsorship of the Annual Veteran’s Day Parade on Nov. 8, 2008; Providing annual support to The WAWM School District, including the underwriting of the WAWM Schools’ History Book; Paying tuition for local high school teachers to attend summer workshops that improve their ability to offer personal finance instruction in the classroom. Chartered in 1935 to serve the employees of the City of West Allis, the WAWM School District and their families, LCU has become a full service Financial Institution, serving nearly 4,000 members. GE Healthcare Each year, GE Healthcare participates in "Community Service Day", where they partner with Milwaukee Public Schools in August to prepare community schools for the first day of school. This can include painting, landscaping, cleaning, individual room preparation, and anything else that the school needs. Hundreds of employees support this event each year. GE Healthcare has supported "The Gathering" food shelter with a donation of milk each month, and has done so for several years. GE Healthcare is committed to "green" improvements, and has made significant strides over the past two years, including: water use reduction of 15 mil. gallons per year, with an additional 25 mil. gallon reduction planned for 2009; Relighting of manufacturing floor saved 1.3 Mkwh by changing to florescent lighting; and Air compressors controls upgrade saved nearly 400,000 kwh per year. They have always been generous with their contributions to the annual Golden Agers Christmas Party. They make not only a large cash donation, but also send a group of employees to help assist with food service at the party. This past year GE came through for West Milwaukee and purchased a “Welcome to West Milwaukee” sign.
Prior Business of the Year Recipients:
1993-Sullivan Dental; 1994-American Industrial; 1995-Motor Castings; 1996-Rupena’s Foods & Catering; 1997-SueShar’s Restaurant; 1998-Homan’s Jewelers; 1999-D.C. Ellington; 2000-The Village at Manor Park; 2001-Quad Graphics; 2002-Majdecki’s Sentry; 2003-Hub Chrysler Jeep South; 2004-Creative Graphics; 2005-Whitnall Summit; 2006-TDS Metrocom; 2007 P&H Mining Equipment; Laura's Hallmark (WA); Culver's (WM).
Previous Citizen of the Year Recipients:
1984 Len Szudy; 1985 Reginald Hislop, Jr.; 1986 Warren “Bud” Hirschinger; 1987 Gerald Weinberg; 1988 Frank Maydak; 1989 Don Charlier; 1990 Marge Menzel; 1991 Chester Mikolajek; 1992 Jerry Fusek; 1993 Lee Facchinello; 1994 Joyce Ann Radke; 1995 Robert Thompto; 1996 Al Knief; 1997 Frank Strumberger; 1998 Joyce Rowell; 1999 Joyce Halliburton; 2000 Barbara Barthel; 2001 Joyce O’Donnell; 2002 Karen Jasniewski; 2003 Joe Kempen; 2004 Patricia Wolfe; 2005 Jim Mejchar; 2006 Diane Brandt; 2007 Pat Morris, Joanie Luedke (WA); Tom and Judy Fell (WM).
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