http://www.cbs58.com/features/making-milwaukee-great RSS Feed for WDJT - Features - Making Milwaukee Great en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 13:14:15 GMT http://www.cbs58.com/features/making-milwaukee-great/Milwaukee-Truck-Drivers-Reach-Impressive-Milestone-208114461.html Imagine going your entire life without making one mistake at your job. Three Milwaukee truck drivers have accomplished just that! http://www.cbs58.com/features/making-milwaukee-great/Wisconsin-Vision-207398911.html Hundreds of Milwaukee public school children are seeing better thanks to Wisconsin Vision. http://www.cbs58.com/features/making-milwaukee-great/Mentor-Program--206569551.html They're too young to have a real job, but some local middle school students sure feel like they do. The students are part of a mentoring program put together by the Glendale-River Hills School District and the Bayshore Town Center Foundation. http://www.cbs58.com/features/making-milwaukee-great/March-of-Dimes-204085801.html More than one million babies worldwide died last year because they were born too soon and 14 million more struggled to survive. On Saturday, April 27th, you have a chance to give hope to babies born too soon by participating in the "March For Babies" walk in Milwaukee. http://www.cbs58.com/features/making-milwaukee-great/Milwaukee-Day-202739911.html Sunday is your chance to celebrate everything you love about this city. It's Milwaukee Day! http://www.cbs58.com/features/making-milwaukee-great/MS-Run-The-US-201941521.html A Brookfield woman will soon run the equivalent of six marathons in six days. It's part of a coast to coast relay to raise money and awareness for Multiple Sclerosis, a disease that affects her family. http://www.cbs58.com/features/making-milwaukee-great/Lissys-Place-201067201.html There’s a special home in Milwaukee that most people don’t know about. It’s called Lissy’s Place. It’s a safe haven for young women who are homeless, abused or have grown out of the foster care system. It might sound like a shelter, but it’s much more. http://www.cbs58.com/features/making-milwaukee-great/Our-Town-America-199853671.html It can be stressful to pack up everything and move to a new neighborhood or city. Our Town America is trying to lessen that stress by welcoming people when they move to the Milwaukee area. http://www.cbs58.com/features/making-milwaukee-great/College-Possible-198984921.html Every year in Wisconsin nearly 2,000 people dedicate themselves to serving the community as part of AmeriCorps. In Milwaukee, 26 of those people work with a local non-profit called College Possible that's committed to helping local kids get a higher education. http://www.cbs58.com/features/making-milwaukee-great/Milwaukee-Pets-Alive-196902471.html Every year about seven-thousand animals are killed in Milwaukee County. They have to be put down because they don't have a home and there's not enough room to keep them. Now a fairly new non-profit organization, Milwaukee Pets Alive, is working to change that.