Dear ABLE Friends,
We are so excited to invite you to this year’s 61st anniversary ABLE annual fundraising and volunteer recognition luncheon. Celebrate with us our 61st year of giving braille, tactile and audio access to people who are blind, low vision or print disabled. We have an exciting program planned for you. Please honor us with your presence. Come celebrate with us.
Please join us at the Italian Community Center, Thursday, November 5, 2026 11:30A.M.
Also we would love to have you join our fabulous sponsor team.
You would be joining:
Audio and Braille Advocates, $3,000
Beyond Vision
Industries for the Blind
Book Builder, $2,000
Ann Johnston, ABLE Board Director
Diana & Rich Pine
Literacy Leader, $1,000
Anonymous
Monika Bachhuber, Kristina Paris & Margit Schatzman – in memory of Erna Schatzman
William Meeker & Cheryl Orgas
Wisconsin Talking Book and Braille Library
Education Enhancer, $500
Goyke & Associates
Neil Jaehnert, ABLE Audio Volunteer
RitzHolman, CPAs
Town Bank, N.A.
Page Turner, $250
Kathy Jeans Glaser
Jennifer Wenzel, ABLE Board President
Tom Littelmann, ABLE Audio Volunteer
Celebrating 61 Years of Service to the Community!
Save the date!
Get this fabulous event on your calendar.
ABLE Annual Awards Luncheon & Benefit
Thursday, November 5, 2026
11:30a.m. to 1:00p.m. (registration at 11:15a.m.)
The Italian Community Center – Festa Ballroom
631 East Chicago Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
You won’t want to miss the 2026 ABLE Annual Awards Luncheon & Benefit! Together we will celebrate 61 years of serving the audio, braille, and tactile needs of blind and print disabled people in our community and beyond. Join us in honoring and acknowledging our dedicated and loyal volunteers.
$60 per person.
Complimentary for ABLE volunteers and the students and teachers ABLE serves.
Menu:
CITRUS CHICKEN BREAST (GF)
Boneless chicken breast, Spinach, Yukon Gold Potato Puree, Citrus-Butter Sauce
-or-
GRILLED POLENTA CAKE (VG, GF)
Wild Mushroom and Leek Fricassée, Spinach, Charred Tomato Sauce
Sponsor a student
Event Sponsorships Available
Register before October 21st!
Come celebrate with us, come enjoy a great meal, come help us fundraise for this worthy cause: getting braille, audio and tactiles into the hands of blind and print disabled individuals.
RSVP here: https://www.ablenow.org/news-events/annual-luncheon/
Sponsorship opportunities here: https://www.ablenow.org/news-events/annual-luncheon/sponsorship-opportunities/