When Tim Gehrmann washes windows as part of his job on the UW-Madison campus, he tackles one pane after another, until finally the payoff emerges: a wall of gleaming windows that makes life better for those looking out and those looking in. Gehrmann is one of more than a dozen campus facility repair workers who contributed more than $100 this year to Partners in Giving, the annual workplace campaign for state, university, and UW Hospital and Clinics employees that benefits more than 500 charities.
The workers? gifts were inspired in part by a challenge from their boss, campus services director Dave Grueneberg. Since 2005, Grueneberg has matched half or all of every dollar given to charity by his crews. This year, Grueneberg, who works two other jobs, will write a check for nearly $1,800.