Specialties
Good News Project is a 40-year-old nonprofit organization with a vision of caring for the environment and each other, through three different programs.
As a DNR registered recycling collector, Good News Project’s E-Cycling Program provides a resource in Central Wisconsin to help keep electronic waste out of landfills by collecting and safely recycling outdated electronics. Valuable resources are reclaimed, toxins are kept out of our air and water, and nothing ends up in the landfill. In 2020 and 2024, our E-Cycling collection program was awarded an Electronics Collection Excellence Award by the Wisconsin DNR.
Our Health Equipment Lending Program (HELP) loans durable medical equipment like walkers, wheelchairs, and hospital beds to those in our community. Donated equipment is safety checked, repaired if needed, and sent through an industrial sanitizing machine and absorbed into the inventory of equipment, ready for lending to clients. HELP was mentioned in the Harvard Health Letter in March 2020 as being an accessible and user-friendly resource for people with durable medical equipment needs.
Good News Project facilitates international trips for volunteers with a heart for service. These trips to the West Indies focus on providing housing, education for sustainable living, and companionship for the poor. Due to travel restraints, service trips have been put on hold until 2024, though our efforts continue via donations of health equipment and other relief supplies.
History
Established in 1983.
Good News Project began in 1983 with a foundation in service trips to the West Indies. It has since evolved to also offer a Health Equipment Lending Program (HELP) and an e-CYCLING (Electronics Recycling) program to those in the central Wisconsin community.
Meet the Manager: Christine D.
Executive Director, Christine Daniels:
"I earned a Bachelor of Science degree at St. Norbert College in 1998. During my senior year of college, I traveled with Good News Project to the island of St. Vincent and my life was forever changed. Now a 23 year staff member at Good News Project, I have seen the organization grow from an office in the founder’s basement to a busy and rapidly changing office and warehouse just north of downtown Wausau. In fact, I have seen so much growth that we are now in the midst of a Capital Campaign to make structural changes on site in order to better serve our community. It is exciting for me to use my education in the sciences everyday at Good News Project. I serve on the Emergency Food & Shelter Program board through United Way and am an active member of Wausau Noon Optimists."
