Pay-It -Forward
Chef Ace Champion has donated to over 40 charity organizations in raising over $20,000 ant thousands of hours in labor. My vision is to make a difference in this world one event at a time. Ace believes giving truly is receiving. See below some of the events Champion has donated in.
Champion Charity Events
1. March of Dimes charity event- (Donated Time & Money)- March 2012
2. Reach Counseling charity event (Dessert Competition) Award: Best International & Best Over All- (Donated Time & Money)- April 2013
3. LGBT kids charity event- (Donated Private Dinner) - January 2014 raised over $1,000
4. Kids Museum Healthy Kids charity Event (Health Kids Dish Competition) Award: Top 8 Winner” & “Grand Prize Winner” -(Donated Demo, Serving & Time)- March 2014
5. Boys & Girls Club charity event- (Donated Private Dinner)- April 2014
6. Lake-shore Culinary Institute Scholarship fundraiser-(Donated Time/Money)-May 2014
7. Fox Valley Tech Motivational Speech-(Donated Lecture, Time & Cooking Class)-February 2014
8. UW Fox Valley Scholarship charity event-(Donated Cooking Demo & Money) November 2014
- The Ahman Green Foundation fundraiser (Donated Gift Basket) December 2014
9. The Giving Tree charity event- (Donated Cooking Class, Money & Gift Basket)- March 2015 raised over $1,000
June-tenth Festival- African Association-charity awareness event-(Donated Cooking Class/Money)-June 18 2015 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=548981781948065&set=a.205982952914618.1073741825.100005087437577&type=3&theater
10. Minnesota Pork Association (Flavor Pitch Recipe Competition) Best out of 10 Winner & Grand Prize Winner” (Donated Time & Money)- May 2015
11. Fox Valley Tech fee event-(Donated Lecture & Cooking Demo)-September 2015
12. Ahman Green Foundation charity event (Donated Time & Gift Basket) raised over $200 December 2015
13. Wisconsin Pork Association charity event (Competition) Award: “Top 8 Winner” & “People’s Choice” Donated Time & Money (Donated Time & Money)- January 2016 - https://www.facebook.com/ace.champion.94/media_set?set=a.1060713060639368.1073741870.100001020526244&type=3
14. Boys & Girls Club-free event-(Donated Cooking Class & Lecture) January 2016
15. Giving Tree Foundation charity event (Donated Cooking Class & Money) March 2016 raised over $1,200
16. Christian Academy charity event (Donated Private Dinner) March 2016 raised over $500
17. Make A Wish Foundation charity event-(Donated private Cooking Class/Money)-June 2016 https://snt147.mail.live.com/mail/ViewOfficePreview.aspx?messageid=mgJBA_skcR5hGorQAhWterag2&folderid=flinbox&attindex=1&cp=-1&attdepth=1&n=34109200 raised over $1,000
18. MDA Muscle Team gala charity event-(Donated Private Cooking Class, Money, Demonstration)-June 2016
Junetenth Festival-African Association charity awareness event-(Donated Cooking Class/Motivational Speech/Money)-June 201619. United Cerebral Palsy charity event-(Donated Private Dinner)-August 2016 raised over $1.000
20. UW Fox Valley Scholarship fundraiser event-(Donate Cooking Demo & Money)-October 2016
21. Reach Counseling Just Desserts Fundraiser & Desert Competition-(Donated Money/Food/Time) March 2016 https://www.facebook.com/ace.champion.94/media_set?set=a.1127798187264188.1073741876.100001020526244&type=3
22. House of Hope Packer Gala-Donated Sushi Cooking Classes) September 2016 raised over $500
23. Cancer Association Dancing with The Starts -(Donated Private Dinner) January 2017 raised over $1,000
24. Scholarship for Kids/Menasha High School-(Donated Private Cooking Class) January 2017 raised over $500
25. Production Farm Foster Care-(Donated a Full Cooking Show with Kids) January 2017
26. American Heart Association fundraiser awareness"Heart Ball"(Donated Appearance/money). April 2017
27. American Stroke Association "Go Red For Women"(Donated Knifes Skills Lesson & Fashion Show). May 2017
28. The Giving Tree-Homeless & Food Pantry (Donated 3 cooking classes-Raised 4,300.) April 2017
29. Department of Corrections-Early Childhood Education, ALICE low-income housing assistance and 2-1-1 Community Health Resources. Donated Cooking Class for 8 people. June 2017 raised over $1,000
30. Life Promotions fundraiser event-Donated cooking class for 8 people. June 2017 (Northern, WI) raised over $1,000
31. Fox Valley Memory Project for those experiencing early stage dementia, mild memory loss or cognitive impairment as well as family and friends of those affected. Donated Cooking Demo for 40. June 2017 (Appleton, WI)
32. Mike Daniel's "House of Hope"for housing and resources for young mothers. Donated Sushi cooking class, time & money. September 2017 (Green Bay, WI) raised over $1,000.
33. 12th annual Celebrate Sisterhood. Provides services for special needs such as autism, down syndrome ad physical challenges. Donated live demo, time, money, & (2) Private Cooking Class for 8 people. October 2017 (Appleton. WI) raised over $4,200
34. Woodside Senior Communities Fundraiser. To help enhance the lives of the elderly. Donated Dinner for 8 people. October, 2017 (Green Bay, WI) raised over $1,000
35. 28th Annual CP Auction. CP supports more than 2,000 infants, children, adults and seniors - in Northeast Wisconsin - with various physical, developmental and communication conditions each year. Donated Private Cooking Class for 8,money, & time. October, 2017 (WI) raised over $1,000
36. Cerebral Palsy INC. Supports people with Cerebral Palsy disorder. Donated time and cooking class for 8 people. September, 2017 (Green Bay, WI)
37. Roncalli High School-Helps kids in need and scholarships. August, 2017 (Manitowoc, WI)
38. Annual International Food Fair. St. Francis Private School. Raise money for the culinary program-Donated Private Cooking Class for 8, money & Time. November, 2017 (Manitowoc, WI)
39. Baraboo Boys & Girls Club Demo & Promotion of new cookbook (Co-Author) Donated time, money, & Episode of tv show May, 2018 (Baraboo, WI)
40. Go Red (De Pere, High Fundraiser-Donated Dinner for 8 and raise $2,500 February, 2018 (De Pere, WI)
41. Haiti Group Fundraiser-Donated Dinner for 6- raised $1,000 - February, 2018 (Green Bay, WI)
42. The Giving Tree Food Fundraiser-Donated dinner for 8 and raised $4,300 - March, 2018 (Howard, WI)
43. Big Brother Big Sisters Fundraiser-Book signing @ Barnes & Noble June. 2018 (Green Bay, WI)
44. Mike Daniel's "TouchDown for Hope"housing and resources for mothers. Donated Sushi cooking class, time=money. October 2018 (Green Bay, WI)
45. CP Auction-Donated Cooking Class for 8 - October, 2018 (Appleton WI.
46. St Francis Food Fair-Donated Cooking Class for 8 - October, 2018 (Green Bay, WI)
47. Roncalli High School Scholarship fundraiser-Donated Cooking Class- November, 2018
48. Unhinged Art Program-Donated time/product/money-October 2018
49. Cupcake Wars-Catholic Nativity Middle School-Donated time/money/episode-February 2019 (Green Bay, WI)
50. Unhinged Art Program-Donated time/money/episode-January 2019 (Green Bay, WI)
51. Baraboo Boys and Girls club episode-Donated time/money/tv episode. January 2019 (Green Bay, WI)
52. Howe Community-Donated time/money/tv commercial-February 2019 (Green Bay, WI) - $3,000
53. ProStart Culinary Program-Donated visionary motivational speaking/time/money-April 2019 (Green Bay, WI)
54. The Giving Tree-Donated private dinner/time/money-April 2019 (Howard, WI)
55. Domestic Chef-Donated visionary motivational speaking/time/money-April 2019 (Manitowoc, WI
56. Roncalli High School-Donated cooking class for 8 people-Manitowoc, WI
57. Haiti Fundraiser-Donated private dinner for 8 people-April 2019 (Green Bay, WI)
58. Rally for a Reason-Donated Cookbooks-April 2019 (Green Bay, WI)
59. Dons Assistant Living Fundraiser-Donated Personal Dinner for 10 people-April 2019 (Appleton, WI)
60. St Francis Food Fair-Donated Cooking Class for 8 people/time/money-March 2019 (Green Bay, WI
61. The Service League-Donated cooking class for 8 people/time/money-April 2019 - 1,000 (Green Bay, WI)
62. Institute of Christ the King fundraiser-Donated Dinner & Cooking Class for 8 people-April 2019 (De Pere, WI)-$1,000
62. NWTC Small Business Summit - Keynote Speaker
63. Bags of Hope- Teaching, demo - October 2020 - $8,000 (Jamesville, WI)
63. CP Auction-Donated (2) privet dinners for 8 - January 2020 - $3,000 (Green Bay, WI)
64. Exceptional Equestrians - Private dinner for 32 - January 2020 - $8,500 (Green Bay, WI)
65. Astor Park Association - Wine Tasting/Food- January 2020-$2,400 (Green Bay, WI)
66. Howe Community- Dinner, teaching, Advertising - January 2020 - $3,500 (Green Bay, WI)
67. Xavier Catholic Schools - Annual Fundraiser, Private Dinner - January 2020 - $5,500 (Appleton, WI) https://www.xaviercatholicschools.org/giving/events
68. Feed the Need - Demo, advertising, teaching high school - January 2020 (Appleton, WI)
69. Feeding America - Demo, advertising, teaching high school - January 2020 (Appleton, WI)
70. Roncalli High School Scholarship fundraiser-Donated Cooking Class- $1,000 - March 2020 (Manitowoc, WI)
71. Bags of Hope-Janesville School district-Donated cooking vr demo and vr class-Raised 15,000- Oct. 2020(Janesville, WI)
72. The Giving Tree-Donated private dinner/time/money-$5,000 March 2010 (Howard, WI)
73. Roncalli High School Scholarship fundraiser-Donated Cooking Class- $1,000 - March 2021 (Manitowoc, WI)
74. Taste of Wine & Cheese-Boys and Girls Club-Donate cooking video, cooking class & private dinner-(February 2021-Green Bay WI)
Black History Month Green Bay West High School-Business owner guess speaker (February 2021-Green Bay, WI)
Northeastern WI Culinary Pro Start-Guest mentor speaker-(March 2021-Northeastern, WI)
The Giving Tree-Donated private dinner/time/money-$6,000 April 2021 (Howard, WI)
Nursing Home-Donated private dinner for 8-April 2021 (Appleton, WI)
Feeding America Annual Fundraiser-Donated cooking video filming, VR cooking experience, money, etc. April 2021-(Green Bay, WI)
Core Demotic Violence Annual Fundraiser-Donated Live cooking VR Demo-May 2021-(Manitowoc, WI)
Bags of Hope-Janesville School district-Donated cooking demo/motivation speaking-Raised 15,000- Oct. 2021-`(Janesville, WI)
City of Green Bay-Economic Development Authority (EDA)-Vice Chair Member-Time, consulting, voting, resources, etc.(Green Bay-December 2021) active member
City of Green Bay- Redevelopment Authority (RDA)-Board Member Time, consulting, voting, resources, etc.(Green Bay-December 2021) active member
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation-Donated dinner for 8--(National/Green Bay-Raised 2,900-January 2022)
Pay it Forward Ethiopian Food Truck-Board Member-time-money-consulting- (Green Bay/Ethiopia-Feb. 2022)
Northeastern Wisconsin Tech Fund Board-Active Board Member-Time, consulting, resources, etc.- (Green Bay-February 2022) active member
ABA Jr Excellence Career Day at Father Allouez-Donated time/motivation/wisdom, etc.- (Green Bay-Feb. 2022)
Washington Elementary School -Career day motivation- (Green Bay-Feb. 2022)
Howard/Suamico School District-Health and Wellness Seminar Speaker-March 2022)
Wisconsin Culinary Pro Start-Mentoring workshop for over 300 high school inspiring to be chefs and motivation speaking-(Green Bay-April 2022)
Boys & Girls Club-Health and Wellness Seminar Speaker-(Green Bay-April 2022)
The Giving Tree-Donated time/motivation/money/dinner for 8. (Howard/Suamico-April 2022)
Hope & Olive Gala Fundraiser for Cancer/Reconstruction-Donated Dinner- Raised $2,000- (June 2022)
Bags of Hope-Janesville School district-Donated cooking demo- Oct. 2022 - October 2022- (Janesville, WI)
JDRF Gala Auction-Donated dinner-Raised $2,220- October 2022 - (Green Bay, WI)
Paws N Claws animal Rescue-Donated Dinner - Raised $2,500-November 2022 - (Appleton, WI)
Roncalli High School Scholarship fundraiser-Donated dinner- Raised $4,000 - March 2022- (Manitowoc, WI)
Roncalli High School Scholarship fundraiser-Donated dinner- Raised $4,400 - April 2023 - (Manitowoc, WI)
St. Mark School Auction-Donated Dinner-Raised $2,000January 2023 (Green Bay, WI)
Bayport Middle School Career Day-Donated Time and advice-January 2023- (Green Bay, WI)
Nursing Senior Home - Donated time for music playing therapy- January 2023 - (Green Bay, WI)
Nursing Senior Home-Donated time for music playing therapy- January 2023 - (Green Bay, WI)
Langlade Middle School Career Day-Donated Time and advice-February 2023- (Green Bay WI)
Hope & Olive Gala Fundraiser for Cancer/Reconstruction-Donated Dinner- Raised $2,000- (June 2023)
Wisconsin Culinary Pro Start Competition -Entrée Tasting Judge-March-2023- (Appleton, WI)
The Giving Tree- Donated Dinners-April 2023 - (Howard/Suamico)
WPS Volunteer Awards-Donated time as Judge-April 2023 - (Green Bay, WI)
Advocacy Awards for Domestic valencene & Mental Health-Donated Musical Therapy- April 2023 - (Green Bay, WI)
Rock Da Dock Music Festival Fundraiser-Donated money and music time-September
Sound of Soul Music Concert-Donated time of music performance-July 2023 - (Green Bay, WI)
Doty Elementary 5th Grade Summer Class-Donated cooking demo, motivational speech and sound therapy-July 2023 - (Green Bay, WI)
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