Spa Shooting Survivor in 'Good Spirits' as Auction Aims to Help Her

The public is invited to bid on auction and raffle items at all six All About Learning day care centers, all to benefit Courtney Felecia Buss, a preschool teacher who was shot in the Azana Spa tragedy.

At three years old, the day care children really don't understand what happened to their teacher, Miss Courtney. They just know her leg was hurt but it's getting better and they helped her by doing what they could to help set up a center raffle and auction. The auction — which is open to the public through Monday and features coveted items like a shovel autographed by the "grave digger" former Green Bay Packer Gilbert Brown — is boosting the spirits of Miss Courtney, 22, who was one of the survivors of the Azana Salon & Spa mass shooting. Courtney Felecia Buss, a preschool teacher at All About Learning in Oconomowoc, also worked as a receptionist at Azana. She called the day care center on Monday, Oct. 22 to let them know she was at …

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Culver's Packed for Azana Spa Fundraiser

The newly opened Culver's in Elm Grove — around the corner from Azana Salon & Spa — was hopping Thursday after announcing it will donate 100% of its Thursday sales to the families of women killed in the spa shooting.

At lunch time Thursday, the drive-thru lines for the newly opened Culver's in Elm Grove were so long, cars backed out onto Bluemound Road. And inside the restaurant at dinner time, the place was packed. Why? The community rallied behind Culver's and its generous offer to donate 100% of all sales all day Thursday (10 a.m. to 10 p.m.) to the Azana Salon & Spa benefit fund for the children of the women killed in the spa shooting Oct. 21. Customers tried to eat quickly to give up their tables for more customers. Families waited patiently a few extra minutes as a bolstered staff worked quickly to deliver all orders. And while they waited, they could also buy raffle tickets organized by Red Oak Counseling of Elm Grove, who received a table full …

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St. Vincent de Paul Society Opens Bridal Store in Wauwatosa

Temporary store features more than 1,000 gowns donated by bridal business that closed its doors.

Police Report Fraudulent Solicitations for Victims of Irene

Telephone and e-mail requests are often scams, but donations can be made directly to reputable organizations.

The Wauwatosa police are asking citizens to be wary of scammers seeking fraudulent donations for victims of Hurricane Irene. A Tosa community support officer told Patch that the Police Department has received reports from the area of phony telephone solicitations, and a regional law enforcement network warns that internet frauds are also likely in the wake of Irene's devastation. With Tropical Storm Lee currently drenching New Orleans and the Gulf states and Hurricane Katia headed toward another possible strike in the Northeast, the likelihood of such scams will continue, the officer said. Truthful telephone solicitations for natural disaster are rare, and people should be skeptical of any such contacts because they are difficult to verify…

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