TaDa Capital Campaign committee member Matt Luders gives a thumbs up to funding progress.
The Door
County Humane Society (DCHS) held a press conference on Monday, June 3,
2013 from 2:00 – 3:00 pm to kick-off its TaDa Capital Campaign—Take Care
of Deserving Animals.
The press conference showcased the new building
expansion recently opened at DCHS, located at 3475 Park Drive, Sturgeon
Bay, Wisconsin.
Last year
around this time we started a Kickstarter campaign to help us renovate
an old storage space into a working theatre. Because of the overwhelming
success of that campaign, we not only met our financial goal, but met
our overall goal of opening our new theatre to the public.
Now
that big storage space is home to a beautiful, 84-seat theatre, and Door
County's newest professional theatre troupe, TAP's Stage Door Theatre
Company.
Our goal this time is a bit more modest, but
nonetheless urgent. We are looking to raise funds to cover costs for
our season opener, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, the great American classic play
by Tennessee Williams, making our Kickstarter donors the major sponsors
for this production.
Selvick Marine tugboat Jimmy L assists 1000 ft. freighter James R. Barker through Sturgeon Bay bridges.
Due to a snowstorm in
February, the Door County Maritime Museum’s popular Speaker Series
extends into the spring this year. Weather postponed the scheduled
program by George Houde, one of the executive producers of last summer’s
“Great Lake Warriors” television series on the History Channel.
Never fear, the program has been rescheduled for Thursday, April 4, at the Sturgeon Bay museum beginning at 7 p.m.
My own “Y
Story” started when I was just two years old. My family had recently
moved to Door County and my mom took me to the Y to join and sign me up
for a toddler gym class. Now, fifteen years later, the Y is a big part
of my life. I have participated in everything from Saturday soccer, to
after school sports, to a homeschool gym class, to swim lessons, to
Pilates, and so much more. As a homeschooled student, the Y has been a
big part of my family’s physical activity as well as a place where we
have met many of our friends.
This year, I am honored to serve
as a youth member on the YMCA board as well as an official Y employee.
My volunteer work as a dance teaching assistant has grown into my job as
a head dance teacher for some of the smallest Y members. I enjoy being a
Y employee and I also enjoy my visits to the Y several times each week
to take classes, to volunteer for a program, or just to exercise.
The Door
County Maritime Museum’s popular Speaker Series resumes Thursday, Feb.
7, with a program presented by George Houde, one of the executive
producers of last summer’s “Great Lake Warriors” television series on
the History Channel.
The eight-installment series centered on
tug operations on the western Great Lakes. At the center of the series
was John Selvick, whose family is synonymous with tug boats on the
Sturgeon Bay waterfront. Both Selvick’s Calumet River Fleeting operation
in Chicago and Selvick tugs in Sturgeon Bay were featured in the weekly
program.
Carrie Counihan with Rich Zielke, Shipwrecked's brewmaster.
At the
stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, a brand new brown ale was
introduced at Shipwrecked Brew Pub, initiating a novel way to help the
DoorCounty Humane Society (DCHS). The unveiling of the new ale signaled
the beginning of the “Pet Project” series, a philanthropic effort by
Shipwrecked Brew Pub to help animals in need.
“Pet Project”
kicks off the series with an American Brown Ale brewed on-site at
Shipwrecked. Five hundred gallons were made, equaling 4,000 pints. Each
pint sells for $4.50 per glass, of which $1.00 will be donated to the
Humane Society. Sales of “Pet Project” pints will continue until the
500 gallons of ale are exhausted.
The Door
County Maritime Museum kicks off its 2012-2013 Maritime Speaker Series
Saturday evening, November 10, at 7 pm with a presentation by Dr. Lawson
Brigham at the museum in Sturgeon Bay.
Brigham is one of the
country’s leading experts on Arctic studies. He is currently the
Professor of Geography & Arctic Policy at the University of
Alaska-Fairbanks. A career U.S. Coast Guard officer, he commanded four
Coast Guard cutters, including the polar icebreaker Polar Sea. His
presentation will be a homecoming of sorts since Brigham was the first
commanding officer of the Mobile Bay, which is home ported in Sturgeon
Bay.
Third
Avenue Playhouse will hold its annual fundraising banquet on Friday,
November 30 at the Draft Haus Banquet Hall, Sturgeon Bay, from 5:30 -
10:00 pm.
Join us in celebrating the past year at the Third
Avenue Playhouse, with performances from musicians and actors who have
performed on TAP's stages in the last 12 months. Join the party at 5:30
and mingle at the cash bar.
Bid on dozens of silent auction
items donated by Door County businesses. Enjoy a delicious buffet
dinner, hear a brief update on TAP, then enjoy an evening of
entertainment! Door Prizes will be awarded throughout the evening.
The Door
County Humane Society (DCHS) recently announced expansion plans to
increase its building size by 6735 square feet at a cost of $1.2
million, including renovation of the current 5300 square foot building.
The shelter, located at 3475 County Road PD across from Cherryland
Airport, was built in 1999 to house 28 cats and 28 dogs.
As of October
17, there are 131 cats and 8 dogs at the Humane Society. Through nine
months, the Humane Society has cared for 82 more animals than the same
period last year. Total 2012 intake is anticipated to exceed 700
animals.
The Door
County Maritime Museum will add more festivity to the holiday season
this year with a new event that is expected to fill the Sturgeon Bay
museum and its galleries with decorated Christmas trees.
The “Merry-Time Festival of Trees” will run from November 17 through
December 11 and will feature artificial trees decorated by local
organizations and businesses.
The
17th Annual Chefs for a Day event will be Saturday, October 20th at the
Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club. Doors will open at 6:00 pm and volunteer
servers will be distributing hors d’oeuvres from 6:30 until 7:15 p.m.
At 7:15 guests will be able to sample the entrees, served by each chef
at numerous buffet stations.
New this year, guests will have the opportunity to watch cooking demonstrations and learn about cheese pairings.
Live
Green … Save Green is the theme for the 2012 Home Energy Fair presented
by WEP, Inc. with sponsorship from the Green Fund of the Door County
Community Foundation, Wisconsin Public Service, Sturgeon Bay Utilities
and Virge Temme Architecture.
Meet the experts during various
demonstrations and presentations including plumbing, heating and
electrical alternatives; insulation, sealing and indoor air quality;
benefits of a home energy audit and energy efficiency. The film
“Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America” will also be featured for
viewing.
Door County has a very strong United Way program that is well-supported by our community. So it’s no wonder that many other local businesses and organizations get behind the annual fundraising efforts in a big way.
Third Avenue Playhouse is no exception. The theater will host a benefit for our local United Way on Friday, October 5, as part of Sturgeon Bay’s “First Friday” series. This is the first friday of each month during which many city businesses stay open later than usual and often hold a special sale or feature an on-site entertainer, etc. It’s a festive occasion gradually becoming embraced by locals and visitors alike.
A-Door-Able Mailbox Raffle will benefit United Way.
Coldwell
Banker The Real Estate Group of Door County and the TREG Foundation are
once again focusing their efforts on the United Way of Door County via
the second annual A-Door-Able Mailbox Raffle. This fundraising effort
was the dream of local Realtor Barbara Bentley in 2011.
Bentley’s hard
work and energy combined last year to allow the agents and brokers of
The Real Estate Group in Door County to sell raffle tickets for some
very unusual and beautiful mailboxes created and donated by local Door
County artists … the perfect gift for someone purchasing a new home on
the Door Peninsula.
The 2011 Iron Pour Benefit furnace crew fill one of many rows of sand molds with molten iron.
All ages
are invited to participate in the festivities of the third annual Iron
Pour Benefit at Peninsula School of Art, 3900 County Road F, Fish Creek,
on Saturday, October 6, from 4-8pm. Proceeds from the Iron Pour will
benefit the art education programs at Peninsula School of Art.
For
a donation of $15, each person may create a 5"x5" iron tile by
scratching into an individual sand mold using simple tools.
One look
at Pudding and you can tell he's a laid-back, happy cat. But what you
don't see is the amazing ability deep inside of him.
Pudding
wasn't a stranger to rescue. He was originally surrendered to Carrie
Counihan at Door County Humane Society due to family allergies. He was
then adopted by an elderly woman who loved him dearly. When that women
fell ill, DCHS stepped in and took care of Pudding until the owner
passed away. Pudding spent the next few months roaming freely at the
shelter.
On August
23rd, an older dachshund was found on Alabama Place in the city of
Sturgeon Bay and brought to the Door County Humane Society. He was
wearing both a harness and leash, but had no I.D. tags.
His
photo was posted on the shelter’s Facebook page immediately, as it was
obvious he had an owner somewhere. But as the days clicked by, no one
called or expressed concern at his disappearance.
The Door
County Maritime Museum, in conjunction with J & M Fisheries, will be
hosting a fish boil with an open house in Gills Rock on Sunday,
September 16.
The open house at the museum will take place from
10:00 am - 5:00 pm and will allow visitors to experience the new exhibit
“Dan Seavey, a Great Lakes Pirate.”
The fish boil will begin at
12:30 pm with a social hour followed by dinner at 1:30 pm. To lend an
authentic atmosphere to the proceeding, the fish boil will take place in
the net shed of J & M Fisheries on Weborg’s Dock in Gills Rock.
When the
large orange cat named Pudding was adopted in February 2012 from the
Door County Humane Society, no one knew that within 12 hours he would be
hailed as a hero cat, saving his owner’s life during a diabetic
seizure.
Now Nestle Purina has come calling to tell the story in a 2-minute
video that could provide thousands of pet meals for hundreds of homeless
animals.
Amy went into
distress late the same evening she brought 20-lb. Pudding home from the
shelter. He sensed her problem and aroused her enough that her son
could be summoned.
This
Saturday, the Ephraim Men’s Club, or EMC for short, is doing more than
providing a delicious meal when they host their annual pancake
breakfast. The group fund-raises to ensure local students are given
opportunities to reach their educational goals after high school.
Held in the historic Ephraim Village Hall from 7:30 to 11 a.m. on
Saturday, August 4, the EMC will cook and serve along with former
scholarship winners and local volunteers, giving back to the community
that has given so much.
Join us for one of Door County's largest summer parties!
Salsa as a tasty condiment? Absolutely. Salsa as a style of Latin
dancing? Of course. But the salsa that matters in Door
County this summer combines the first two to create “Salsa for the Shelter” on
Friday, August 3 in Sister Bay.
“Salsa for the Shelter” is the most important fundraiser for the Door
County Humane Society, and continues a dance-themed tradition set four years
ago. Tickets are available now at
a cost of $75 per person, with table sponsorships at $1000 including 8 tickets.
The construction crew was made up of volunteers and actors!
On Sunday, May 19th at 11:59pm, TAP's Kickstarter fundraising campaign came to an end, collecting over $15,000.
Donors
gave amounts ranging from $5 to $1000 and up to the campaign. A
last-minute matching challenge from DoorCountyTravelersJournal.com was
met and will result in even more dollars to be added to the coffers very
soon.
The
Door County Maritime Museum has yet to match the success it enjoyed
with the “Pirates!” exhibit in 2007 when it smashed all attendance
records at the Sturgeon Bay museum. Now exhibit curator Jon Paul Van
Harpen is back and so are the pirates to provide an exhibit that the
museum promises is better than its predecessor.
“Pirates – Ship to Shore” opens to the public on Saturday, May 19, at the Sturgeon Bay museum
The
Door County Humane Society has revamped its Humane Heroes program, the
primary means of its day-to-day and month-to-month operational support.
The shelter is very dependent upon community financing in order to
fulfill its mission, and the Humane Hero initiative offers a convenient
way to participate in the organization’s success. Numerous commitment
levels are available to individuals or businesses with a variety of
recognition awards. Monies are collected monthly via automatic credit
card transaction. A Humane Hero makes an annual commitment to the cause.
Front Row: Mayor Thad Birmingham, Judy Juadis, President, Altrusa of Door County. Back Row: Club members Robyn Anderson, Patti Ligman, Cindy Koutnik, Anita Karwowski, Geri Szuberla, Nancy Schroeder, Jackie Morrison, Nancy Baux.
Sturgeon
Bay’s Mayor Thad Birmingham proclaimed April 11th Altrusa
International Inc. of Door County Awareness Day at the City Council meeting on
Tuesday, April 3rd.
Altrusa
of Door County is one of many clubs internationally that celebrated April 11th
by making their community more aware of their involvement.
Mezzo
soprano Cynthia Stiehl will present a benefit concert for the Door
County Maritime Museum as part of the Third Avenue Playhouse’s Tuesdays
at TAP Series on April 24 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the downtown
Sturgeon Bay theater. The
concert is titled “I Get a Kick Out of Cole,” a tribute by Stiehl to
the famous American composer Cole Porter. It’s a program Stiehl
initially produced for a concert she gave at the Birch Creek Music
Performance Center along with pianist Judith Jackson, who will again
accompany Stiehl for the TAP performance.
The
Door County Maritime Museum and the Family Centers of Door County will
again jointly host a Family Day celebration on Sunday, April 15, from
1-5 p.m. at the Museum in Sturgeon Bay. The
two organizations launched the event three years ago and it’s proved to
be a tremendous success. Again this year, families are invited to tour
the Museum free of charge and participate in a variety of events. The
event is designed to foster family fun and interaction for community
members. Numerous
children’s activities are planned for a variety of ages. Tickets are
free and must be reserved in advance. They will provide admission to the
Maritime Museum as well as tours of the Tug John Purves. Other
activities include a scavenger hunt throughout the museum and an
assortment of craft projects. Refreshments will be provided.
The
Rotary Club of Sturgeon Bay will hold its biennial International
Recognition Dinner at the Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club on Saturday, April
21st. Ed Douglass, a former Peace Corps Volunteer and long time
supporter of the International Dinner, describes the tie between the
local event and Rotary International’s intention to promote peace
through international goodwill and understanding.
“Rotary International encourages and supports direct, personal contacts
across cultural and political boundaries in a variety of ways. It does
so out of its belief and experience that people-to-people involvement is
an effective way to generate cross-cultural understanding and,
ultimately, a better chance for world peace.”
Model of RMS Titanic build by Jerry Guenther, Hartland, Wisconsin.
Even
100 years after the tragic events of April 14, 1912, the sinking of the
RMS Titanic remains one of the most significant historical events of
the 20th Century. What took place on the North Atlantic that cold spring
night has continued to fascinate succeeding generations. The Door County Maritime Museum in Sturgeon Bay is observing the centennial of the sinking with the exhibit “Titanic’s Wake.”
The
19th annual Door County Lighthouse Festival returns to the second
weekend in June and again Museum members are getting a jump on the
general public when it comes to purchasing tickets. This year’s event is
Friday-Sunday, June 8-10, with a weekend filled with special land-based
tours and boat excursions. Members may begin ordering tickets Monday,
March 19, with the general public sale starting Monday, April 2. There are four
land-based tours, three making stops at the five mainland accessible
lights. Most fun of all may be the Friday and Saturday evening
Ghost/Mystery tours leaving from the Maritime Museum in Sturgeon Bay
which will offer a unique opportunity at Sherwood Point Lighthouse.
Nor
Door Adult Day Services, a program being operated by N.E.W. Curative
Rehabilitation, Inc., came to fruition in June 2010 through the
inspiration, dedication, time and effort of Carl Shakal, Team Leader,
and a group of volunteers who supported the concept of adult day
services which provide needed care as well as concern for the social
needs of participants in the program.
The program is now referred to as “Carl’s Club.” You can reach Carl at
920-495-2016 or cshakal@newcurative.org -Days and Hours: Mondays and
Wednesday: 11:30AM to 4:30PM; Friday 8AM to 4:30PM Appel Newman
Building, 10539 Applewood Drive, Sister Bay, WI
Door
County Habitat for Humanity’s second “Global Village” work crew
recently returned from a week in Puerto Lempira, Honduras. Five
Wisconsinites helped in the construction of a concrete block home for
Maura Arevalo and her nine children.
Mike Madden, Carrie Link, Doreen Holt, Cindy LaRoque and Rick Nelson
worked with Maura and her children to haul cement blocks, strain sand,
mix mortar, haul and compact fill for the interior foundation and lay
block.
The Door County Maritime Museum has seats available for its Road Trip to the EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh. The
excursion is scheduled for Friday, March 23 at a cost of $39 per Museum
members and $44 for guests. The cost includes roundtrip transportation;
museum admission, video and guided tour; and a sandwich lunch.
Reservations are limited to the first 54 people.
Participants
will board the motor coach beginning at 7:45 a.m. at the Maritime
Museum in Sturgeon Bay for an 8 a.m. departure. Upon arrival at the
Aviation Museum, the tour begins with a brief overview video and
proceeds on an hour-long guided tour.
Vessel bound for Bay Ship coming in to Sturgeon Bay on January 31. Photo courtesy Brian Forest.
The
Door County Maritime Museum’s Speaker Series continues on Thursday,
Feb. 2, with a topic that is always of interest to Door County residents
and particularly those in the Sturgeon Bay area. Gene
Caldwell, Vice President and General Manager of Bay Shipbuilding Co.,
will present a program on current activities at the Sturgeon Bay
shipyard beginning at 7 p.m. at the Sturgeon Bay museum.
Third
Avenue Playhouse is launching a new series called Tuesdays at TAP.
Every Tuesday there will be a concert at TAP to benefit a local
nonprofit. This series starts on February 14th and the featured
nonprofit is United Way of Door County.
The concert starts at 7:30 pm. The artist is Hans Christian. Hans
Christian’s unmistakable cello playing moves the listener with a
haunting beauty, and his use of various ethnic string instruments
expresses a universal musical language that transcends boundaries,
cultures, and generations. This concert is a kick-off toappearances around the world.
Jed, a redtick coonhound who went to his forever home in 2011.
The
2011 numbers are in for the Door County Humane Society, and they are
down. Most businesses would not find that a reason for celebration, but
DCHS Executive Director Carrie Counihan is delighted. “We experienced a
10% drop in the number of animals that came into our shelter. From a
record high in 2010 of 735 cats and dogs, we dropped to 664 animals last
year. Spay & neuter efforts and education on keeping pets safe may
be having the desired effect.”
Peninsula
School of Art, 3900 County Road F, Fish Creek, invites the public to
the take part in the festive culmination of its three-month SOUP!
Project on Saturday, February 4, from 11am-3pm. During the event,
handcrafted ceramic bowls are for sale and those who make a purchase can
partake in a complementary, bountiful hot soup-and-bread buffet. As in
past years, community-created bowls are $15 each, with "premium" bowl
designs crated by area professional potters priced at $40. In
its sixth year, SOUP! is a community-wide effort, with over 450 school
children and about 100 adults creating and decorating ceramic bowls.
Area restaurants and individuals donate soup, bread and desserts for the
buffet, with other volunteers staffing the soup line, dining room and
the School's classrooms where bowls are sold.
Sturgeon Bay High School Student Council raises money for United Way
of Door County
On Thursday, December 22, the students at
Sturgeon Bay High School participated in a Talent Show.Prior to having the Talent Show the
Student Council was required to raise money to support local charities.This year one of the charities that the
Student Council choice to support is United Way of Door County.Pictured are David Tauber, Jr. and
Rebecca Fredrickson with a check for $600 for United Way.David and Rebecca are students at
Sturgeon Bay High School and members of the United Way of Door County Board of
Directors.
The
Door County Maritime Museum’s Speaker Series resumes after the holidays
with a program literally and figuratively geared towards the big ships
that ply the Great Lakes and what makes them go.
Ken
Westcar will recount the repowering of the 1,000-ft. self-unloader Paul
R. Tregurtha at Bay Shipbuilding on Thursday, Jan. 5, at 7 p.m. at the
Sturgeon Bay museum.
“The
program will discuss how local expertise and an unwavering commitment
to quality provided the vessel owners with a renewed asset that left the
Sturgeon Bay yard on-time and on-budget and has since completed two
full operating seasons with zero downtime while setting a precedent for
future ship repowers in Sturgeon Bay,” explained Westcar.
What
better way to begin a new year than with a cat companion? To encourage
an adoption decision, the Door County Humane Society is dropping the
cat adoption fee to an historic low of $20.12 for the month of January
2012. Carrie Counihan explained, “We’ve resolved to find homes for a
significant number of the 110 cats at the shelter. Sometimes an extra
little incentive is all that’s needed for a family to make the adoption
decision. We’re trying something new by cutting the cat adoption cost
by more than 75%.”
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