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“A Whispered Invitation,” oil on linen, framed 31” wide x 38” tall, by Judi Ekholm, 2010.
Artist Judi Ekholm in her studio on Little Spring Road in Fish Creek, Wisconsin.
2009 Cover Raises Funds for the Door Community Auditorium The 2009 cover of the Door County Living Philanthropy Issue, a painting titled “Philanthropy,” was painted and donated by Sister Bay artist Craig Blietz for the purpose of a donation to a Door County charity. Amy Jo and Curt Campbell, owners of Oilerie Fish Creek, placed the winning bid and designated the Door Community Auditorium as the recipients of their donation. “We believe that the most important thing a local business can do is to give back to the community. The Door Community Auditorium is a landmark symbol of what people can accomplish when they come together for the greater good. This past year has been very hard on all non-profit organizations and the Door Community Auditorium governing body had to make some very difficult decisions to address the survival of the organization. It is our hope that this small donation will be seen as sowing seeds of encouragement to others in the business community to contribute whatever they can to the organizations that make Door County such an enchanted place to live, work and play.” - Amy Jo and Curt Campbell, owners of Oilerie Fish Creek doorcountyliving.com
Cover Painting Auctioned for Charity
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his issue of Door County Living is devoted entirely to the spirit of giving, a thread that runs strong through the fabric of the Door County community. It is in this spirit that Judi Ekholm, the artist behind our cover image, has generously offered this work for auction to benefit a local cause. Door County Living will auction the Ekholm original painting, “A Whispered Invitation,” (oil on linen, framed 31” wide x 38” tall) by mail bid through August 15, 2010. The painting, completed in early 2010, is of the Meisner Land Trust Property. All proceeds from the winning bid will go to the Door County charity of the bidder’s choice.
The minimum bid for “A Whispered Invitation” is $2,200, and the winner will be notified by telephone and announced in local publications. Ekholm is a well known Door County artist whose work will be on display at Edgewood Orchard Galleries in Fish Creek in the summer of 2010 as well as at her studio gallery. Ekholm recieved her M.A.T. from Indiana University and has studied with Bill Bailey and James McGarrell. She can often be found painting in her studio gallery in Fish Creek on Little Spring Road. Her gallery is open daily, but closed on Tuesdays. She is also available by appointment [(920)-868-4144 or via her website www.ekholmgallery.com.]
All bid submissions should be mailed to: “A Whispered Invitation” C/O Door County Living PO Box 404 Sister Bay, WI, 54234
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Publisher David Eliot Editor Madeline Johnson Associate Editor Sara Massey Copy Editor Allison Vroman Photography Director Dan Eggert Contributing Editors Bret Bicoy, Myles Dannhausen Jr., Gary Jones, Sheila Sabrey-Saperstein, Katie Dahl, Katie Lott Schnorr, Brittany Jordt, Karen Grota Nordahl Illustrator Nik Garvoille Advertising Sales Madeline Johnson, Bonnie Spielman, Steve Grutzmacher Door County Living magazine is published five times annually by: Door County Living, Inc. P.O. Box 404, Sister Bay, WI 54234 Comments We welcome your inquiries, comments, and submissions. E-mail us at: info@d doorcountyliving.com or simply call us at (920) 854-7550. Advertise For advertising rates and information, please e-mail us at: advertising@doorcountyliving.com or simply call us at (920) 854-7550. Subscribe Door County Living is available free of charge at select locations on the Door Peninsula. Why not have it delivered directly to your door? To order an annual subscription, please send $20.00 to Subscription - Door County Living, P.O. Box 404, Sister Bay, WI 54234. To change your address or inquire about the status of your subscription, please contact us in writing at the address above, or by e-mail at: subscription@doorcountyliving.com.
The strength of a community
is determined by how well it is able to take care of itself. With over 300 charitable organizations serving the arts, children, health and human services, historic preservation, education and the environment, Door County gives its citizens access to a wide variety of services that would otherwise be unavailable in a small rural area. The strength of Door County comes from the generosity of its residents, second home owners and businesses who donate not only their money, but their time and energy to help enrich our community. Door County Living’s second annual Philanthropy Issue is dedicated to those people and organizations that help provide Door County with services that better the lives of us all.
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Door County Celebrates Giving philanthropy issue 2010
By Myles Dannhausen Jr.
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CELEBRATING PHILANTHROPY BALANCING ACT The Responsibilities of NonProfit Boards and Staff
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DOUBLE STANDARD How our idea of charity stops us from solving our biggest problems
Jo Guenzel recieves the Philanthropist of the Year award from Dick Egan. Photo by Dan Eggert.
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Guenzel is Door County Community Foundationʼs 2009 Philanthropist of the Year
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Jo Guenzel has spent three decades giving to the Door County community, helping to organize the first free clinic and women’s health program on the peninsula. On July 22, 2009, the Door County Community Foundation thanked her at its fourth annual Celebration of Giving, held at the Woodwalk Gallery in Egg Harbor.
ART The Circle of Music Young Musicians learn the Biz at Birch Creek ART, CHILDREN & YOUTH But the Greatest of These Is Charity An Artist’s Food for the Soul
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ENVIRONMENT With a Little Help from My Friends Newport State Park
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CAMEOS Generations of Generosity A Family’s Tradition of Philanthropy
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COMMUNITY Bringing People Together Family Centers of Door County
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HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Inside Scandia Village
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GIVING GUIDE Charities Serving Door County & Estate Planning Attorneys
Geunzel was named the Philanthropist of the Year, an honor previously bestowed on Ruth and Hartley Barker, Dave and Vonnie Callsen, Cynthia Steele, and Tim and Sue Stone. In addition to her commitment to primary, mental and integrative healthcare, Guenzel has worked with Helpline, advocates for the Hispanic community, and supports the work of Kimberley House and PFLAG. In accepting the honor, Guenzel turned her attention to those she’s worked with, and said the gifts she’s given are dwarfed by those she has received in return over the years. “I’ve been fortunate to work with some extraordinary people,” Guenzel said, then spoke of the gifts returned to her
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and other volunteers by the patients of the Community Clinic of Door County. She spoke of “the unspoken treasures received from the eyes of grateful patients and the warmth of hugs.” Dick Egan, chairman of the foundation’s board of directors, presented Guenzel with a vase created by Stephanie Trenchard of Popelka Trenchard Glass in Sturgeon Bay. The Celebration of Giving is held annually by the foundation to honor and thank those who give back to make life in the Door County community richer and fuller. By honoring Guenzel, Egan said the foundation hoped to inspire others to give. “It’s not just about giving money,” Egan said. “The contributions made by volunteer workers and volunteer board members are critical to this community.” The Door County Community Foundation facilitates giving through a collection of charitable funds set up by nonprofits, individuals and private foundations that are managed, invested and disbursed for the current and future good of Door County. Egan said the members of the Door County Community Foundation donated more than $400,000 to the community in 2008. doorcountyliving.com
CELEBRATION
Golden Heart Awards Honor Volunteers
at the Door County YMCA is special. In 2007, Bayevich logged 746 volunteer hours.
The generosity of Door County’s residents extends far beyond financial contributions. It takes countless volunteer hours to keep afloat the organizations that provide some of our most critical services.
Youth honoree Briana George logged more volunteer hours over the last two years than any other young person at the Door County YMCA. She worked as a chaperone to students from Southern Door High School who used a new free bus service to get to the YMCA to take part in healthy after school activities.
Each spring, the Volunteer Center of Door County honors some of the most unselfish members of the community with its Golden Heart Awards. In 2009 the center honored six dedicated residents. Jerry and Nan Krause were Arts and Culture honorees for putting a face on history at Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay. They organized a group of more than 60 volunteers to furnish the historical buildings at Crossroads and scripted presentations to bring the history to life with costumed interpreters. Dan Bayevich was the Lifetime of Service honoree, selected for his dedication to making sure that everyone’s experience
Lynn Zawojski, the Adult honoree, has been volunteering at the Sevastopol School District for over a decade, providing needed support to many of their programs. One of her most notable contributions to the school district is her assistance with the Reading Is Fun program. When the US Department of Education discontinued this program, which provided free books to students for the encouragement of fun and active reading, Zawojski stepped up to lead Sevastopol’s Bi-annual Scholastic Book Fair in order to continue the worthy project.
Mike and Carrol Toney were given the Group award for making a difference in the lives of Southern Door students on a daily basis. They volunteer in the classroom by helping children who are struggling with math or reading, but they also have begun several initiatives to further students’ experiences outside the classroom in environmental education. Finally, Margorie Grutzmacher was honored for Volunteer Leadership. Grutzmacher was involved with the Family Centers of Door County since its founding in 1998 through 2009 and gave her time to nearly every event the organization sponsored. Grutzmacher has been a tireless community servant for decades, serving on various boards, as a guide to the peninsula’s visitors, and as founder of the Door County Reading Council for Educators. These dedicated community servants prove that it doesn’t take wealth to make a difference, just a passion for making a difference in the lives of others.
The Volunteer Center of Door County’s 2009 Golden Heart Recipients: (Left to right) Jerry and Nan Krause, Lynn Zawojski, Margorie Grutzmacher, Carrol and Mike Toney, Briana George and Dan Bayevich.
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COST OF CHARITY BY MYLES DANNHAUSEN JR.
Double Standard How our idea of charity stops us from solving our biggest problems
In 2008
M u h t a r Kent, Chief Executive Officer of Coca Cola Company, made nearly $14 million in salary, bonuses and other compensation. That same year Louis Camilleri, CEO of Philip Morris, took home $36.9 million, and Robert Iger, CEO of the Walt Disney Company, filled his pockets with $51.1 million. Directors of companies that sell soda, tobacco, and entertainment were three of the most well compensated people on the planet, as most of us would expect them to be.
From 1994 to 2002 Pollatta Teamworks raised $556 million to fight AIDS and breast cancer – more money raised more quickly for those two causes than ever before. But Pollatta Teamworks and its founder, Dan Pollatta, came under fire for what was viewed as excessive overhead and executive compensation. Pollatta Teamworks employed professional staff, used Madison Avenue marketing techniques, and, at the company’s peak in 2001, Pollatta himself took home $425,000. Though Pollatta’s work had raised enormous sums for charity, he was vilified for making six figures in the
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process, and the company closed up shop amid a storm of bad publicity. Is something amiss here? In his book, Uncharitable: How Restraints On Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential, Pollatta argues persuasively that there is. He has written hundreds of thousands of words on the topic, but in a telephone interview he got to the heart of the problem with one sentence. “We allow people to make tremendous money doing things that hurt a lot of people,” he told me, “but if someone doorcountyliving.com
COST OF CHARITY 60-second spots on drive time radio. This was expensive, but to build demand we had to let people know about our events. Some in the media said we spent too much on marketing, on slick brochures, or on professional staff. But marketing is not a zero-sum game. $100,000 spent on an ad in the New York Times is not money that could have gone to the cause. It’s money that brought us $2 million for the cause that never would have been there if not for the ad.” Amy Kohnle, Executive Director of the United Way of Door County, said those same double standards come into play even for Door County non-profits a fraction of the size of Pollatta Teamworks. “The public wants the overhead to be so low, because they want the money going to the cause,” Kohnle said. “But the result is that the organizations are understaffed, sometimes poorly run, and the staff is overworked and often feels unappreciated. You have situations where an organization is operated out of the director’s basement.” The January 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti is a dramatic demonstration of the power of publicity. The destruction and human toll was on the news 24 hours a day and hundreds of millions of dollars in donations poured in. makes money trying to help cure cancer or feed the hungry, they are crucified.” Pollatta Teamworks hit its stride in the mid-1990s, when universities were not yet offering degrees in non-profit management or social entrepreneurship – many didn’t even offer classes on the topics. “When we started, the idea of an entrepreneur doing well and doing good was considered heresy,” Pollatta recalled. “If nobody can ever make money doing good, then the people making money will never do good. To lose people in doorcountyliving.com
their young, most energetic years to the for-profit sector, when we could be using them to solve our greatest social problems, is a great missed opportunity.” Pollatta said his youth and salary made him a seductive target for the media, which focused on the cost to put on his events rather than the tremendous sums of money those events were bringing in for the cause. “Our approach to marketing was to mimic the strategies of the large consumer products,” Pollatta explained. “We bought full-page ads in the New York Times and
“People give to the cause, and they give because they hear about it,” Pollatta said. “That doesn’t happen without the stories, the images, and the news being put in their face all day.” Kohnle, who works with many organizations throughout Door County, said public perception is a factor in even the most basic of marketing decisions. Even something as simple as the paper a flier is printed on is a potential image problem. “People see four-color glossy fliers or mailings and assume it costs a fortune and
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COST OF CHARITY we shouldn’t do that,” she said. “People want to see non-profits on black ink, or maybe colored paper. So you see nonprofits printing on the loudest color paper trying to stick out.” Kohnle recalled a discussion she had with one non-profit director looking at advertising an event on a billboard. They debated how they could design the ad so people would know that a sponsor, not the organization, paid for it. “You worry that people will see it and have that gut reaction that says ‘is that my donated money going to that?’” Limiting Horizons, Limiting Visions The best businesses pay well for the best leaders and top young talent. They do it because it’s good for business. But in the non-profit world a high-paid CEO or employee is seen as an extravagance or a waste of donor dollars. Rarely is consideration given to what level of return that investment in quality people could bring back to the organization. As a result, the best and brightest at best dabble in the non-profit world. “You can dedicate yourself to charity or you can work for your own financial security, but in the current paradigm, you can’t do both,” Pollatta said. Though Kohnle loves her job, she admitted that Pollatta is right when it comes to the financial aspirations of those in her line of work. “There’s definitely a low ceiling,” she says. “After 10 years, I’m pretty much maxed out. Maybe there will be small raises, but if you want to make more money you have to leave the area or join the corporate world, and if you want to make more in that world you may have to leave Door County as well. Fortunately, I have passion for this and love what I’m doing.”
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Many non-profits operate on a grantto-grant basis, or on fundraising cycles, able to offer positions only as such cycles permit. This leaves the people in those positions on tenuous footing and doesn’t bode well for long-term planning. Peter Kerwin, Chief Financial Officer of Marine Travelift, is beginning his sixth year on the United Way’s Board of Directors. He spent two of those years as board president, and is also president of the Sturgeon Bay Visitor Center. “Just like in a business, if you’re worried about opening the doors each day, your decision-making is going to be a lot different and less effective,” Kerwin said. “As an employee, you have to be confident that your job and your organization is going to be there in the long run.”
“We allow people to make tremendous money doing things that hurt a lot of people, but if someone makes money trying to help cure cancer or feed the hungry they are crucified.” – Dan Pollatta, author of Uncharitable: How Restraints On Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential
The United Way came up short in its fundraising effort last year, and the board of directors ultimately decided to cut some staff hours. Kerwin was the lone dissenter. “There’s some merit to the decision, but it’s not like the small staff we have sit in a back room doing nothing all day,” he said. “They’re out raising money, talking to people about our organization and goals, and building our organization.” Kerwin said he believes strongly in the United Way model, which he considers more businesslike than many in the nonprofit world, and hopes the short-term cuts don’t hurt the organization. “I’ve always been of the opinion that it takes money to make money. That doesn’t mean you build elaborate offices or throw money around, but you do invest in your people,” he said. “You can’t just rely on board members and volunteers.” Kerwin recognizes how much non-profits handcuff themselves by constraining their organizations only to
those willing to accept a smaller paycheck to work for them. “It’s very rare to find someone so passionate who can take less money to do something as well as someone who would get paid to do it,” he said. No Room For Error People believe that the staff of a charity should work at a discount, that marketing budgets should be minimal. Yet most of us still believe that charities should perform more efficiently than for-profit enterprises and never make mistakes.
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Celebrating the Door County community with a run in Peninsula State Park.
RUN FOR A CAUSE In 2010, The Door County Half Marathon has set aside 100 registrations for Door County non-profits to help them raise funds by participating in the race. The Door County Half Marathon was founded to celebrate and benefit the Door County community. After generating thousands of dollars for Door Peninsula charities in 2009, race organizers hope to do far more with this latest step. Runners must raise at least $250 for a Door County non-profit in exchange for the free registration.
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“This is just another step in fulfilling our goal of creating an event that celebrates what’s great about the Door County community,” said race co-founder Dave Eliot. If you are interested in sponsoring a runner or running on behalf of a Door County charity, contact one of Door County’s many charities (a complete listing of all charities is in the back of this publication) or contact Assistant Race Director Mary Knutson at 920.421.1519. There are a limited number of registrations per charity.
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COST OF CHARITY “Our culture wants charity to bat a thousand all the time,” Pollatta says. “Now, Paramount Pictures spends $200 million on a movie that flops. But we don’t allow a charity to spend $1 million on a fundraiser that fails. Well, if we don’t allow them to do that, how do we ever expect them to run a million-dollar fundraiser that succeeds? Paramount gets good at knowing how to make successful $200 million movies by making a lot that aren’t successful.” In 2009, the United Way decided not to host its annual golf outing. Instead it put on a cooking demonstration featuring a high-profile chef. Kerwin said ticket sales were disappointing. “It didn’t work,” Kerwin says. “But it wasn’t catastrophic. You have to be able to do that, to try different ideas. Most nonprofits don’t have a big margin of error. People will be quick to criticize if an event is anything less then a resounding success because, as a non-profit, you’re in the spotlight. ” Such risk avoidance is another factor that keeps visions focused on day-to-day survival rather than growth. “When you operate on a shoestring, you make short-term decisions,” Kerwin says. “You won’t take chances or calculated risks that you would in the context of a long-term plan. But just like in business, you have to have room for mistakes. As long as they aren’t mistakes of integrity, you learn from them and move on.” Changing Perceptions When Pollatta speaks, he doesn’t plead. He is not earnest and he hardly even seems to be arguing his case. It’s as though he were stating the plainly obvious, like he’s pointing out that snow is white or rocks are hard. You wonder, if the idea that people should be able to make a good doorcountyliving.com
living doing the most important things is so easy to grasp, why hasn’t society figured it out already?
Pollatta said the non-profit world must learn a new language to combat the established value system.
“You probably aren’t old enough to remember,” Pollatta says to me, “but when I was younger you used to go into airports and see all these people lugging around these heavy bags of luggage. Then somebody decided to put wheels on luggage. It’s not a difficult idea, but for 50 years nobody had done it. In our culture, when people decide on a way of looking at something it’s hard to change. They stop looking for better solutions.”
“If you’re running a children’s charity, and a donor asks if 100 percent of their donation will go to helping kids, we have to be able to say to them, ‘No, we’re not giving 100 percent to kids. We’re putting 100 percent toward building scale to build an impactful organization to help many more kids,’” he says. “Overhead is organizational strength. The most effective non-profits are actually those with the highest overhead.”
But stances are beginning to shift, in part thanks to Pollatta’s book. Charity Navigator, the largest of the charity rating Web sites, recently announced that they will no longer measure charities by overhead or CEO salaries because those percentages don’t actually tell you anything about the effectiveness of the charity. Pollatta said such ratings hurt the non-profit sector.
If we’re unwilling to step outside the established boundaries of what charity and doing good should be, we’ll find Pollatta’s ideas ridiculous.
“When you buy an iPhone you get to hold it and use it and see how you like it,” he says. “You are the judge. With charity, you donate $100 to cancer research. You don’t have it in your hand. You don’t know what the doctor is doing with the money. So people scurry for simple measures, like what percent of the donation goes to the cause.” Pollatta said such measurements are destructive, and I suggested that they ultimately hurt charities themselves. He quickly corrected me. “No,” he said. “It hurts the people you’re trying to help. It hurts the homeless, the people fighting cancer, the children who are hungry. When a charity advertises that they’re giving 100 percent to the cause, it is reinforcing a dangerous artificial expectation that every non-profit should be able to do so.”
We use the ideals of capitalism to drive our economy, to spur innovation, and create new products for us to waste money on, Pollatta laments. But we forbid the use of those same capitalist ideals in the non-profit sector. But imagine who might join the fight if you could get rich by ending poverty, or homelessness, or cancer? Resources: Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential By Dan Pollatta 2008 Tufts University Press www.uncharitable.net Visit www.uncharitable.net to view videos of interviews with Pollatta and read his Harvard Business Review blog.
Myles Dannhausen Jr. is the News Editor of the Peninsula Pulse and a regular contributor to Door County Living magazine and other publications. A Door County native, he also coaches varsity boys basketball at Gibraltar High School in Fish Creek.
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THE BOARD & STAFF BY BRET BICOY
Balancing Act The Responsibilities of Non-Profit Boards and Staff
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inevitably, every communityminded leader in Door County will be asked at one time or another to serve on the board of directors of one of our local charities. It’s volunteer work, so it sounds simple enough; but, what does it actually mean to serve on the board of directors of a non-profit organization? To find the answer, I spoke with the chief executives of 10 significant charities in Door County along with several of our community’s most experienced board members. When combining their ideas along with my own perspective as President & CEO of the Door County Community Foundation, a series of themes emerged which offer unique insight into the critically important role of a charity’s board of directors.
For purposes of this article, “chief executive” will refer to the highestranking paid staff person of a charity. This person normally has the title of “executive director,” “president,” or “president and chief executive officer.” The “chairperson of the board” refers to the chair of the organization’s volunteer board of directors, who also may be called the “board president.”
Having facilitated the strategic planning process for numerous charities over the years, I have found that the most successful efforts involve a true partnership between the board of directors and the organization’s staff. The professional staff, by definition, are the “professionals” and they bring an expertise on the work of the charity that is invaluable to the planning process.
Define, Plan and Monitor
But the members of the board bring an equally important perspective by serving as a proxy for the community, giving voice to the charity’s different constituencies during the planning process. As Brian Kelsey, Executive Director of the Peninsula Players put it, the “board of directors helps our organization thrive through their ability to effectively look to the future through long-range planning.”
Every organization needs a purpose and a goal – and a road map of how to get there. It’s the responsibility of a charity’s board of directors to work with the professional staff and clearly define their fundamental purpose, set long-term goals, then articulate the best approach for achieving them.
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THE BOARD & STAFF Kelsey believes that “an organization can truly thrive when they have a solid management team coupled with a dedicated and involved board of directors.”
Community Foundation, he says that “the board’s loyalty has to be to the CEO. If you start dealing in the backroom with the staff, you’re undermining the leader you’ve hired to run the organization.”
However, once the planning process is complete, the responsibilities of the professional staff and board quickly diverge. The organization’s chief executive must define the operational steps – the actual daily work – that are necessary to implement the strategic plan. Alternately, the board’s role becomes one of monitoring the organization’s progress toward meeting the goals articulated in the strategic plan.
“The board hired the CEO because it believed that he or she was the best qualified person available,” says Egan. “Presumably they bring a different set of skills and perspective to the job that the board members don’t have. You need to respect that and let them run the organization.”
Bob Ross is a local attorney and veteran of many charitable boards including the Door County YMCA and The Clearing. He believes strongly that there needs to be a clear line separating these differing responsibilities. “The board sets the policy and manages the CEO,” says Ross. “The CEO carries out the day-to-day management. The board is not to be involved in day-to-day operations unless asked by the CEO for a specific task or function.” While there was not a single chief executive or board member with whom I spoke that disagreed, many of the nonprofit chief executives shared examples of board members who tended toward that undesirable practice known as “micromanagement.” However, none of those non-profit chief executives was willing to go on the record out of concern over souring a relationship with their board. Dick Egan, a former CEO of a paper mill, has broad experience serving on the boards of many charities of vastly different sizes. As a former board member of organizations like St. Norbert College and HELP of Door County, and the current board chair of the Door County doorcountyliving.com
Lend Their Credibility While a board is essential when lending their wisdom to a planning process, equally important is the personal credibility they lend to a charity through their service on its board of directors. Virtually all charities covet board members who command significant respect in the community. These organizations are trying to borrow the credibility of community leaders to highlight the importance of their charitable work. The charity wants everyone to know that this highly respected individual has chosen to volunteer their limited time and energy to serving on their board of directors. Dan Powell, Executive Director of the Door County YMCA, couldn’t agree more. “It used to be that boards were primarily necessary to establish and administer policy and keep track of the organization’s finances. But in this era, non-profits need broader board engagement. Board members have to have a passion for the YMCA’s mission and be willing to share the Y story – the difference the Y is making in the lives of people.” And frankly, as a board member, why wouldn’t you want to lend your credibility to a charity in whose mission you so strongly believe?
“An organization can truly thrive when they have a solid management team coupled with a dedicated and involved board of directors.” – Brian Kelsey, Executive Director of the Peninsula Players
But it’s more than just lending your name to a charity. Community leaders earned respect through good judgment and wise decisions in their personal or professional life. That wisdom carries over to the governance role they play when serving on a non-profit’s board of directors. As a result, the community becomes more confident that the actions of that charity are thoughtful and wise because people of great wisdom are making the strategic decisions. “Board members are often influential and recognizable members of the community,” says Bob Desh, Executive Director of the Door County Maritime Museum. “All are very successful individuals in their own right. Having them tout the museum and its accomplishments to friends and colleagues in both social and professional settings is invaluable.” Ensure Adequate Financial Resources While volunteer labor and in-kind donations can help defray expenses, virtually every non-profit requires cash donations to enable it to fulfill its charitable mission. The chief executive of every charity with which I spoke essentially said the same thing when it came to an organization’s finances: Ensuring that the charity has adequate financial resources is a primary responsibility of the board of directors. The first half of this board responsibility is to challenge the chief executive to
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“The charity is here in our community for good. The CEO is not. Iʼm here representing the community that wants and expects that the charity be here forever. I canʼt defer too much to the CEO, but on the other hand you have to have confidence in the CEO.” – Dick Egan, Chairman of the Door County Community Foundation
operate the organization as cost-efficiently as possible without compromising its ability to achieve its charitable mission. Kelsey, from the Peninsula Players, notes that the members of their board accept this “responsibility very seriously and are not afraid of disturbing the apple cart by asking the tough questions” of him as chief executive. Charities enjoy a privileged tax status in our community and their boards of directors are the rightful stewards of their assets. A primary
“The board has come to represent this security blanket that is draped around the organization. It is there for advice when it is needed, to serve as a sounding board of sorts for new ideas and strategies, and for a shot of confidence when needed. It provides the comfort in knowing that there is a strong group of united folks who are there for you and is a partner with you in looking out for the health and well-being of the organization.” – Dan Burke, Executive Director of the Door County Land Trust
responsibility of every board member is to oversee the chief executive and insist that he or she runs a tight ship. But the unavoidable second part of this responsibility is that every board of directors must also assume a leadership role in fundraising to support the charitable work of the organization. Jane Stevenson has perhaps the most experienced perspective when it comes to charities in Door County. She has served as both a board member and chief executive of the same charity – twice. Stevenson was first a member of the board of directors of United Way of Door County before becoming its Executive Director. She then went on to be the chief executive of the Door County Community Foundation before retiring and joining its board last year. As such, she is singularly well qualified to speak on the balance between board and professional staff responsibilities. “The board is responsible to make sure the organization is financially viable,” says Stevenson. She comments that the CEO “is responsible to the board and can work with the board to go out into the community to ask for support – but it can’t be done without the board.” Sharon Grutzmacher, Executive Director of the Peninsula Music Festival, describes the board’s process in her organization. “Once they pass and commit to the annual budget for the festival, they move forward in meeting the fundraising goals. They are all active in making calls, following up with their assigned donors, and writing thank you notes.” With some charities, the board members are expected to go forth and personally ask donors for a specific donation. In other cases, the board assumes the responsibility of strategically introducing the organization’s chief executive or
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fundraising staff to potential donors. In the latter case, the board member uses their personal and professional connections to schedule the appointment and also attends, but the specific ask for a donation is done by the professional staff. Given that most charities in Door County tend to have few, if any, dedicated fundraising staff, board members in our community are often expected to solicit contributions directly. Stevenson suggests that boards should develop a fundraising plan built around the skills of the chief executive and other staff. “Use the creativity and experience of the person you hired to lead the charity who understands what a non-profit is supposed to do. Trust in their experience, passion and dedication – they want to make the organization successful.” But ultimately, all fundraising activities must begin with donations from the board itself. The board must “lead by example when it comes to financial and volunteer support,” says Desh of the Maritime Museum. After all, if the members of the board who govern the charity and know it the best aren’t willing to give, how can we expect anyone else in the community to do so? Protect Assets Of all of the responsibilities of a board of directors, the one least often noted by chief executives is this – to protect the assets of the charity. Perhaps their failure to mention it only underlines the importance of a board attending to its role of protecting the organization’s assets. The most obvious assets are financial. The charity has money in the bank. Perhaps it has an endowment comprised of a sizeable portfolio. The organization owns office equipment, may have doorcountyliving.com
THE CHARITABLE BOARD &GIVING STAFF vehicles, and even have its own building. All these assets must be protected so that they can be put to use for the benefit of Door County. But like any person or organization, its most valuable asset might be its good name. A charity that spent years engaging a highly-respected board and earning the trust of donors can see it all collapse overnight with a scandal or egregious decision. “The charity is here in our community for good. The CEO is not,” says Egan. “I’m here representing the community that wants and expects that the charity be here forever. I can’t defer too much to the CEO, but on the other hand you have to have confidence in the CEO.” Every board of directors should insist that their organization implement strong internal controls to avoid even a whiff of financial mismanagement. A charity should have a personnel policy to govern employee conduct and a conflict of interest policy to avoid inappropriate behavior by members of its board of directors. Precautions should be taken to protect client confidentiality (as appropriate) and protect any vulnerable populations that the charity may serve. But after giving all those words of caution, the real challenge is not to overreact. “As a board member, you have to protect the institution,” says Egan, “But you don’t want to stifle initiative or micromanage the staff. Ultimately, it’s about integrity.” Select, Support & Evaluate the Chief Executive Without question, the most significant responsibility of any board of directors is to select, support and regularly evaluate their chief executive. No actions that a board will ever take will have as doorcountyliving.com
meaningful and pervasive an impact on the charity as these.
and trust. Not an employer-employee relationship.
Stevenson echoes the comments of many about the chief executive-board relationship when she says, “I think you need to give them a lot of latitude. You hired this person because they have the passion for the charity and understand how to run it. They can bring a lot of creativity when searching for solutions to a problem.”
“Open communication between the CEO and the board chair is essential,” says Powell from the YMCA. “It is a partnership, and no role is less or more important than the other.”
But Egan voices an equally common concern that sometimes “the CEO sees the board as a necessary evil.” He says, “That can create problems because if the board isn’t strong enough, the board may not want to exercise its oversight responsibility. The CEO has to respect the authority of the board.” Good chief executives understand and respect the oversight role of the board of directors. “Holding me accountable for successful management of the museum is an important part of the board’s job,” says Desh of the Maritime Museum. But confusion sometimes arises in chief executive-board relationships because the chief executive does not work for the chairperson of the board of directors. The chief executive works for, and reports to, the board of directors as a whole. The board chair’s responsibility is to lead the process of governance, not supervise the chief executive. The board chair is the quintessential “first among equals.” The chair’s focus is on the board’s internal decision-making process so that the board of directors can collectively fulfill its governance responsibilities. Almost universally, the most effective chief executive-board chairperson relationships are characterized as a partnership based in mutual respect
Kaye Wagner, Executive Director of the Birch Creek Music Performance Center, values the partnership she formed with all of her board chairs over the years. “They have all been great listeners, great ‘sounding boards,’ great problem solvers, and all have worked with me to unify the board itself.” But perhaps Dan Burke, Executive Director of the Door County Land Trust, explains it best. “The board has come to represent this security blanket that is draped around the organization. It is there for advice when it is needed, to serve as a sounding board of sorts for new ideas and strategies, and for a shot of confidence when needed. It provides the comfort in knowing that there is a strong group of united folks who are there for you and is a partner with you in looking out for the health and well-being of the organization.”
Bret Bicoy is President & CEO of the Door County Community Foundation. During his 15 years in philanthropy, Bret previously served as the chief executive of both the Nevada Community Foundation and the Marietta Community Foundation. He also was the Senior Foundation Officer of the Green Bay Community Foundation during which time he helped launch the Door County Community Foundation a decade ago. Bret has dealt with donations of virtually every kind of asset, totaling more than $50 million in direct charitable gifts and over $70 million in contributions in estate plans. Bret and his wife Cari returned home to Wisconsin in 2008 so that they could raise their six children among family in the community they love. Contact Bret at bret@ doorcountycommunityfoundation.org.
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ARTS BY BRITTANY JORDT
Percussion students performing during a Birch Creek prelude concert. Photograph courtesy of Birch Creek.
The Circle of Music
Young Musicians learn the Biz at Birch Creek
Photograph courtesy of Birch Creek.
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For the aspiring musician and the music lover, Birch Creek Performance Center in Door County embodies a fantasy turned into reality. Young musicians rehearse and attend workshops in the summer sunshine. Performances fill crisp evenings with powerful symphonies. It’s enough to make a person want to frolic through a field of daisies. This year, Birch Creek celebrates its 35th anniversary. Each year, 200 musically gifted students arrive to study and perform in one of the center’s four summer sessions. The two-week long workshops range from an emphasis in jazz to percussion or symphony. Students are required to live on campus and adhere to a very arduous performance schedule. With intensive mentoring and a two-to-one student to faculty ratio, the kids make an enormous amount of progress during the course of their stay. “I think coming to Birch Creek alone gives students a phenomenal opportunity to work with faculty,” says Executive Director Kaye Wagner. Charlie Eckhardt, music teacher at Gibraltar Schools, commented on the importance of music opportunities like the Birch Creek Performance Center and their ability to motivate students to want to do it themselves – to want to practice their instrument or perform. “To have kids be able to work with and be inspired by professionals –people that do this for a living – whether as music educators or performers is incredibly valuable,” Eckhardt says. These students, who range in age between 13 and 19, come from far and wide to study music at Birch Creek. Some are returning students, others are recruited by faculty from Midwest music festivals, and still more are just interested in finding out what it takes to be a musician. doorcountyliving.com
Kate Rericha, Director of Marketing, Public Relations and Grants at Birch Creek, says, “The students will learn a lot of things, and one of them is whether or not music is something they want to do professionally.” Entering the field of music proves no easy task. A musician’s expenses loom large. There are music lessons, a good quality instrument and its maintenance. Many established musicians teach in order to make ends meet. The cost of a two-week program at Birch Creek is $4,500. Of that amount, students pay $1,785 and the rest is underwritten by donors who make it possible for Birch Creek to maintain low costs and provide aid in the form of grants and scholarships. Birch Creek’s scholarship and aid program speaks directly to an understanding of a musician’s financial hardships. For students who wish to apply for aid, there are three qualifying criteria: the family’s financial need, the student’s merit, and the need for that particular instrument in any given session, according to Wagner. “The scholarship program in itself gives students who would not have otherwise been able to attend the chance to attend,” Wagner says.
J.P. Merz performs. Photograph courtesy of Birch Creek.
Many students write thank you letters in response to the generosity of Birch Creekʼs donors. Without these scholarships and grants, aspiring young musicians would not be able to capitalize on such an amazing opportunity. J.P. Merz, a student from the Jazz I session in 2009, wrote, “…because of your donation to fund scholarships, I was able to attend at a price that was affordable for my family. Without support from people like you, the people of Door County wouldnʼt be able to hear some of the best musicians around and hundreds of students wouldnʼt be able to learn and grow an immeasurable amount through this experience.”
Of the 200 students who attend Birch Creek’s summer programs, approximately 33 percent of them – or 64 students – receive aid. Wagner says, “It’s pretty much our policy to award each student who applies some help.” New student applicants receive the majority of the money budgeted for financial aid, but there are other categories as well. The “Birch Creek Student Award” provides outstanding students from the previous year the opportunity to return and qualify for aid. There are also scholarships given to students recruited from the Midwest percussion and jazz
Photograph courtesy of Birch Creek.
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ARTS festivals, and children of faculty members receive a reduction in fees. Many of these smaller scholarships and recruiting efforts serve to boost the caliber and talent of students who attend and guarantee the quality of music performed at the Birch Creek facility. Economic challenges reveal the growing importance of Birch Creek’s mission to provide opportunities for aspiring young musicians. Last year, in response to the economic hardship sweeping the nation, Birch Creek embarked on a special mission to raise more money for student aid, according to Rericha. Their efforts resulted in much generosity from donors and $14,000 in additional funds were provided for families who felt the pinch. “Philanthropically, it’s the position of the Birch Creek Board of Directors to provide assistance to those who cannot come up with the funds themselves,” Rericha said. That’s just one example of how dedicated they are to ensuring that students who are accepted have the opportunity to attend. “Sometimes we get thank you letters and the students will tell us what doors have been opened for them because of Birch Creek,” Wagner says. “They go back to school and train students who are younger than they are – teach them the tips they learned. Many students learn as much in two weeks here as they learn all year at school.” The performance aspect of these summer workshops blesses the community and its visitors with sweet music on warm evenings. Eckhardt says, “The audience is receptive and warm. They’re on vacation up here in Door County, so they’re going to listen to what you’re doing.” For the students, performing can certainly be one of the more nervewracking aspects of the program. “It’s frightening – performing – you feel like doorcountyliving.com
Clarinet faculty member Jennifer Gerth works with student Maria Walter (foreground) in a practice room in the Birch Creek barn. Photograph courtesy of Birch Creek.
you’re never ready. Your greatest fear is that you’re just going to get squashed,” Eckhardt says. “But they’re supportive at Birch Creek and performing means they get to see where you’re at in your development.” Through their rehearsals, performances, and mutual love of music, students develop a sense of camaraderie. Particularly gifted students become role models for others, inspiring them to work harder on the material and with their instruments. “Kids can evaluate talent and it helps them to evaluate themselves. It helps them to grow,” Eckhardt says. The Door County school community also reaps the benefits of having such a wonderful music arts center. The performance center’s outreach efforts have brought nationally-recognized musicians to surrounding middle and high schools for hands-on workshops at no additional cost. “It’s a resource to the schools that are around it and to northern Door County. They bring business here,” Eckhardt says. “Birch Creek prides itself on being
demanding and top notch, and it has a good reputation.” The Birch Creek Performance Center brings music to Door County’s summer air. It provides young, aspiring musicians with mentors, rehearsals and the chance to perform – giving them all the skills with which to become better musicians. By recruiting students with striking musical talent to participate in their summer programs, Birch Creek draws summer residents, vacationers, and locals to share in the wondrous experience of a concert in the 100-year-old Dutton Concert Barn. Birch Creek gives the gift of music – and it’s a gift that keeps on giving.
Brittany Jordt graduated from UWMadison in May 2009 with a BA in English and Theater. She feels excited and honored to be able to share her passion for the arts by contributing to Door County Living. Door County is a wonderful community with a variety of art forms and very talented artists, which makes it a delightfully compelling place to live and to write.
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ART, CHILDREN & YOUTH BY GARY JONES PHOTOGRAPHY BY IDEA STUDIO/DAN CROSS
But the Greatest of These Is Charity An Artist’s Food for the Soul The genesis for Edgewood Orchard Galleries’ latest cookbook, An Artist’s Food for the Soul, lay in the past. “Twenty years ago my mom had the idea,” Nell Emerson Jarosh recalled, “and began gathering recipes.” But that project was eventually set aside. “[Our] 30th anniversary [in 1999] was really fun, with bands and tents,” she continued. “For the 35th we talked about ways to celebrate, and I thought, What if we did a cookbook?” She remembered the one toyed with years earlier. That first cookbook, An Artist’s Food for Thought, raised $75,000 that Edgewood then donated to charities that fight hunger. In 2009, Edgewood Orchard celebrated its 40th anniversary. As Anne Haberland Emerson was planning the event, her clergyman and friend Michael Brecke suggested another cookbook as a way “to love and to serve.” Nell thought a second cookbook would be easier than the first (She was not anticipating twins!) and another collection of recipes began. Six thousand books were printed and, because of donations, every penny raised
FUN FACT Best-selling novelist Peter Straub and his wife Susan, friends of Anne and Minnow Emerson, are among the 120 people who contributed recipes to the cookbook.
(except for sales tax) will be given to nonprofit organizations that work to benefit children. Anne has long been an advocate of young people; she received a Governor’s Award in Support of the Arts in 1987 not only for her gallery but for her role in founding both the Door Community Auditorium and the Friends of Gibraltar. Her daughter, as a new mother, liked the concept of a fundraiser that would benefit children.
Oil by Michael Gallagher.
But just as a collage creates a focus with its disparate components, so do the elements of the cookbook. And the connections that appear among art and anecdotes and food delight casual readers as well as serious cooks.
Although the cookbooks have only been available since July 2009, already sales have earned $60,000 (funds are distributed through the Door County Community Foundation). If the edition sells out, as the first did, the project will raise $150,000. Edgewood Orchard Galleries’ 40th anniversary was especially important to the family as Anne and her husband Minnow have transferred ownership of the business to Nell and her husband J.R.The latest cookbook not only offers recipes, but glances back at the history of the art gallery. The work is a pastiche of artwork, family photos, inspirational quotations, family and gallery history anecdotes, building and grounds photos, and, of course, recipes contributed by artists and family members and friends (some of them restaurateurs), many with commentaries by the cook, Anne, or Nell.
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Edgewood Orchard Galleries.
Anne Haberland Emersonʼs glance at the past: “When people asked Irene, over 50 years ago, what on Earth she was going to do with 80 acres in Fish Creek, she replied, ʻWalk on it.ʼ Did she know that all three of her children would someday be living on this sacred land, as she often referred to it? “Minnow and I – sometimes together, sometimes independently, but always with a dog – start each day with a good hike through the orchard and the woods. We go quietly, and itʼs here that ideas come to me, where problems are magically resolved, and where I feel most keenly the gift and holiness of life. And in the beauty and mystery of the woods, I can sense my mother and father, and others, too, and feel their love that still surrounds us.” doorcountyliving.com
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recall the history of Edgewood Orchard Galleries, and offer personal reflections that open each section. Nell selected artwork and arranged the recipes. Dan, who has done work for the galleries in the past, donated his work (probably a thousand hours, Anne estimates). “Philanthropy isn’t always how much money we can give,” Dan explained, “but what we can give of our talents and our time.” Anne laughed, recalling the all-nighters during the hectic pace as they “limped to the finish” in “NASA headquarters” making their deadline. The book is the collaboration of Anne, Nell, and their good friend Dan Cross, a graphic designer and photographer who owns Idea Studio; each assumed different responsibilities. Anne was the writer for the project, penning brief essays that explain the conception of the cookbook, Nell Jaroshʼs reflections on her mother Anne Haberland Emersonʼs Ground Beef and Noodle Casserole: “My mom made this for me before every high school basketball game. A glorified Hamburger Helper that we call Power Meal. I never ever got sick of eating it. Too bad it didnʼt help us win more games! “I also made this for myself the day before I was planning to deliver our twin girls. When my doctor told me I couldnʼt eat for 12 hours before my scheduled C-section, I thought she must be joking. I was starving ALL the time! I set my alarm for 2 am and got up to eat a huge bowl of Power Meal. It carried me through…maybe thatʼs why our girls love it so much!”
Pottery by David Aurelius.
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“We had a lot of fun doing it,” Nell said of working with Dan and her mother. “Sometimes we’d just break down in hysterics!” However, the project was in reality a collaboration that went far beyond the three principals and the gallery staff. Castle-Pierce Printing in Oshkosh, a firm that has done work for the galleries for years, donated the full-color printing for the cookbook. The die cutting was gratis of Graphic Finishing in Appleton, and a portion of the binding cost by Binding Edge of Neenah. Private funds offset other expenses in the production process. And 25 businesses in Door County sell the cookbooks at no profit to themselves (although they may designate beneficiaries of funds they raise). “[We were] good friends before we published the cookbook,” Dan said, “[but now] Anne and Nell feel like family. The most gratifying thought about the cookbook fund is it will touch the lives of many children; most we will never get to know by name, but they will be our friends, our extended family.” “It feels good to be able to support things you believe in,” Anne added. “My whole adult life has been doing this one
CHILDRENʼS CHARITIES BENEFITING FROM THE EDGEWOOD COOKBOOK: Altrusa Big Brothers/Big Sisters Birch Creek Music Center Christian Foundation for Children Community Clinic of Door County Door Community Auditorium Door County Department of Community Programs Door County Memorial Hospital Dental Clinic Door County YMCA 4-H Clubs Family Centers of Door County (Washington Island) Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin Feed My People Friends of Gibraltar Gibraltar Historical Society Gibraltar Music Boosters Hardy Gallery ETC Program HELP of Door County Kimberly House Jim Larson Boys and Girls Club Lakeshore CAP and Health Services Miller Art Museum Northern Door Child Care PATH (Promoting Access to Help for Families with Special Needs) Paulʼs Pantry Peninsula School of Art St. Benʼs Meal Program Sister Bay Sports Complex Smile Train Sunshine House Ted Crabb Educational Program Fund Third Avenue Playhouse Washington Island Music Festival Washington Island Pre-School Wellness Center of Door County Womenʼs Employment Project Inc.
FUN FACT Nell and JR Jarosh invited the physician who delivered their twins to contribute a recipe to the cookbook they were helping to compile. She agreed; Dr. Kimberly Winburnʼs Danish Puff Pastry appears in the collection, along with a photograph of the newborns she helped into this world.
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Doug Jacksonʼs reflections on his recipe, Alphaʼs Banana Bread: “My Grandma Alpha lived to be 103. She used to bake this banana bread when I was a boy. A couple of decades later I was living in Philadelphia and met a beautiful girl who worked for one of my clients. I asked her to go to a Billy Joel/Elton John concert. She thought it was just business, but I thought it was a date. The next day, after she received a bouquet of flowers from me, she called to say she was sorry but she was dating someone else. I relented but did not give up. Two weeks later I went to visit my parents and asked my mother for this recipe. I baked Colored pencil by the banana bread Richard Mueller. and delivered it on Monday to Alexʼs law firm. Two hours later she called to say it was the best banana bread she had ever tasted and that she had made a terrible mistake. We went out that night and two-and-a-half years later we were married. Thank you, Alpha!”
A Recipe: Michael Breckeʼs Pasties Pie Crust: 2 cups all-purpose flour ¾ cup vegetable shortening 4-8 tablespoons of cold water Filling: 1 pound of ground or cubed beef 3-4 medium sized potatoes, cubed 1 medium rutabaga, cubed Salt and pepper, to taste Directions: The filling is as varied as you want to make it. The above is one that I use most often, a celebration of my childhood. Place the beef, potatoes and rutabaga in a bowl, mix together with add salt and pepper to taste. Roll the pastry into four 9-inch rounds. Wet the edge of the circle slightly. Place one cup of filling on half of the circle. Fold the piecrust over, stretching it until it looks like half a pie. Crimp the edge with a fork to seal it. Make vent holes in the top. Bake at 350° for approximately 45 minutes. The crust should turn a very light golden color around the edges. doorcountyliving.com
ART, CHILDREN & YOUTH thing [the gallery], and when I look back, so much of my life wove through this building and the relationships that came through it. I feel the cookbook has different layers, beautiful images, but an incredible holding of friendship.”
But especially through the proceeds donated to programs and projects that add to the quality of children’s lives, the cookbook created by Anne Emerson, Nell Jarosh, Dan Cross and so many contributing people brightens the future.
From a very personal perspective, Anne views the book as a way to honor her mother, Irene Haberland. “I realize how great she was,” Anne said. “She wanted you to have an advantage and sparked it. Minnow and I had nothing when we started, but she never acted like it was a frightening thought. She had a flare for living!”
Cookbooks may be purchased for $24.95 from sponsoring businesses or by visiting www.edgewoodorchard.com to print out a mail-order form.
This cookbook gave Anne the opportunity to look back at the wonderful coincidences that have occurred. When she left the University of Chicago Press in 1969 to join her mother in the art gallery adventure, an artist in the design department gave her a hand-rendered logo as a goingaway present, the one Edgewood has used for over 40 years now. Anne was able to recently reconnect with Robert Williams, the artist, after all this time; his recipe for Chocolate Mousse appears along with the image of his design in the cookbook. Anne Haberland Emerson has spent four decades with her galleries in Door County, loving and serving. For the inside of the back cover she chose a statement by Simone Weil that expresses her own feelings: “To be rooted is perhaps the most important but least understood need of the human soul.” An Artist’s Food for the Soul is filled graphically with interconnections through related images, photos, stories, and reflections, but more importantly through the artists, friends, and family whose lives have been touched by Edgewood Orchard and whose mingled roots have strengthened a community. And the cookbook looks to the future as well as the past, because Nell and JR Jarosh, along with their three-year-old twins, continue the business.
Businesses That Sell Edgewoodʼs Cookbooks: Base Camp Blacksmith Inn Chelsea Antiques/Blue Willow Clay Bay Pottery Cornucopia Door County Coffee Edgewood Orchard Galleries Gills Rock Stoneware Great Northern by Design Greens ʻN Grains Harbor Tea and Spice Company Hardy Gallery Islandtime Books Jacksonport Craft Cottage Main Course Main Street Market Miller Art Museum Passtimes Books Rich Risch Salon Serves You Right Sievers School Spin YMCA (Fish Creek)
Gary Jones is a freelance journalist as well as a poet, dramatist, essayist, fiction writer, and occasional teacher of writing. After nearly 30 years of living in Door County, he and his wife have finally put down roots. (No small thing; a late orchard man once told Jones that because of the peninsula’s rocky soil he sometimes had to blast to plant trees.)
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ENVIRONMENT BY KAREN NORDAHL
Rocky Lake Michigan shoreline to the east of Lynn Point Trail. Photograph by Jack Travis.
View looking northeast at sandy and rocky shoreline. Photograph by Jack Travis.
Paved trail heading east toward Lake Michigan. Photo courtesy of William E. Scheckler, MD and the Newport Wilderness Society.
With a Little Help from My Friends Newport State Park
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Newport State Park can learn about the area’s cultural history by visiting a sizable kiosk just a short walk from parking lot three. This impressive structure was partially funded by the Newport Wilderness Society, along with the Door County Historical Society. “We are standing right about here,” remarks Jack Travis, current President of the Newport Wilderness Society, as he points to a plat map that is part of the display. His finger rests on a shoreline lot, one of hundreds plotted on this intricate map that represents the dramatically different future once envisioned for the property. Those who treasure the tranquility of this unique setting can reflect on their good fortune with appreciation for Ferdinand Hotz. The Hotz legacy included not only 1,472 acres of pristine wilderness, but a philosophy of nature “to leave all
living things in their place undisturbed.” Ferdinand Hotz’s descendants made the decision to preserve the land rather than develop, and therefore sold their property to the State of Wisconsin with a request that it remain “in its natural state.” This property included over 10 miles of shoreline on Lake Michigan and Europe Lake, and today represents over half of the 2,373 acres in the Newport State Park wilderness area. A debt of gratitude must also be extended to the Newport Wilderness Society for making Newport State Park what it is today. The Newport Wilderness Society is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, nonprofit, educational organization. Founders and charter members established the society in 1985 out of a shared concern that commercial interests and a focus on revenue generation might eventually lead to development of the park property. They wanted to ensure that Newport
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State Park continued to be managed as a wilderness area, free from electricity hook-ups, tourist facilities and a marina. The society’s mission was defined: “To work with the management of Newport State Park, Door County, Wisconsin to help preserve the natural beauty of the Park’s forest, meadow and shore areas for appropriate public use.” Now celebrating its 25th year, the Newport Wilderness Society continues to serve Newport State Park as its official Friends’ Group. The concept of Friends Groups was pioneered in Wisconsin, with Newport Wilderness Society among the first to be established. Today, there are over 70 local Friends Groups in the state working to maintain, improve and preserve Wisconsin’s state parks, trails and forests. Each local Friends Group has its own board of directors and membership providing support to the property they represent. Friends of Wisconsin State doorcountyliving.com
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Photo by Karen Nordahl.
Work crew involved with eradication activities at Newport State Park.
Primary Goals of the Newport Wilderness Society: 1) Help preserve Newport State Park as a minimal development natural Park. 2) Encourage the individual study and the preservation of Wilderness and Nature in Newport State Park and elsewhere in the County and State.
(Above) Newport’s cultural history kiosk. Photo by Karen Nordahl. (Right) Photo by Karen Nordahl.
Parks is a distinct non-profit organization with its own general membership providing support through volunteer work, monetary donations, and advocacy. Newport Wilderness Society was the proud recipient of the Friends of Wisconsin State Parks Hero Award for the Successful Friends Group of 2009. Working with Newport State Park management, Newport Wilderness Society members contribute through a variety of volunteer activities. Many members have specialized training and conduct lectures or serve as guides for nature hikes focusing on history, geology, or native plants and animals. Volunteers also take responsibility for monitoring monarch butterfly migration and managing bluebird trails. They sponsor special events such as Newport Wilderness Day in September and support annual park programs such as a candlelight ski/ hike event in February. Additionally, the doorcountyliving.com
Newport Wilderness Society publishes a seasonal newsletter, maintains a Web site, and is responsible for the authorship and publication of numerous pamphlets and brochures including “Fossils of the Niagara Escarpment,” “Summer and Fall Wildflowers,” “Mammals of Newport State Park,” and more. Over the past several years, the group has raised significant funding for construction and outfitting of the expansive Hotz Wilderness Room, which serves as a classroom and interpretive center, and an office for the park naturalist – all of which was incorporated into a new Public Entrance Visitor Station at the park.
3) Seek qualified volunteers to help the Newport State Park management with projects to maintain the Park and facilitate its proper use. 4) Develop other projects and programs appropriate for the Park as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors working with the Park management. Park visitors looking for fossils in rocks just east of Lynn Point Trail. Photograph by Jack Travis.
As state budgets have become increasingly stretched, Jack Travis has observed growing support for the Newport Wilderness Society, with membership now exceeding 500. But budget cuts also have heightened the need for such support. Many Newport State Park programs, as 2010 Philanthropy Issue Door County Living 29
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CONTACT INFORMATION Those who wish to support Newport State Park through Newport Wilderness Society efforts are invited to join. Annual membership starts at just $20 for a single adult and $30 for a family, with lifetime membership options available. Newport Wilderness Society PO Box 187 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 www.newportwildernesssociety.org Newport State Park 475 County Highway NP Ellison Bay, WI 54210 (920) 854-2500 www.dnr.state.wi.us/Org/land/parks/specific/ newport/ Other Door County Friends Groups: Friends of Peninsula State Park PO Box 502 Fish Creek, WI 54212-0218 (920) 868-3258 www.peninsulafriends.org/ Friends of Potawatomi State Park www.runwild.org/friends.htm Friends of Rock Island State Park 1924 Indian Point Road Washington Island, WI 54246 www.wctc.net/~cmarlspc/ Friends of Whitefish Dunes State Park www.dnr.state.wi.us/ORG/land/parks/ specific/whitefish/friends/ For information about Friends Groups at other state parks: Friends of Wisconsin State Parks P.O. Box 2271 101 S. Webster Street PR/6 Madison, WI 53701 www.fwsp.org/
well as the employment of a part-time naturalist, are funded through Newport Wilderness Society membership dues and donations. Currently, the organization’s greatest needs are 1) funding for the park naturalist in 2010 and 2) finding volunteers to help with work projects. Jack Travis explains, “Among other things, we really need people helping us to curb the threat of invasive species.” Every spring, volunteer teams join in the effort several days a week, pulling the invasive garlic mustard that could alter the natural balance within the park. Control of phragmites along the shoreline is coordinated with the stateemployed staff certified to spray the plant. Based upon the Master Plan for Newport State Park approved by the Natural Resources Board in 1975, “The purpose of Newport State Park is to preserve and interpret a large area of great natural beauty for this and future generations, and to provide recreational opportunities compatible with the preservation of the resource.” Park Manager Michelle Hefty explains, “The majority of the park is managed with a wilderness philosophy of very little impact beyond what occurs naturally. We strive to preserve the wilderness values of solitude and low-impact activities.” Visitors to Newport State Park will find evergreen and hardwood forests, wetlands and upland meadows, primitive campsites, a natural swimming beach and 38.3 miles of trails designated for hiking, off-road bicycling, cross-country skiing and/or snowshoeing. As a result of Newport Wilderness Society efforts, visitors also have access to substantial educational resources that further their enjoyment of this unique treasure. In the words of Newport Wilderness Society charter member and past
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President Bill Scheckler, “All those who visit Newport Park should remember the good fortune that put Newport into the hands of such thoughtful custodians as Ferdinand Hotz and his family. We might all, in our own ways, preserve Newport and other natural areas of value wherever we find them.” It is the good fortune of today’s park visitors that Newport remains in the hands of thoughtful custodians: the Wisconsin State Park System and members of the Newport Wilderness Society.
Resources • The Ferdinand Hotz Legacy: A Door County Family History. G. Leonard Apfelbach, 1998, with introduction by William E. Scheckler, MD. • Bylaws of Newport Wilderness Society, 2010. • Friends of Wisconsin State Parks Web site: www.fwsp.org/about/ • Newport Wilderness Society Web site: www.newportwildernesssociety.org/ newportwildernesssoc.html • Addendum to the Newport State Park Master Plan, Newport State Park, State Planning Section May 1979.
Karen Grota Nordahl spent childhood summers sailing the waters of Lake Michigan with her family and visiting harbors along the Door County coastline. She now resides in Baileys Harbor with her husband Kevin and their two young children, Aria and Kai. Karen works remotely as the Director of Healthcare Economics for St. Jude Medical, a global medical technology company.
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Generations of Generosity A Family’s Tradition of Philanthropy
Lee Traven was
eager to meet me for an interview one Wednesday morning in September [2008], but his time for conversation was limited. By the time he and I met at 9:00 am, Traven had already finished a meeting with one of the many committees on which he serves, discussing the ways in which the sudden economic crisis would affect the organization’s endowment. And after we finished, Traven had a full afternoon ahead of him, including participation in a poetry gathering and a mystery book club. It’s no wonder that Traven’s life remains busy even as most Door County residents are slowing down for winter: he’s been building his network in the county ever since growing up in Baileys Harbor in the 1930s. Though he spent much of his adult life far from the peninsula, he has developed a reputation for extraordinary dedication to and involvement in his home community. Born in Milwaukee in 1931, Traven’s family moved to Door County when he was five and the country was in the depths of the Depression. “We didn’t have a Dust Bowl here,” Traven says, “but people were moving anyway, because they were losing their jobs in metropolitan areas. My mom and her sisters had inherited a house in Baileys Harbor from their aunt, so that’s where we moved to and made it livable.” Traven, an only child, speaks fondly of his childhood even as he acknowledges the difficulty of the times. “I lived right next
to the schoolhouse in Baileys Harbor,” Traven remembers. “That was nice because you could come home if you wanted, but I wanted to bring my lunch to school anyway, to be like the other kids.” Though Traven’s day-to-day life was unremarkable in that era, his roots stretched remarkably deep into Door County history. Traven’s maternal greatgreat-grandfather, Moses Kilgore, had moved to Wisconsin from Maine in 1860 and had become the first person to represent Door County in the state legislature. His accomplishments included planning Highway 57 and County Road E and organizing a wagon to shuttle passengers and mail between Green Bay and Ellison Bay.
“We’re very proud of him,” says Traven, who has visited the Kilgore home in Maine as well as the family’s ancestral home in Scotland. The family’s tradition of civic engagement did not stop with Kilgore. Traven’s mother, Olivia, learned to love Baileys Harbor while visiting her grandmother as a child and integrated herself swiftly into the community upon moving there as an adult. An articulate, intelligent woman, she was asked to serve on many different committees throughout her lifetime. As part of the Baileys Harbor Women’s Club, Olivia Traven became one of ten cofounders of The Ridges Sanctuary – an accomplishment she later called one of her greatest legacies.
THE RIDGES SANCTUARY When Lee Travenʼs mother, Olivia, joined nine other individuals to found The Ridges in 1937, the area, which is located just north of Baileys Harbor, was already a place of exceptional biodiversity. A fortuitous combination of geographic features, including the cold air that sweeps into the area off of Lake Michigan and the topographic undulations for which the sanctuary is named, make The Ridges Sanctuary unique among similar land preserves. The plant life around The Ridges comprises what is called a boreal forest, teeming with ferns, wildflowers, and 24 native orchid species. The Ridges Sanctuary has even been named a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service. But in the late 1930s, The Ridges faced ruination. Lee Traven explains, “Someone was going to start a trailer camp there, and that would have destroyed all the plant life. There was one area where they had already planted potatoes, believe it or not.” In 1937, despite the financial pessimism that shrouded the country, several organizations, including the Baileys Harbor and Sturgeon Bay Womenʼs Clubs and the Green Tree Garden Club of Milwaukee, banded together to save The Ridges from development. Travenʼs mother, Olivia, was active at The Ridges until she died, and she lived to see the sanctuary blossom into a way for people in Door County to learn about the natural world surrounding the place where they were living and vacationing. The Ridges now offers regular lectures and naturalist-guided hikes, as well as multiple summer youth programs, and is overall one of the most successful nature preserves in the county. The Ridges “was [my motherʼs] life,” Traven says simply. “And now theyʼve saved 1,400 acres.”
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A MERICAN F OLKLORE T HEATRE ’ S
Fred Alley (1962-2001) Co-Founder of American Folklore Theatre
During his too short but very
productive life, Fred made American Folklore Theatre (AFT) his home for creating original musicals. He believed strongly in the musical as an important art form and he certainly contributed his own unique voice to the genre with such wonderful musicals as “Guys on Ice” and “Lumberjacks in Love”, which continue to amuse and move people. Fred, always so generous, also supported his fellow writers and helped establish the New Works Process that AFT still uses. In 2005, AFT established the Fred Alley New Musical Fund, dedicated to the development of new musicals. By funding commissions, readings, and workshops, the fund honors Fred’s legacy and continues the mission of creating musicals for our Door County audience. Dave Hudson, who was encouraged by Fred to write for AFT and has since had four musicals produced by AFT, says: “For musicals, there is New York City and Fish Creek, Wisconsin. Thanks to AFT, I view Fish Creek as an equal to Manhattan when it comes to nurturing musicals and the people who write them.” Thank you to Good Eggs and Fred’s friend Joel and his wife Lauren, for sponsoring this page.
The Fred Alley New Musical Fund has supported:
Life on the Mississippi
by Denver Casado and Douglas M. Parker
Guys & Does
by Fred Heide, Lee Becker, and Paul Libman
Sunsets & S’mores
by Fred Heide, Lee Becker, and Matt Zembrowski
Cheeseheads, the Musical
by Dave Hudson and Paul Libman
A Cabin with a View by Dave Hudson and Paul Libman
Sometimes a Song: The Music of Dan Fogelberg
created by Scott Wakefield and Jeff Herbst
Main-Travelled Roads by Dave Hudson and Paul Libman
Bone Dance
by Jeff Herbst in collaboration with Ralph Lee and Marshall Keating
See Jane Vote
by Laurie Flanigan and James Kaplan
Fred would be pleased to know that American Folklore Theatre has continued to do the work he believed in. Please visit www.FolkloreTheatre.com to make a contribution to the Fred Alley New Musical Fund.
CAMEOS Traven’s father, Fred, was also quite active in the community, serving as a Boy Scout leader for 28 years and later serving as president of The Ridges. Having attended commercial artists’ school in Detroit, Fred Traven made his living in Door County’s growing tourism industry; upon his arrival in the county, he was the only sign painter in the area. Though neither of Traven’s parents attended college, they insisted that their son seek out a high-quality education. “In my case,” Traven says, “my dad was a very important person. Without him, I wouldn’t have gone to university or anything. When I finished my Master’s, my dad asked, ‘Aren’t you going to go for your doctorate?’ He was always very giving.” Traven attended Lawrence University in Appleton as an Air Force-ROTC member, majoring in government and history. “I thought then that I would go to grad school, but then the [Korean] war came along,” Traven says. So he embarked on four years in the Air Force, serving in California, Texas, and Japan. “It was really a great experience for me,” Traven says of his time in the military. “I got interested through that in travel, and I’ve done quite a bit of travel since.” After leaving the Air Force, Traven attended Columbia University on the GI Bill, earning an M.B.A. and an M.A. in international relations. He became particularly interested in business intelligence, the practice of gathering information for a company about its competitors, allies, and potential for expansion. Though he didn’t come to New York City intending to settle there, Traven ended up living in New York for 38 years, landing a job in business intelligence for Standard Oil of New Jersey (now Exxon Mobil). “So I stayed in New York all those years, never thinking I was going to stay when doorcountyliving.com
I went there. Things changed in grad school, and I grew to like New York very much–I liked to go to the symphony and the opera and museums. “I’m glad I traveled and lived in New York,” Traven says. “I think it was very good for a young person to get out and see other areas.” Though Traven returned to the peninsula regularly in the summer, he led an extremely active life in New York City, working with various professional societies as well as his church board and an interfaith council that did work for disadvantaged youth on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. “One of the things that serving on this interfaith board in Manhattan did is that it gave me a great awareness of the importance of people giving something back, if they can, to their community, to the various organizations that benefit children and poor people.” Upon retirement, Traven decided to return to Door County, armed with that social awareness and prepared to continue his parents’ legacy of community involvement. Since his return, he has served on numerous boards, including the Hospital Foundation, Scandia Village, The Clearing, Wisconsin Public Radio, The Ridges, and the Lawrence/Downer Alumni Board. Among the many charitable and non-profit organizations competing for resources in Door County, Traven particularly admires the Door County Community Foundation, through which people can make contributions from their wills or trusts to the organization of their choice. As Traven’s parents have now passed away and he has no siblings or other heirs, he will donate his estate through the Community Foundation to multiple organizations, including The Clearing, The Ridges, the Door County
Hospital Foundation, and Lawrence University. Through his exceptional generosity of money and time, Traven has developed a reputation for good deeds around the county. Lynn Mattke, Senior Housing Manager at Scandia Village in Sister Bay, where Traven now lives, says Traven has proved to be a vital human resource for the retirement community, planning and participating in many Scandia events. “Lee has a great talent for bringing people together,” Mattke said. “He’s taken responsibility here, and we’ve really appreciated that.” Traven loves doing the work that he does, but is grateful that he’s not the only one around to do it. “We have some great people here on these boards that are just invaluable. We have a wealth of resource in people, I think, who are caring and responsible.” So while he plans to continue his involvement in the community his parents taught him to love, Traven hopes that others will join him in working to improve the Door County community. “Just this morning,” he says, “they were starting a men’s club at the Meadows. I was having a computer class, so I almost missed that meeting, but when I got there, people said, ‘Oh, good, Lee Traven is here; he knows people.’ And I like to do that kind of thing, but you can’t have just one person. It vitalizes it if you have others.”
Katie Dahl is an itinerant writer and musician who spends as much time as possible in Door County. In addition to various seasons of work on the peninsula with American Folklore Theatre, Door Shakespeare, Base Camp Coffee Shop, and the Peninsula Pulse, Katie has worked in Minneapolis, Boston, and southern France as an English teacher, librarian’s assistant, editor, and folksinger.
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COMMUNITY BY KATIE LOTT SCHNORR PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF FAMILY CENTERS OF DOOR COUNTY
Bringing People Together Family Centers of Door County
Saving the Door with the
Door County Land Trust Family Day at the Door County Maritime Museum.
The mood is
festive, and sticky-fingered children and their parents and grandparents are having a ball making gingerbread houses. The event takes place every year at two different sites, planned and organized by the Family Centers of Door County (FCDC). It’s a typical event for the Family Centers: fun, free, intergenerational, and educational. You may not instantly recognize the Family Centers’ name, but chances are you have attended one of their events. The organization’s mission, “to strengthen and support families and communities,” is apparent in the more than 100 yearly happenings which last year touched over 4,000 people. The events take place all over the county and are open to residents and visitors alike. FCDC’s
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A scene from Teen Nights on Washington Island.
broad and inclusive, and a diverse slate of programs is constantly designed, analyzed, and implemented to serve people of all ages. Under the dedicated and imaginative leadership of Gina Wautier, the organization works hard to offer events that don’t replicate what other non-profits in the county offer. “The bulk of our programming happens in the off-season,” says Wautier. “In the summer, many of the people we serve are busy working in the fields, the farms, the businesses, and the service industry of Door County.” Family Centers of Door County evolved from initiatives begun by a local coalition of human service agencies. These groups recognized a need for increased family support services in Door County. At first, the program ran under the auspices of HELP of Door County. Later,
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as the program grew, staff considered various models of service delivery. “We realized that Door County didn’t fit the model of having just one resource site,” says Wautier, Executive Director since 2003. So staffers developed the idea of locating several centers within smaller communities in the Door, and FCDC was born, receiving its non-profit status in 2005. Welcoming me into the Brussels office of FCDC, Wautier gestures around the room. “This used to be my salon. Shampoo sink here, cutting station over there.” It’s obvious that Wautier has invested the same passion and creativity into Family Centers that she did into her own business. But the offices are not the focus of the organization. Rather, its heart lies in its host sites throughout the county, all the way from Washington doorcountyliving.com
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Shannon Finger, the Southern Door site coordinator, serves participants at the Older Adult Breakfast at the Forestville Town Hall.
Island, through Northern Door, Sturgeon Bay, and Southern Door. The Family Centers’ four site coordinators live in the communities they serve, and offer programs specific to the needs of their locale and within easy reach of residents. The lack of a centralized program site is both a strength and a challenge for the organization. Clients who attend Family Centers’ events aren’t always aware of who sponsors them, since functions take place at such a wide variety of locations. The Family Centers’ long-term goals include finding a permanent site which would house offices and space for workshops and events. Ultimately, however, it’s all about the programming. “I love my job,” says Program Coordinator Justine Mancheski. “To build up and offer programs that touch people’s lives is wonderful.” The organization could not operate without its formidable army of volunteers – over 300 people yearly – who together perform work that is equivalent to two full-time positions. Says Mancheski, “We could not do what we do without our doorcountyliving.com
collaborative partners.” She’s referring to the volunteers and to the organizations which make in-kind donations of their space: the Northern Door and Sturgeon Bay YMCAs, the Mosling Recreation Center on Washington Island, the Northern Door Children’s Center in Sister Bay, Southern Door Schools, and the Forestville Town Hall. A listing of other partner organizations who donate space and resources reads like a who’s who of Door County non-profits: Door County Memorial Hospital, Björklunden, The Music and Arts School, Crossroads at Big Creek, The Door County Maritime Museum, and many others. It is the unusual breadth of services that makes the Family Centers special, says Dick Egan, chairman of the Door County Community Foundation and long-time supporter of FCDC. “Family Centers of Door County is a unique organization that delivers services that fall through the cracks of other agencies.” Most other agencies, Egan observes, center around a specific issue, but FCDC
“My husband and I spend the summer working long hours at seasonal jobs and have little time for family fun. Our children spend a lot of time with their grandparents and we appreciate it when we can recommend Family Centers activities to entertain our kids. By the time the tourist season ends, we are exhausted from overwork and financially strapped through the winter trying to make our summer earnings last until spring. It is so nice to be able to look over the schedule of events on your Web site and choose an activity to attend. Knowing I have a place to call for ideas when my kids are difficult is also a plus. Keep up the good work that you do because it really does help us.” – Family Centers Participant
FAMILY CENTERS LOCATIONS IN DOOR COUNTY Wahington Island
Sister Bay Fish Creek
Sturgeon Bay
Southern Door
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The Gingerbread House Making Event at the Northern Door Children’s Center.
“covers the whole spectrum” of needs and it does it all over the county, “all the way from Kolberg to the island.” Take a look at the roster of recent activities and you’ll see what Egan is talking about: there’s an autumn afternoon event to create home-made scarecrows, an Internet safety workshop for families, and the ever-popular Children’s Christmas Stores where kids can purchase and wrap holiday gifts for members of their families. Families in Southern Door enjoy a free movie and popcorn night at the public school four times a year, a popular event in the winter months. Says Mancheski, “It costs an arm and a leg to take a family to the theater. To be able to take your family to the movies, and have popcorn and refreshments, really means a lot to a lot of people.” For teens, there are events such as Teen Leadership Workshops and the well-attended Teen Nights on Washington Island – the local staff’s response to youths’ need for safe, positive fun. These events have included a New Year’s Eve lock in, a trip to the Haunted Mansion in Brussels, even an “Island Idol” competition based on the popular TV show. doorcountyliving.com
Family Centers’ parent programs touch families from all walks of life. The STAR parenting program is a six-week exploration of how to strengthen and nurture relationships. Throughout the process, Wautier has witnessed parents change the way they handle discipline with their children, deal with their own emotions, and show support to each other. At the end of a recent session, plans were made for the group to continue meeting at a local park so families could stay connected. One woman in the group said, “If more people would take this class, it could change our community.” Wautier and her staff agree. This past summer, FCDC offered a parenting program geared specifically toward fathers, the Nurturing Fathers curriculum. “It came about because there’s been nothing out there for men to learn parenting in a positive way.” The program served five men who were incarcerated at the County Jail, but also included dads in the community at large. Wautier counts the program as another success. “For many [of these fathers], a true healing is taking place as they recognize their past mistakes and look toward the future with a new outlook.”
Diane Jome, a retired schoolteacher, serves as Treasurer of the Board of Directors at Family Centers of Door County. In the past two years, she has logged a total of 570 hours of service to the organization, including planning and managing the Older Adult Breakfast program. “A lot of these people are widows and widowers. Itʼs a wonderful thing to see them have others to be with, talk with, and laugh with.” Diane also appreciates how Family Centers programming always includes an educational aspect. When families visit the Southern Door Auditorium for movie night, children are instructed on theater etiquette before the fun begins. Diane believes that her work with the Family Centers is its own reward. Speaking of her experience working at the Childrenʼs Christmas Stores, she says, “I can see the joy in their faces. When you see the little ones with their packages all wrapped up for their loved ones, they are just beaming!”
Diane Jome working at the Children’s Christmas Stores event.
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COMMUNITY changes in the grant that shifted strictly toward in-home services. But Wautier and her staff are working hard to fill the funding gap with other sources. They know that their work strengthens family life, and thereby reduces family violence. “It’s very hard to measure,” says Wautier, “but we’ll continue to offer places to be in a positive atmosphere with friends and family…we know it helps relieve some of those stresses.”
Gina Wautier (left ) and Justine Mancheski (right).
Programming for older adults fills an important need in the county as well. Gramma’s Mittens program includes seven women who, together, made 641 hand-knit items for school children throughout the county. Not only are these women keeping children’s hands warm, they are keeping their own hands busy, minds engaged, and social connections alive. Older Adult Socials provide a meal and a gathering place for seniors, where speakers and entertainers add another dimension of interest for attendees. According to Justine Mancheski, Family Centers staff is always trying to “understand and wrap our arms around the gaps in our community.” One such gap that staff recently recognized was the lack of programming for single adults. In response, they developed a new program called “Friendship Fridays” geared toward singles who are looking for social events that are fun and relaxing. The program began in February with a fondue night event and will continue monthly through the summer. Wautier and her staff are creative in their fundraising efforts as well. Since they receive no state or federal funding, Family Centers relies on United Way funds and doorcountyliving.com
local private foundation grants, as well as direct mail appeals and event fundraisers. The organization’s fundraisers aren’t black tie balls – rather, they extend the mission of the organization by offering programs that enrich and nurture as they bring in revenue. Wautier laughs and says she often asks herself, “Is this a program or a fundraiser?” And then answers, “It’s a family event that brings in revenue.” The docket of 2010 events include the wellknown “Pampering and Practicalities” evening event geared toward women, the family-friendly Parade of Ponds, and the historically-minded Belgian Kermiss in Southern Door. The Kermiss, now entering its third year sponsored by the FCDC, is a centuries-old harvest festival brought to Door County by the Belgian settlers. Wautier explains that the Kermiss takes place every year on Grandparents’ Day as “a way for the older generation to share their traditions.” In addition to planning the event, Wautier led a class at NWTC on Belgian Pie Making, and baked 120 pies for the event along with a group of volunteers. This year, Family Centers lost one important source of funding, the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, due simply to
Ultimately, Family Centers’ programs are all about strengthening the bonds that already join people in our close-knit county. After a Family Day event at the Maritime Museum, Suzanne Rose of Kolberg reflected, “It was such a pleasure to spend the afternoon, unrushed, with so many kids my daughter has grown-up with…and enjoy many activities with neighbors, friends and familiar faces from the county.” It’s the simple pleasures of community, family, and friendship that Family Centers of Door County understands and strives to bring to everyone, one event at a time.
Information: Family Centers of Door County www.doorcountyfamilycenters.com To volunteer, contact: Sara Paye, Volunteer and Event Marketing Coordinator, at volunteer@doorcountyfamilycenters. com or (920) 743-8380
Katie Lott Schnorr lives in Southern Door County with her husband and two young daughters. She is a teacher in the Sturgeon Bay Public Schools. Aside from teaching and raising a family, poetry and jazz singing are her creative endeavors at present. She feels fortunate to live in such a beautiful place full of imaginative and passionate people.
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HEALTH & HUMAN NEEDS BY SHEILA SABREY-SAPERSTEIN PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF NICKI SCHARRIG
Inside Scandia Village The largest
employer in no r thern Door County has as its motto: “In Christ’s Love, Everyone is Someone.” The Good Samaritan-Scandia Village’s mission is “to share God’s love in word and deed by providing shelter and supportive services to older persons and others in need.” This senior residence and nursing facility was established by a group of northern Door County citizens 35 years ago when they formed the Senior Citizens Agency of Northern Door or “SCAND,” the now familiar name that not many know is actually an acronym. After several years of planning by this group of community stalwarts, ground was broken for a 60-bed nursing center that opened for business in November 1981 with 50 percent occupancy. The original community board of directors literally took money out of their pockets to accumulate enough for the initial fundraiser mailing. The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota managed daily operations
of the new center but did not take ownership until 1993 when the growing campus required a more professional leadership presence. According to Michele Notz, Administrator, the regulations for nursing homes are second only to those governing nuclear energy! Management was assumed by the Good Samaritan Society to meet the demand for safe, loving retirement living and health care in northern Door County. There are wonderful and touching stories within the halls of Scandia Village and none better than that of their new director, Michele, who literally came up through the ranks. A native of Door County, Michele started working at Scand 27 years ago in housekeeping, then moved into nursing assistant, housekeeping supervisor, secretary to the board and apartments manager. When it looked like she could move up further, Michele went back to school with the help of “Good Sam” for the needed training and education for a degree in health care management, and as a licensed nursing home administrator she became Administrator on December 16, 2009.
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Michele is ably assisted by a team of management and direct-care staff. Nicki Scharrig sits at her right hand as Marketing and Resource Development Director and together they exemplify the joy, enthusiasm and dedication found in each of the full and part-time staff totaling 112. According to both Nicki and Michele, Scand is a very good place to work. “Cross training” has become an efficient way of serving the community so that staff can float among many jobs – Nicki, for instance, studied and received her degree as a Certified Nursing Assistant allowing her to work in that capacity if needed. One of the driving forces behind the parent company, “Good Sam,” is a commitment to improve through education. Many employees have taken advantage of scholarships and other assistance to increase their status as caregivers for the 180-resident campus. The original building has expanded beyond the original cherry orchard property and today there are 18 Villas (four-unit condo ranch-style houses separate from the main building for independent living); 58 Meadows monthly rentals, also for independent doorcountyliving.com
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living; 20 Woodview assisted living units; and 60 Care Center units that require 24-hour skilled nursing care (15 of these are assigned to Birchwood, the Alzheimers/Dementia special care unit). Added to this in 2000 is their state-ofthe-art Rehabilitative Therapy Area staffed by therapists from Door County Memorial Hospital and available to the greater community as well. Large single contributions created the Newkirk Chapel in 1990 and the newly-renovated Care Center dining room, the “Judith Blazer Fireside Bistro.” They have a healthy endowment and further expansion is a possibility when the economy recovers. The Auxiliary and its volunteers operate “Bargains Unlimited,” the second-hand store down the street that is so popular with area residents and a regular stop for tourists as well. “Bargains” is a true recycling center where patrons drop off a donation and end up shopping for other items. It is the ultimate on-going fundraiser for Scand along with the annual drive in the fall of each year. Both Nicki and Michele agree that next to their staff, the Auxiliary and volunteers (totaling 240) are Scandia’s most hardworking fans. Volunteers sort through donations at Bargains, feed the residents, provide one-on-one friendships, teach, coach, organize, and generally provide energy and happiness to the entire Scandia population. Nicki pointed out that the residents, in turn, give back to the larger community as well. With the help of the staff they have bake sales and potlucks to support outside events like the Alzheimers Walk; some teach at The Clearing; and at the time of this writing a group was preparing for a fundraiser to support Haiti’s recovery from the earthquake. Several significant programs have brought special attention to Scandia doorcountyliving.com
CAMEOS Ilsa Kozma, in her early 80s, is a retired chef. Born in Germany, she and her husband and daughter moved to Waukesha, Wisconsin in 1951. Daughter Brigitte is a respected Door County artist in partnership with her husband, artist Tom Seagard, of the Mill Road Gallery in Sister Bay. Ilsa moved to Door County recently to be closer to her family when her husband died and a Scandia Meadows apartment was the perfect choice for her. She posed for the photographer while doing her daily hour swim at the YMCA where she also participates in exercise classes. Louis Smolak is 100 years old and a Russian born sculptor. He is shown with one of his sculptures currently installed at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Sister Bay where he is an active member. Louis lives in The Villas and enjoys a second life as senior statesman. His very active mind percolates and he can discuss history, politics, religion and, of course, art with the best of them. Read all about this dapper dresser with a twinkle in his eye in Door Way by Norbert Blei who writes, “Some people around these parts take night courses, read books, and watch PBS. I listen to Louis Smolak.” Chuck Berger, early 90s, is the newest Meadows resident of this group and like Louie is an active member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County. He and his family had been coming to their vacation home in Ellison Bay since the middle ʻ50s and moved there following his retirement as a chemical engineer specializing in research and development in oil refining techniques. When his home became too difficult to care for, Chuck moved to the Meadows and is very happy to continue his interests in music appreciation and political discussions in this new environment. 2010 Philanthropy Issue Door County Living 43
HEALTH & HUMAN NEEDS Village. “TimeSlips” for the Alzheimer/ Dementia Birchwood residents was initiated by volunteer JoAnn Thomas. According to its Web site, “TimeSlips is a creative storytelling method which replaces the pressure to remember with the encouragement to imagine.” JoAnn allowed a group of local actors to work along with her on this project and it culminated in a fundraising production of a play performed at the Door Community Auditorium. Another special event is the Care Center Christmas Party, a no-holds-barred day of fun with residents, community members,
staff and entire families joining in the celebration. Michele smiled and said, “One of my biggest satisfactions and the most heartwarming thing is witnessing the interaction between residents, residents and staff, and residents and volunteers. It really is what we’re all about. We are eternally grateful to our Auxiliary and volunteers because they make all these wonderful extras happen.” She continued, “It hurts us dramatically when we can’t serve everybody who asks. It’s a heartbreaking feeling when you see people in need and we’re full. We keep it as affordable as we can but that means we are
CAMEOS Jean Swanson, in her 80s, retired from social work in the Chicago area and with her husband built a home in Ellison Bay very near The Clearing where she spent many years teaching the Great Books series each winter. Jean is a member of two book clubs and reads voraciously. She loves living at the Meadows after maintaining a large house and garden for many years on her own after her husband died. She entertains regularly and especially loves having her two granddaughters, Rachel and Sara, for occasional sleepovers. Dr. Hugh Hickey, early 80s, has just formed a weekly poetry group in the solarium at Scandia—reading, not writing he points out. Hugh was a trauma MASH unit doctor during the Korean War and subsequently enjoyed a long and successful career as an orthopedic surgeon in the Milwaukee area. Upon retiring Hugh and his beautiful wife Sue built their dream home in Fish Creek where he was an avid gardener. After his wife died he moved into the Villas and subsequently the Meadows where he is grateful to have all the benefits of Scand and still enjoy his very homey Meadows apartment.
(CAMEO PHOTOS BY SHEILA SABREY-SAPERSTEIN)
Lee Traven just celebrated his 79th birthday by joining another book club, this time a mystery group. Lee grew up in Baileys Harbor, the son of community activist, Olivia Traven, a founding member of Scandia and The Ridges Sanctuary. Lee attended Lawrence University and Columbia University for his education, and upon retirement from Standard Oil of New Jersey moved back to the family home in Baileys Harbor and continued his motherʼs work with his dedication to organizations in the area: The Ridges, The Clearing, Lawrence University, Wisconsin Public Radio and many more. He is happy to be free from the task of keeping up a home and says: “The staff and other folks here couldnʼt possibly be better.”
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always financially borderline. Our annual fall fundraiser allows us to make small improvements and, just this year, we were able to create several rooms dedicated to Medicare patients who are recovering from surgery and need short-term special care or therapy before they return to their Villa or apartment.” Providing the “supportive services” mentioned in their mission statement runs the gamut from Clearing classes to a rotating group of ministers for Tuesday devotionals and Sunday services, to the Silver Sneakers YMCA fitness program, to in-house concerts by Midsummer’s Music, to a Wellness Program for staff and residents, to medical support coordinated by Medical Director Dr. Philip B. Arnold of North Shore Medical Clinic, and the list goes on and on. Many of us have visited big city nursing care facilities and experienced how sad and impersonal they can be, but if you visit Scandia Village you will come away impressed, upbeat and thinking perhaps someday you yourself might be a recipient of the passionate love and care found here. In the meantime, think about volunteering!
For donations and further information contact: Nicki Scharrig, Marketing and Resource Development Director Good Samaritan Society-Scandia Village 290 Smith Drive Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-2317 www.good-sam.com
Sheila Sabrey-Saperstein retired as a Northwestern University theatre and opera professor to live in Door County with husband Phil 14 years ago and is happy that she can’t remember what big city living was like. She enjoys writing and photography and occasionally directs theatre within a social context like “TimeSlips,” part of an Alzheimer awareness project, and “Out of the Shadows,” a presentation on sexual abuse and domestic violence. Sheila was one of four founding members for the Isadoora Theatre Company.
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CHARITIES SERVING DOOR COUNTY ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS IN DOOR COUNTY Door County is a special place. There is a spirit that keeps us here – or draws us back each year. So it’s no wonder that Door County is also home to countless people who are working hard to sustain our quality of life. There are over 325 charities, associations, service clubs, and other citizen groups serving our community! In an effort to help connect people who care with the causes that matter, the Door County Community Foundation has compiled this list of tax-exempt organizations that are based in Door County, Wisconsin. The most up-to-date list is available at the Community Foundation’s Web site of www. doorcountycommunityfoundation.org. The list was compiled through a good faith search of tax returns filed with the Internal Revenue Service and a review of other publicly available documents. Of course, given the difficulty of maintaining such a comprehensive database, it is inevitable that there will be the occasional oversight. If you discover one, please accept our sincerest apologies and send additions and corrections to webmaster@ doorcountycommunityfoundation.org. TAX EXEMPT CLASSIFICATION While there are many Door County organizations that are “tax-exempt” under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, not all of them are considered charitable by the IRS. Generally speaking, a contribution to an organization classified as a 501(c)(3) public charity earns you the maximum tax deduction as allowed by law. The tax deductibility to other types of 501(c) organizations varies depending on a number of factors. Please contact the respective organizations to confirm their tax status and the deductibility of any gift you might choose to make. Visit the IRS Web site at www.irs.gov for a complete explanation of the different types of exempt organizations.
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American Folklore Theatre Inc PO Box 273 Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 854-6117 folkloretheatre.com Association of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestras Inc PO Box 350 Ephraim, WI 54211 wiscsym.org Birch Creek Music Center, Inc PO Box 230 Egg Harbor, WI 54209 (920) 868-3763 birchcreek.org Bruval Inc 5707 W Carlsville Rd Lot 108 Suite 198 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-1503 Cherry Hills-Door County Fund for the Arts and Humanities Inc c/o Peter Trenchard 116 Little Sister Road Sister Bay, WI 54234 Door County Art League Ltd PO Box 405 Fish Creek, WI 54212 doorcountyartleague.org Door Community Auditorium Corp 3924 Hwy 42 PO Box 397 Fish Creek, WI 54212 dcauditorium.org Door County Children’s Irish Arts Inc 22 N 16th Place Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Door County Community Concerts Inc 729 Pennsylvania Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Door County Folk Alliance Ltd PO Box 876 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 dcfolk.com Door County Student Film Festival Inc c/o Brian M Amos 250 N 8th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 dcsff.com Family Playhouse Inc 5612 Daubner Lane Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-8920
Francis Hardy Gallery Inc of Door County PO Box 394 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 854 2210 thehardy.org
Peninsula Players Theatre Foundation Inc W4351 Peninsula Players Rd Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-3287 peninsulaplayers.com
Door County Visitor Bureau Inc 1015 Green Bay Rd Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-4456 doorcounty.com
Gunderson Denardo Foundation W2996 Gibraltar Rd Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 839-2925
Peninsula Symphonic Band Inc PO Box 84 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 peninsulasymphonicband.org
Isadoora Theatre Company PO Box 734 Fish Creek, 54212 (920) 493-3667 isadoora.com
Third Avenue Playhouse Inc PO Box 843 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 742-1760 thirdavenueplayhouse.com
Door Property Owners Inc c/o J Kaftan PO Box 429 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-4450 dpoi.org
Midsummer’s Music, LTD PO Box 422 Ephraim, WI 54211 (920) 854-7088 midsummersmusic.com
Thor Johnson Endowment Trust PO Box 340 Ephraim, WI 54211 (920) 854-4060
Midwest Institute for Theater Arts of Oshkosh 11158 N Sand Bay Ln Sister Bay, WI 54234
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
Miller Art Center Foundation Inc 107 S 4th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-8450 National Society of Tole & Decorative Painters c/o Nancy Turk 1809 Georgia Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 decorativepainters.org Peninsula Art School of Door County Inc 3900 County F PO Box 304 Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-3360 peninsulaartsschool.com Peninsula Arts Association PO Box 394 Ephraim, WI 54211 (920) 854-1833 peninsulaartsassociation.com Peninsula Belgian and American Club Inc c/o Kim Potier Davis 1255 N 12th Place Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 belgianamerican.org Peninsula Chamber Singers Inc 5612 Daubner Lane Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 peninsulachambersingers.org Peninsula Music Festival Inc PO Box 340 Ephraim, WI 54211 (920) 854-4060 musicfestival.com
Clarks Lake Advancement Association Inc c/o Beatrice Bellin 5296 W Shore Dr Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Door County Bar Association Inc c/o Nina H Martel PO Box 89 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 ( 920) 746-4475 Door County Deputy Sheriffs Association 1201 S Duluth Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Door County Farm Bureau Cooperative 141 N 4th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-9206 Door County Home Builders Inc c/o Kaye Carter PO Box 112 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-8206 dchba.org Door County Realtors Association PO Box 684 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-9651 dcbr.org Door County Service Club Coalition 1038 W Maple Street PO Box 316 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Egg Harbor Business Association PO Box 33 Egg Harbor, WI 54209 (920) 868-3717 Glidden Drive Association Inc PO Box 261 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Jacksonport Advancement Corporation 6706 Memorial Dr Egg Harbor, WI 54209 (920) 823-2800 Jacksonport Area Business Association c/o Joe Jarosh 6275 Hwy 57 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54236 Joint Professional Law Enforcement Association of Door County Inc c/o Tammy Sternard 1201 Duluth Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Little Sturgeon Area Property Owners Association, Inc PO Box 421 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 824-5007 Little Sturgeon Business Owners Association c/o Becky Hirthe 3605 County CC Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Southeast Jacksonport Neighborhood Association Inc c/o Eric Wickstrom 6706 Memorial Dr Egg Harbor, WI 54209 Sturgeon Bay Area Advancement Corp c/o Peter Krauss Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Wisconsin Harbor Towns Association c/o Stephen A Kase 324 N 12th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 wisconsinharbortowns.org
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CHARITIES SERVING DOOR COUNTY CHURCHES Bahais of Gibraltar Town 9633 County A Fish Creek, WI 54212 Bay View Lutheran Church 340 W Maple Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-4705 Bethany Lutheran Church 3051 Cedar Street Ephraim, WI 54211 (920) 854-4065 Bethel Baptist Church 852 Europe Bay Road Ellison Bay, WI 54210 (920) 854-4490 Bethel Shalom Inc 10752 Rass Rd Brussels, WI 54204 Calvary United Methodist Church 7916 State Hwy 42 Egg Harbor, WI 54209 (920) 868-3112 Christ Lutheran Church (920) 743-5155 Christian Science Society 212 S 7th Ave Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-8525 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 660 18th & Florida Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-4797 Church of the Atonement 9390 Cottage Row Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-2700 Church of the Precious Blood 9696 County Road C Brussels, WI 54204 (920) 824-5061 Corpus Christi Catholic Church 25 N Elgin Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-4716 Door Bible Baptist Church 1302 County Road Brussels, WI 54204 (920) 825-1380 Door County Family Fellowship-TNT Ministries Inc 3821 Gibraltar Rd Fish Creek, WI 54212 Door of Life Christian Church Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 421-1525 Emanuel Lutheran Church 8612 County Rd D Forestville, WI 54213 Emanuel’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Kolberg, WI (920) 743-6683 Ephraim Moravian Church 9970 Moravia Ephraim, WI 54211 (920) 824-5061
Episcopal Church of Christ the King & Holy Nativity 512 Michigan Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-3286 Family Educational Broadcasting Corporation of Door County Wisconsin Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-6065 Family Worship Center Assembly of God 1715 Michigan Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-6065 First Baptist Church 954 Bay Shore Dr Sister Bay, WI 54234 First Baptist Church of Sturgeon Bay 610 N 5th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (902) 743-5058 Fish Creek Community Church 9400 Cottage Row Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-3811 Friends Community Church 204 W Maple Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-2714 Full Gospel Churches International 4285 Cherry Rd Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Hainesville Lutheran Church PO Box 259 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-9806 hainesvillelc.com Holy Name of Mary Rectory 7491 Cty H Maplewood, WI (920) 856-6440 Holy Nativity Episcopal Church County Hwy V Jacksonport, WI 54235 (920) 743-3286 Holy Trinity Eastern Orthodox Mission Sister Bay, WI 54234 (900) 622-8000 Hope United Church of Christ 141 South 12th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-2701 hopechurchdc.org House of Praise Ministries c/o of Rev Rodney Johnson PO Box 56 Brussels, WI 54204 International Church of the Foursquare Gospel 434 N 3rd Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends 204 W Maple Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 iaym.org Lighthouse Gospel Fellowship Ltd 11339 Homestead Dr Ellison Bay, WI 54210
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Living Word Full Gospel Fellowship Inc 83 W Maple Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Peninsula Baptist Church Inc 3486 N 20th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-2969 Prince of Peace 1756 Michigan St Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-7750 Saints Peter & Paul Church 4767 E Dunn Rd Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-4842 Salem Lutheran Church 3339 County Road MM Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-6683 Seventh Day Adventist Church 9402 Hill Street Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-3925 Seventh Day Adventist Church 6121 Gordon Road Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 920) 743-9511 Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church PO Box 27 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 shepherdofthebay.org St Francis & St Mary’s Catholic Parish 9716 Cemetery Road Brussels, WI 54204 (920) 825-7555 St John Lutheran Church 4911 Brauer Rd Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-5343 St Joseph Catholic Church 526 Louisiana Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-2062 St Luke’s Episcopal Church 2336 Canterbury Lane PO Box 559 Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-9600 St Mary’s of the Lake Catholic Church 8013 State Hwy 57 Baileys Harbor, WI (920) 839-2041 St Paul Lutheran Church 4176 Juddville Rd Fish Creek, WI 54212 St Peters Lutheran Church PO Box 85 Forestville, WI 54213 Stella Maris Catholic Parish Parish Office: 7710 State Hwy 42 Egg Harbor, WI 54209 Baileys Harbor Location: 8013 Highway 57 Fish Creek Location: 4019 Highway 42 Jacksonport Location: 6236 Highway 57 Sister Bay Location:
241 Bay Shore Road (920) 868-3241 stellamarisparish.com Stewards of Grace Ministries 10819 Stage Rd Brussels, WI 54204 Sturgeon Bay Community Church PO Box 703 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-9587 Transformation of our Lord Chapel 910 N Bay Shore Dr Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-4215 Trinity Lutheran Church 1765 Town Line Rd Washington Is, WI 54246 Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County Street Address: 10341 Hwy 42 in Ephraim Mailing Address: PO Box 854, Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-7559 uufdc.org United Methodist Church Jacksonport, WI 54235 (920) 868-3112 White Star Church Brussels, WI 54204 (920) 388-2622 Zion Lutheran Church 6710 County Rd T Egg Harbor, WI 54209 Zion United Methodist 8781 County Road F Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-3112 CIVIC GROUPS AND SERVICE CLUBS Altrusa International Inc c/o Sue Melarvie PO Box 523 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 American Association of University Women c/o Lori Olander 337 N 16th Drive Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Local 1658 c/o Cheryl Burmeister 151 Leeward Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-2240 American Legion 0072 Archie Lockershirt Post 3035 Highland Heights Rd Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 legion.org American Legion 0527 Billy Weiss Post 956 N Spring Rd Sister Bay, WI 54234 legion.org American Legion Auxiliary 428 N 7th Place Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 legion-aux.org
American Legion Auxiliary PO Box 305 Forestville, WI 54213 legion-aux.org American Veterans (AM VETS) of World War II Korea and Vietnam PO Box 183 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Bailey’s Harbor Community Association PO Box 31 Bailey’s Harbor, WI 54202 (920) 839-2366 Brussels Union Gardner Fire Department Inc 9952 County Rd N Brussels, WI 54204 (920) 493-7110 Catholic Daughters of America 1058 Ct Pere Marquette 1714 Memorial Dr Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Catholic Order of Foresters 1963 County Road C Brussels, WI 54204 catholicforester.com Catholic Order of Foresters 9462 County D Forestville, WI 54213 catholicforester.com Catholic Order of Foresters 25 N Elgin Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 catholicforester.com Door County Dairy Promotion Committee 421 Nebraska Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Door County Economic Development Corporation 185 E. Walnut Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-3113 doorcountybusiness.com Door County League of Women Voters Inc PO Box 306 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Door County Library Foundation Inc 107 South 4th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54223 (920) 743-6578 Ellison Bay Service Club Inc PO Box 181 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 (920) 376-4327 Ephraim Mens Club PO Box 204 Ephraim, WI 54211 Free & Accepted Mason of Wisconsin 31 S 3rd Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (800) 242-2307 wisc-freemasonary.org Friends of Ephraim-Gibraltar Airport C/o Timothy Halbrook PO Box 61 Fish Creek, WI 54212 friendsofephraimgibraltarairport.com
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CHARITIES SERVING DOOR COUNTY Independent Order of Odd Fellows 214 N Fulton Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 ioof.org
Lions International Egg Harbor PO Box 143 Egg Harbor, WI 54209 (920) 854-2142 lionsclubs.org
International Association of Fire Fighters c/o Mike E Smith 605 Kentucky Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 iaff.org
Memorial to Door County Fallen Veterans Inc PO Box 9 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 doorcountyveterans.com
International Association of Lions Clubs PO Box 81 Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-7968 lionsclubs.org International Association of Lions Clubs c/o Robert Zuebella 9944 Cty N Brussels, WI 54204 lionsclubs.org International Association of Lions Clubs c/o Doug Williams 7670 W Shore Dr Egg Harbor, WI 54209 lionsclubs.org International Association of Lions Clubs c/o Jean Koelbl 7290 Geir Rd Forestville, WI 54213 lionsclubs.org International Association of Lions Clubs 137 N 10th Place Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 lionsclubs.org Jacksonport Women’s Club c/o Sue Jarosh Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Kiwanis International Inc c/o William H Moeller PO Box 813 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 kiwanis.org Knights of Columbus 692 Tacoma Beach Rd Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-1010 kofc.org Knights of Columbus 2478 Msgr Broens PO Box 533 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-1375 kofc.org Knights of Columbus 4896 Our Lady of the Bays 8357 County F Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 kofc.org Knights of Columbus 6444 Our Lady of Good Help Council RR 1 Brussels, WI 54204 kofc.org Leadership Door County Inc 6840 Sunny Point Rd Egg Harbor, WI 54209 leadershipdoorcounty.com
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National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association c/o Marilyn Grose 214 Fulton Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 narfe.org National Association of Letter Carriers c/o Imogene R Peters 1245 Rode Island Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 nalc.org National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution 4840 Country View Rd Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (202) 879-3343 dar.org Northern Door First Responders PO Box 47 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 Optimist International c/o William Baudhuin 55 S Thirst Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 optimist.org Order of the Eastern Star of the State of Wisconsin 729 Memorial Drive Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 easternstar.org Pioneer Fire Company Inc 421 Michigan Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Rotary Club of Sturgeon Bay Breakfast Inc c/o George Levenson 4994 Ripp Rd Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Rotary Club of Sturgeon Bay Inc PO Box 81 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 854-2142 sturgeonbayrotary.org Sister Bay and Liberty Grove Firefighters Association Inc PO Box 287 Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-4021 sblgfd.com Sons of Norway PO Box 231 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 sofn.com Southern Door Fire Dept Inc PO Box 158 Forestville, WI 54213 (920) 856-6264 Sturgeon Bay Breakfast Rotary Charitable Trust c/o Stephen A Kase 368 Jefferson Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-5272
Sturgeon Bay Optimist Door County Foundation PO Box 9 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Bordui Foundation 454 Kentucky Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-6505
Sturgeon Bay Rotary Club Charitable Trust PO Box 9 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-5551
Catholic Schools of Door County Inc PO Box 541 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Sturgeon Bay Visitor & Convention Bureau Inc 36 S 3rd Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-8230 sturgeonbay.net Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 6572 Memorial Dr Egg Harbor, WI 54209 thrivent.com Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 1443 Highview Rd Ellison Bay, WI 54210 thrivent.com Thrivent Financial for Lutherans PO Box 16 Sister Bay, WI 54234 thrivent.com
Clearing Endowment Trust PO Box 65 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 (920) 743-4531 theclearing.org Clearing Folk School PO Box 65 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 (920) 743-4531 theclearing.org Door County HS Scholarship Funding Corporation PO Box 9 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Door Peninsula Astronomical Society 2041 Michigan Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 doorastronomy.org
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 1219 Bluebird Place Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 thrivent.com
Education Association of Gibraltar Area 3924 Hwy 42 PO Box 670 Fish Creek, WI 54212
United States Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association 4520 Weber Road Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 uscgcpoa.org
Friends of Door County Libraries Association 107 S 4th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Wis PO Box 201 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 (816) 756-3390 vfw.org Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Wis 4763 Mathey Rd Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (816) 756-3390 vfw.org Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Wis 112 Woodcrest Rd Sister Bay, WI 54234 vfwwebcom.org/wisconsin Wisconsin Jaycees Inc PO Box 284 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 wijaycees.org COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS Door County Community Foundation, Inc. 228 N 3rd Ave PO Box 802 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-1786 doorcountycommunityfoundation. org EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Bible Students of Northeastern Wisconsin PO Box 571 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Gibraltar Area Educational Endowment Fund c/o DCCF PO Box 802 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-1786 International Reading Association Inc 410 N 19th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 reading.org Lawrence University of Wisconsin Bjorklunden Vid Sjon 7603 Chapel Lane Bailey’s Harbor, WI 54202 (920) 839-2216 Northeast Wisconsin Dental Study Club Unit 5 30 N 18th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Sevastopol Alumni Benefit c/o Gary Welch 4553 State Highway 57 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Sevastopol Community Auditorium Foundation Inc 4847 Bay Shore Heights Circle Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Sevastopol Education Association c/o Mary Guy 4550 Hwy 57 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Sevastopol Education Foundation 4564 Ridge Crest Road Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Southern Door Community Foundation 9131 Morris Lane Brussels, WI 54204 southerndoorcomunityfoundation.org Southern Door Education Foundation 8240 Hwy 57 Brussels, WI 54204 St John Bosco Catholic School Inc 15 North Elgin Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-9155 Sturgeon Bay Education Foundation c/o Wendy Kase PO Box 191 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-5242 Thomas J Webb Scholarship Trust 3931 Bay Shore Dr Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-6926 Treehouse Learning Center Inc 323 S 5th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-6218 ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS Crossroads at Big Creek Inc PO Box 608 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-5895 crossroadsatbigcreek.org Door County Environmental Council Inc PO Box 114 Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 743-6003 dcec-wi.org Door County Green Fund PO Box 622 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 495-6663 X 803 greenfund.com Door County Humane Society PO Box 93 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-1111 Door County Land Trust PO Box 65 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-1359 Door County Land Use Forum Inc 5689 Gordon Road Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-3020 Door County Quality Market Animal Sale 1419 Rhode Island Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Friends of Peninsula State Park Incorporated PO Box 502 Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 879-2841 peninsulafriends.org Friends of Potawatomi State Park Inc 3740 Park Drive Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-2890 fwsp.org
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CHARITIES SERVING DOOR COUNTY Friends of the Door County Park System Inc c/o Park Directors Office PO Box 228 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 co.door.wi.gov Friends of Toft Point Incorporated c/o Charlotte Lukes 3962 Hillside Rd Egg Harbor, WI 54209
Egg Harbor, WI 54209 (920) 868-9141 doorcountycharities.com
Tatman Foundation 10412 N Orchard Rd Ephraim, WI 54211
Door County Federation of Women’s Clubs Service Trust 3750 Rocky Shore Drive Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Thomas E Anschutz Foundation 2445 Sand Lane Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Dynatron Research Foundation Inc 6743 Bay Shore Dr Egg Harbor, WI 54209 (920) 868-2264
Timothy Foundation 9952 County Rd N Brussels, WI 54204
Friends of Whitefish Dunes 3275 Clark Lake Road Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-7054 fwsp.org
Ellsworth and Carla Peterson Charitable Foundation 55 Utopia Circle Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-4501
Furry Critters Wildlife Sanctuary Inc PO Box 251 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Fred J & Thea J Peterson Supportive Charitable Trust 55 Utopia Circle Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Gibraltar Land Acquisition Directive c/o Kathleen Presnell PO Box 310 Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-2882
Fred J Peterson Foundation Inc 41 N 3rd Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-5574
Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership c/o Jim Kettler PO Box 62 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 304-1919 lnrp.org Newport Wilderness Society Inc PO Box 187 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 (920) 854-5741 North American Bear Foundation 6316 Center Rd Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 nabf.org Peninsula Animal Lovers Society, Inc PO Box 242 Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 Ridges Sanctuary PO Box 152 Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 (920) 839-2802 ridgesanctuary.org Whitetails Unlimited Inc PO Box 720 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-6777 whitetailsunlimited.com Whitetails Unlimited Inc 816 County Road XC Forestville, WI 54213 whitetailsunlimited.com GRANTING FOUNDATIONS Cliff and Clara Herlache Foundation c/o Door County Community Foundation, Inc PO Box 802 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-1786 doorcountycommunityfoundation. org Door County Charities Inc c/o Richard Heardon Jr 5335 Horseshoe Bay Rd
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Fuvirese USA Inc PO Box 350 Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-5755 FW De Klerk Foundation for Peace in Divided Societies 912 Memorial Drive Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-7666 Goldammer Family Foundation Inc PO Box 10 Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-2226 Hedeen Foundation Inc 218 N 14th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-7225 Hugh and Helena Brogan Foundation 11308 Homestead Dr Ellison Bay, WI 54210 (920) 854-9883 Jaleane Foundation Inc 1430 Memorial Drive Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 James Hall Zimmerman Foundation Inc 1916 Viste Road Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 PJ Hedeen & Children Foundation Inc 4716 Martin Road Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-6500 Raibrook Foundation, Inc 30 N 18th Ave Ste 4 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-2995 raibrookfoundation.com Robert A and Lynn I Doneff Foundation Inc 7833 Dock Rd Egg Harbor, WI 54209 (920) 684-6940 Rosemann Family Foundation Inc 11473 Beach Rd Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-5934
HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS Community Clinic of Door County Inc 1623 Rhode Island Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-8989 communityclinicofdoorcounty.org Door CANcer Inc PO Box 423 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 doorcancer.com Door County Memorial Hospital 323 S 18th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-3999 ministryhealth.org/DCMH/home Door County Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc 1843 Michigan Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-1071 Lake Shore Health Services Inc 1843 Michigan Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-1070 North Shore Health Services Inc 345 South 18th Place Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-3544 Unity Hospice 30 N. 18th Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-6440 unityhospice.org Wellness Center of Door County Inc 312 N 5th Ave PO Box 85 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-9444 wellnesscenterofdoorcounty.com Wisconsin Foundation for the Research of Pain and Chronic PO Box 27 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 HISTORIC PRESERVATIONISTS Citizens for our Bridge Inc 311 Pennsylvania Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-5605 steelbridgesongfest.com Door County Historical Society 4639 Orchard Rd Egg Harbor, WI 54209 Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse Preservation Society, Inc 120 North Madison Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-5958
Ephraim Foundation Heritage Fund Inc PO Box 165 Ephraim, WI 54211 (920) 854-9688
Door County Gulf Coast Relief Fund Inc 250 Smith Drive, Unit M2 Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-5621
Ephraim Historical Foundation Inc PO Box 165 Ephraim, WI 54211 (920) 854-9688
Door County Habitat for Humanity 7053 Olson Drive Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-2869
Gibraltar Historical Association Fish Creek, WI 54212 wisconsinhistory.org/ localhistory/directory
Family Centers of Door County Inc 1487 County Trunk Dr Brussels, WI 54204 (920) 856-6616 doorcountyfamilycenters.com
Jacksonport Historical Society Inc 4768 Highway 57 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-6415 jacksonporthistoricalsociety.org Liberty Grove Historical Society PO Box 94 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 (920) 839-5022 Northeastern Wisconsin Antique Power Association Incorporated 4376 Rudy Road Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Sister Bay Historical Society Inc PO Box 340 Sister Bay, WI 54234 sisterbay.com HUMAN AND SOCIAL SERVICE CHARITIES Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Door County Inc dba NAMI/JAK’s Place PO Box 273 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 818-0525 nami.org Altrusa Club of Door County, Wisconsin Foundation Inc PO Box 523 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-6082 Autism Society of America Inc 470 N 6th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Bayview Terrace Inc 537 S Neenah Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-0011 Christ Child Society of Door County 5381 D Lake Drive Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 823-2200 Community Resource Program of Door County, Inc dba Feed My People/Clothe My People 204 N 14th Ave PO Box 741 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-2144 Door County Child Care Services Inc 3913 Cherry Road Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-2833
Family Services of Northeastern Wisconsin, Inc. Healthy Families - (920) 7469040 Sexual Assault Center of Door County - (920) 746-8996 827 N. 8th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 familyservicesnew.org FISC Consumer Credit Counseling of Door County Inc PO Box 652 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-1862 fisc-ccc.org Good Hope Counseling, Inc 275 Smith Dr Sister Bay, WI 54234 Help of Door County Inc 219 Green Bay Road Suite 1 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 854-9372 Hispanic Resource Center of Door and Kewaunee Counties Inc PO Box 293 Sister Bay, WI 54234 Jim Larsen Boys and Girls Club of Door County Inc 1756 Michigan St PO Box 579 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-5125 Kimberley Foundation Inc PO Box 751 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-9224 Lac Baie Girl Scout Council Inc Camping Trust PO Box 9 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-5486 Lakeshore CAP 131 South Third Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-0192 lakeshorecap.org Lakeshore Child Care Services Inc 616 Florida Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Legal Aid Society of Door County Inc 131 S 3rd Avenue PO Box 846 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-3934
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Our 58th Season
August 3-21, 2010 You Support the “Why Should Peninsula Music Festival” • The Peninsula Music Festival has brought World Class Symphonic Music to Door County for 58 years providing countless hours of entertainment to the Door Peninsula. The members of the Festival Orchestra represent some of the finest symphony orchestras in the world.
ViCTOr YAMPOlskY Music Director and Conductor
• The Peninsula Music Festival brings Repeat Visitors to Door County who arrange their annual trip to the Peninsula around the Festival. These visitors eat at area restaurants and shop at our stores, rent hotel rooms, purchase property and add to our overall economy on an annual basis.
Nine Different Concerts
in Three Weeks on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at 8 P.M. Tickets start at $30
• The Peninsula Music Festival brings over Fifty Professional Musicians to Door County each August. These musicians rent cottages and condominiums. They bring their families who visit shops, play miniature golf, dine out, and spend countless dollars in Door County.
in the Door Community
Director and Conductor Victor STudenTSMusic & Children Yampolsky celebrates 25 years with juST $10 the Peninsula Music Festival
Auditorium, Fish Creek
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• The Peninsula Music Festival provides Scholarship and Internship Opportunities for the young people of Door County. Additionally, the Festival provides $10 tickets to all concerts for children and students.
www.musicfestival.com 58th Season
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• • The Peninsula Music Festival runs a very Ticket Office: 3045 Cedar Street, Ephraim lean operation with only two full time year
Door Community Auditorium
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C O N D I T I O N E D around • R staff E S members. E R V E D85% S EofAall T Smoney raised and earned goes directly to presenting the Peninsula Music Festival each August. The Festival operates its organiza-
tion with no debt. There is no deficit and no outstanding loans. The Peninsula Music Festival is a sound investment for donor dollars! • The Peninsula Music Festival is In Good Standing with the State and Federal Governments. The Festival is a 501(c)3 charitable organization. Audited financial statements and all founding documents are available upon request. The Festival’s annual 990 tax return can be found on line at www.guidestar.org - just type in Peninsula Music Festival and hit return! • The Peninsula Music Festival Spends Its Money Locally supporting the businesses of the Door Peninsula. Now more than ever, all local businesses must support each other. The Peninsula Music Festival recognizes the importance of supporting those who support us! • The Peninsula Music Festival Board of Directors is active and engaged in the organization. The Board is a group of dedicated volunteers who work hard throughout the year to ensure the continued success of this Door County Cultural Gem. When you read through this list, you can see that the Peninsula Music Festival is an active part of the Door County Business Community, bringing visitors and musicians to the Peninsula each August. You can also see that the Peninsula Music Festival is an active part of the Door County Entertainment Community as one of the Premier Performing Arts Organizations on the Peninsula.
After 58 years, can you imagine Door County without the Peninsula Music Festival? For details on all programs of the Peninsula Music Festival, visit our website:
www.musicfestival.com
When planning your charitable giving, please consider the Peninsula Music Festival World Class Symphonic Music, Fiscally Responsible,Well Managed, A Member of the Door County Community! ADMiNisTrATiVe/TiCkeT OFFiCe : 3045 Cedar street in ephraim (right next to the post office) Mailing Address : P.O. Box 340, ephraim, Wi 54211, Phone: 920-854-4060 Fax: 920-854-1950 e-mail: musicfestival@charterinternet.com
CHARITIES SERVING DOOR COUNTY Lutheran Counseling and Family Services of Wisconsin 1756 Michigan Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Council Inc DCHH 1300 Egg Harbor Rd Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Neighbor to Neighbor: Volunteer Care Givers of Door County, Inc PO Box 626 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-7800
RECREATIONAL GROUPS Aloha Classic Inc c/o Thomas Van Den Bogart 1567 Egg Harbor Rd Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-1588 American Bowling Congress Inc 815 S Ithaca Place Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Billy Weiss American Legion Post 527 Baseball Inc 7960 Highway 42 Egg Harbor, WI 54209
North Eastern Wisconsin Bikers Association Inc c/o Owen Bergwin 5030 County Trunk P Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Southern Door Snow Travelers Inc c/o Stanley Laviolette RR4 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club Sail Training Foundation Inc 600 Nautical Dr Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 stugeonbayyachtclub.com
Northern Door Volleyball Association Incorporated c/o Peg Burchart PO Box 454 Fish Creek, WI 54212
Stock Horse of Wisconsin Inc c/o Chloe D Schopf PO Box 866 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-2281
Topo the Thumb Association Ellison Bay, WI 54210
Open Door Tae Kwon Do Inc c/o Marjory Allingham Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Sturgeon Bay Boys Basketball Club Inc 437 N 16th Drive Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Peninsula Flyers Inc Chapter 630 PO Box 524 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 eaa630.org
Northern Door Child Care Project 10520 Judith Blazer Dr Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-4244 northerndoorchildrenscenter.org
Birthright of Door County Inc 8 2H Kentucky Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Blue Goose Tours 776 Sandhill Rd Brussels, WI 54204
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Inc. c/o Sandy Brown PO Box 213 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Cyber Phoenix Project Ltd 385 N 3rd Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Peninsula Golf Association Inc PO Box 275 Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 854-5068 peninsulagolf.org
Door County Golf Association PO Box 701 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54236
Peninsula Gun Club Inc 8080 Charmant Way Egg Harbor, WI 54209
Door County Master Gardeners Association Inc PO Box 485 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Peninsula Youth Soccer Association c/o of Richard Jacobs 12368 Blaceberry Rd Ellison Bay, WI 54210
Peninsula Preschool Inc PO Box 171 Ephraim, WI 54211 (920) 839-3708 Senior Citizens Agency of Northern Door Inc 290 Smith Dr Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-9669 Sunshine House 55 W Yew Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-7943 Sunshine House Foundation 56 W Yew Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54236 (920) 743-7944 United Way of Door County, Inc 57 N 3rd Ave, Lower Level PO Box 223 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-9645 unitedwaydc.org Volunteer Center of Door County, Inc PO Box 441 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-7704 volunteerdoorcounty.com Wee Child Center of Sturgeon Bay Inc 421 N 5th Place Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-4363 Wigwam Nursery School, Inc 141 S 12th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Women’s Employment Project Inc 1300 Egg Harbor Rd Suite 124 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920 743-7273 weop.org Young Adult Parent Support of Door County 448 N 11th Place Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 559-0200
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Door County Rod & Gun Club Inc PO Box 463 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 doorcountyrodandgunclub.com Door County Skate Inc 1026 Michigan Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Door County Toy Library 107 S 4th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-6578 Door County YMCA, Inc 1900 Michigan St Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 doorcountyymca.org (920) 743-4949 Door Devils Motorcycle Club Inc c/o Tim Gauphier PO Box 804 Doornet Internet Group Inc 421 Nebraska Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Ephraim Yacht Club c/o Paul Pillat PO Box 331 Ephraim, WI 54211 (770) 772-7010 eyc.org Kewaunee Door County Salmon Tournament Inc PO Box 555 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-1165 kdsalmon.com Little League Baseball, Inc 5909 Dennis Dr Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (570) 326-1921 Nor-Dor Youth Football Inc 7533 Bluff Pass Egg Harbor, WI 54209
Soccer Association for Youth 1017 N 4th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 saysoccer.org
Sturgeon Bay Girls Front Court Club c/o John R Asher 180 E Redwood Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Sturgeon Bay Open Bass Tournament Inc c/o Gary Nault PO Box 242 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 sbobt.org Sturgeon Bay Sevastopol Wrestling Club Inc c/o Gary Shefchik 1105 S 19th Place Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club 600 Nautical Dr Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-6934
Trilliun Quilt Guild c/o Laurie Moegenburg 11110 Ironwood Rd Sister Bay, WI 54234 United States Bowling Congress Inc c/o David Homan 6727 Hwy 42 Egg Harbor, WI 54209 bowl.com United States Power Squadrons 1609 Texas Place Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 usps.org Women’s International Bowling Congress 1058 Bonnie View Drive Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 bowl.com Young American Bowling Alliance 59 Pine Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (800) 514-2695 bowl.com
DOOR COUNTY ESTATE PLANNING ATTORNEYS Pinkert Law Firm, LLP Mark Jinkins Richard Hauser James Downey 454 Kentucky Street Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-6505 and 350 Sunset Dr. Sister Bay (920) 854-2616 Ross Law Office Robert Ross 55 S. 3rd Ave. Sister Bay (920) 743-9117 Brooks & Moeller, SC Victor Dana Brooks Jennifer Moeller Stephen Kase 30 N. 18th Ave., Building 10A Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-8485 Attorney at Law Lewis D. Clarke 623 Bay Point Rd. Washington Island (920) 847-2311
Dahl Law Firm, Ltd. Collin Dahl 346 Maple Dr. Sister Bay (920) 854-7100 Evan Kjellenberg Law Office Evan Kjellenberg 10568 Country Walk Ln. Sister Bay (920) 854-7400 Hanaway Ross David Hanaway 4086 Main St. Fish Creek (888) 432-3381 Hoyerman Law Office Richard Hoyerman 10568 Country Walk Ln. Sister Bay (920) 854-6070
Philip Johnson Law Office Philip Johnson 14 S Third Avenue Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-2211 Schaeffer Law Office Linda Schaeffer 242 Michigan St. Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-6485 Stephen P. Johnson Law Offices Stephen Johnson 54 East Oak St. Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-2129 Toft Law Firm Trudy Toft 45 S. 3rd Ave. Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-9231
Nina Martel Law Office SC Nina Martel 508 Jefferson Street Sturgeon Bay (920) 746-4475
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historic preservation COMMUNITY IMPACT FUNDS
Inspiring People to Give Back to Sustain the Community We Love. There is something in each of us that wants to preserve and sustain this community we love. We want it to live on far beyond our own lifetime. People give to capital fund drives for new buildings because they feel these gifts will endure beyond them. But even buildings and memorials have a life span that is limited. The Community Foundation’s life is unlimited, and the grants it will make every year will be alive, touching and sustaining the lives of people, organizations, the land and the water of Door County. In 2009, the Door County Community Foundation and its family of Funds distributed $594,191 to charity. Consider giving back to Door County by including a gift to one of our Community Impact Funds in your estate plans. You can even create a new Fund named in your family’s honor that will forever support the causes important to you. Call us at (920) 746-1786 so we can help you give back to sustain the community we love.
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In addition to the many ways the Community Foundation serves Door County, we also administer Donor Advised Funds, Scholarship Funds, endowments for other local charities, and we are pleased to announce the new Women’s Fund of Door County (www.womensfunddoorcounty.org).
Community Foundation Board of Directors Dick Egan Chairman of the Board of Sister Bay, Wisconsin
Mark Jinkins Treasurer of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
John Herlache Vice-Chairman of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Ruth Baldwin Barker of Ephraim, Wisconsin
Polly Alberts Secretary of Brussels, Wisconsin
Bill Boettcher of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Michael Brecke of Fish Creek, Wisconsin
David Eliot of Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin
Jane Stevenson of Nasewaupee, Wisconsin
Michael Felhofer of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Tom Torinus of Bailey’s Harbor, Wisconsin
William R. Goldammer of Fish Creek, Wisconsin
Bret Bicoy of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin President and CEO, Door County Community Foundation
Marcia Peterson of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
www.doorcountycommunityfoundation.org • (920) 746-1786 office: 228 N. 3rd Avenue, Downtown Sturgeon Bay • mail: PO Box 802, Sturgeon Bay WI, 54235