Door County Living - Philanthropy 2022

Philanthropy Issue

Opening the Shoreline The Evolution of Crossroads A Changing Message for Tourism + Giving Guide 2022 Free

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David Eliot and Myles Dannhausen Jr.

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PUBLISHER’S NOTE

Where are we going?

A Lifetime of Giving Back 12 Tom and Jill Herlache: Philanthropists of the Year

by Patty Williamson, PhD

Opening the Shoreline 20 Since 2007, Door County municipalities have spent big to save shoreline from development.

by Myles Dannhausen Jr.

Changing the Message 38 Destination Door County aims for a larger role in local priorities with Care for Door County program.

by Myles Dannhausen Jr.

Crossroads of Community 50 Learning, leading, preserving at Crossroads at Big Creek.

by Polly Fitz

Dollars Up! Donors Down 58 Fewer donors are giving more money, and that may not be a good trend for the long haul.

by Bret Bicoy

Difference Makers James Ingwersen 34 John Hippensteel 35 Emma Toft 44 Jens Jensen 45 Thomas Reynolds 47 Coggin Heeringa 52

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Door County is home to more than 300 charitable organizations, each with a different purpose, but all with the same goal: to make our community a better place to live. Resident and visitor alike, we all strive to participate and serve our community in the best ways that we can.

Every year Door County Living’s Philanthropy Issue highlights those who go above and beyond to improve the quality of life in our community. In this issue, we focus on the people and organizations that make a difference in all our lives. We focus on those who show us what is possible when we look beyond individual differences and work together toward a better life for all. We tell the stories of those who have inspired our community to do better, reach higher and grow.

Our community has so many challenges in front of us – affordable housing, access to better broadband, better education, attracting a strong workforce, improving healthcare, balancing economic success while at the same time protecting our environment and preserving our heritage. The list is long and it will only continue to grow. As many challenges as we face – we also have a vast number of resources at our disposal that we can use to help move us. What does our community need and how can we move forward together?

If we listen to one another we are capable of so much more.

Our forefathers and mothers worked, scraped and fought for us to have a better tomorrow. It is our turn to do our part.

We all share this time, these years, these decades.

How we choose to use our time together is how we will be collectively judged, not only today, but by future generations. We are not judged by one action in one moment of time but rather our collective actions. We are together bound by our mortality. We can be better. Let’s be better together. Let’s listen. Let’s act. Let’s be the best version of ourselves. Let’s find out what we are all able to accomplish in the future, together.

Thanks for reading. I hope this issue inspires you. There is still so much to be done.

Forward together,

GOLDEN HEART AWARDS 16 CELERATING GIVING 62 GIVING GUIDE 70 GUIDE TO CHARITABLE FUNDS 84 cover An aerial view of Pebble Beach, which was saved from development through a collaborative effort by the Village of Sister Bay and the Door County Land Trust.

The 17-acre property with 600 feet of shoreline is forever open to the public. Photo by Brett Kosmider.

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When she thrives, we all prosper!

Investing in women and girls is the smartest choice for funding long-term solutions to issues that concern us all. We believe when we give women the tools they need to succeed, their families and community will prosper.

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It is because of the generosity of donors like you that we are able to continue to empower and lift the women and girls in our community to even higher heights.

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CONTRIBUTORS

Door County Living and Peninsula Pulse copy editor PAULA APFELBACH does her thing remotely from Minneapolis. Words are glorious, wherever you go.

for the newspaper and magazines, he’s always having a blast. When he’s not in the office, he’s hanging with his wife, Yorkie and son Oliver, and eagerly awaiting baby number two.

BRET BICOY, president and CEO of the Door County Community Foundation, writes a philanthropy column for the Peninsula Pulse.

When BRETT KOSMIDER isn’t wandering off into the wilds, he usually has a camera in front of his face taking photographs or, as a cofounder and the creative director of Peninsula Filmworks, is producing videos about the people and places of Door County.

Writer and editor MYLES DANNHAUSEN JR. has been searching out stories for Door County Living since 2005. A board member of Write On, Door County, he lives in Sister Bay with his wife, Anne; and their son, Connor.

POLLY FITZ is a writer and Pilates teacher who has Door County genes through her mother, grandparents and great-grandmother, who were all born and raised on the peninsula. Although she remains an aspirational resident, she is a frequent visitor and is grateful to share stories about the place she loves most.

GRACE JOHNSON is the special issues editor and a book nerd.

Her overweight cat and a floppy paperback bring her much joy; her favorite word is “petrichor.”

ANDREW KLEIDON has sat in many chairs at the Peninsula Pulse.

Whether he’s making videos for Peninsula Filmworks, recording the Door County Pulse Podcast, writing or, now, working as creative director

JENNIFER MUCH is a freelance writer who resides in the Fox Cities of Wisconsin with her husband, Corey, and their two children, Katelyn and Lucas. Door County is their second home. As an avid traveler, Jennifer enjoys the solitude, yet adventurous nature the peninsula offers and connecting with its communities.

Since 1992, PATTY WILLIAMSON and her husband, Howard, have enjoyed spring, summer and fall in their cottage on Kangaroo Lake. This year, for the second time, they stayed on for the beauty of winter in Door County. After a 27-year career in public relations, Patty likes to read, write and keep in touch with their two children, nine grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. She and Howard are looking forward to returning to volunteering at Zion United Methodist Church, Northern Sky Theater and Door Shakespeare.

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A Lifetime of Giving Back Tom and Jill Herlache named Philanthropists of the Year

by Patty Williamson, PhD

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nything that turns a country’s economy topsy-turvy – a recession, depression or seemingly endless pandemic – can be counted on to disrupt giving to charitable organizations.

But Bret Bicoy, who has headed the Door County Community Foundation since 2008, said 2021 was its best year ever, with more than $15 million in giving, including between $1.2 million and $1.3 million to the Emergency Response Fund.

“In per capita terms,” Bicoy said, “that amount of giving is just staggering. And we wouldn’t have had a penny of it if it weren’t for Tom Herlache’s role in leading a small group of people to create this organization in 1999.”

That, plus dozens of other reasons, is why the Door County Community Foundation is proud to honor Herlache and his wife, Jill, as the 2022 Philanthropists of the Year.

Tom was familiar with the success the Marinette/ Menominee Foundation was having in helping nonprofit agencies keep philanthropic donations at work in its community. And he knew that the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation had helped that newer foundation get started.

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Sensing the amount of wealth that was leaving Door County every year for philanthropic projects elsewhere, Herlache felt a similar organization was needed here, so he turned to the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation for guidance in establishing the Door County Community Foundation.

The “founding fathers” who signed the Articles of Incorporation on Aug. 16, 1999, were Tom Herlache; his younger (by 19 minutes) brother, Dr. John Herlache; Mike Felhofer; and John Gilman. Felhofer had lost his first wife, Nancy, a year earlier and had turned to the community foundation in Green Bay to establish a memorial for her. Gilman, a member of the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation, helped Tom to organize his thoughts about how to approach starting a similar organization here.

Decades earlier, Tom Herlache had earned business and law degrees at the University of WisconsinMadison, but he hadn’t yet found a law firm he wanted to join.

His father, then president of Baylake Bank, suggested that he join the bank temporarily to expand and oversee the trust department – a job that enabled him to connect with the community on many levels of business and philanthropy. He was never tempted to leave the “temporary” position and became CEO of the bank during the early 1980s.

Felhofer said that one of the first things the fledgling organization did was to establish a three-part mission.

“We wanted to be a vehicle to accept and disburse philanthropic gifts wisely in the community,” he said, “to provide a way for people of moderate wealth to establish and build a philanthropic account over

time, and to help smaller nonprofits that often struggle with managing their financial resources do so more effectively. We also wanted people in the community to understand that you don’t have to be super wealthy to be a philanthropist.

“Tom deserves tremendous credit for pulling the initial group together,” Felhofer said. “The Community Foundation brings a level of professional management to a nonprofit that allows it to concentrate on its mission.”

Today, the Community Foundation manages assets of $47 million.

“We serve as a matchmaker, a facilitator of relationships,” Bicoy said. “We go out and find agencies that are doing good things, that are working in the community, and connect them with donors who might be interested in supporting their work.”

All of this is possible because Tom Herlache recognized a need 23 years ago and envisioned a way to meet it. But it wasn’t his first community effort. A list of his service to Door County encompasses more than 25 organizations, including years on the Sturgeon Bay Common Council and Door County Board of Supervisors, plus service as the past president of Sturgeon Bay Utilities and the local Rotary Club, as well as former Rotary district governor; as chair of countywide fund drives for United Way and the Cancer Society, plus the Sunshine House Building Fund Drive; on the board of directors for both Door County Medical Center and the Medical Center Foundation and chair of the latter; and through longtime work with the Sturgeon Bay Planning Organization, Waterfront Associates Board, Waterfront Redevelopment Authority and Harbor Commission.

“He put a lot of effort into the weedcontrol committee and has served in almost every volunteer position at Hope United Church of Christ,” John said. “He has a big heart. He’s always loved Sturgeon Bay and Door County and has a huge interest in making life better for everyone.”

Jill Herlache has more than earned her Philanthropist of the Year honor as well, not only co-chairing the Door County YMCA’s capital fund drive with Tom, but also serving as chair of the boards of both the Y and Peninsula Players Theatre. She has also been an active member of the Door Community Auditorium board, PEO, the Moravian Church and the Rotary Club of Sturgeon Bay. Cari Lewis, executive director of Door Community Auditorium (DCA) since 2010, worked with Jill Herlache while she was on the board there.

“She’s the kind of woman who remembers every detail,” Lewis said.

“She’s a wonderful person to have involved in an organization like the DCA because she knows everyone and is great at making connections work. She’s very generous and encouraging to others – a lovely individual.”

And, as everyone who was interviewed pointed out, it’s not possible to divide the couple’s contributions into “his” and “hers.”

“What an incredible partnership Tom and Jill are, supporting one another in so many philanthropic activities,” Bicoy said. “They have been essential in making project after project go.

If one of them is taking the lead on something, you know the other one is also involved behind the scenes.

It’s an inspiration to see how they have worked together to make Door County a better place for all of us.”

But not every group Herlache works with has a high public profile.

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THANK YOU

for supporting the Jim Kress Maritime Lighthouse Tower!

It is our great pleasure to announce that the $9.2 Million Capital Campaign for the Jim Kress Maritime Lighthouse Tower is officially CLOSED!!

More than 400 individual, family, corporate and foundation donors contributed to the Jim Kress Maritime Lighthouse Tower capital campaign since it began over six years ago.

This includes $1 Million from the George F. Kress Foundation, more than $975,000 from DCMM Board Member John Baumgartner, a $250,000 Community Development Investment grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and a $1.75 Million Tourism Capital Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Administration.

Join us for the Grand Opening of the Jim Kress Maritime Lighthouse Tower at the Door County Maritime Museum in Sturgeon Bay on Sunday, May 22, 2022 (National Maritime Day).

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Care for what you love.

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TAKE THE PLEDGE & TAKE CARE OF DOOR COUNTY BY: Respecting the water’s vast and unpredictable beauty

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Photos by Jason Mann Photography.

Honoring the Spirit of Volunteerism

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he spirit of volunteerism is an essential thread woven into the character of Door County. So many of the cornerstones of our community rely on the countless hours selflessly given by neighbors, friends and family.

Each year, the Golden Heart Awards honor those volunteers who go above and beyond to make a positive impact on the lives of others.

Individuals are honored in five categories: Adult Volunteer, Group Volunteer, Environmental Stewardship, Karl May

Group Volunteer YMCA Food Program volunteers Health Care Workers Scandia Village Dr. Jim Heise and Public Health Manager Sue Powers Door County Medical Center School Nursing Team Door County Medical Center COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Team Door County Medical Center Incident Command Team 16

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Lifetime of Service and Youth Volunteer.

The 2021 awards added a new category: Essential and Health Care Worker of the Year, and all nominees in that category were named recipients.

a certificate. The Youth Volunteer Scholarship of the Year recipient was awarded $500 for college or post-high-school education, paid directly to the institution of his choice, plus a trophy and certificate.

Winners received $500 to donate to the nonprofit of their choice, a trophy and

Find out more and nominate a volunteer at GoldenHeartAwardsDC.com.

Essential Workers Sonny’s Italian Kitchen & Pizzeria Tadych’s Econofoods Main Street Market Door County child care providers Door County Emergency Response Fund Door County Fire Chiefs Coalition’s Emergency Response Team Prince of Peace Lutheran Church Food Program Door County Food Pantry Coalition

Adult Volunteer Jennifer Thompson

Environmental Stewardship Mark Holey

Youth Volunteer Brad Tooley

Karl May Lifetime of Service Award Patti Vickman (pictured with her husband Steve Vickman)

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Opening the Shoreline Communities spend big to expand access to water

by Myles Dannhausen Jr.

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n 15 years of producing our annual Philanthropy Issue, we’ve told hundreds of stories about the ways in which philanthropy impacts our lives on this peninsula.

Naturally, this has included stories of the generous people who donate substantial sums to local causes, but also stories of the people who create organizations from scratch to fill unmet needs, people who give generously of their time and expertise, and stories of the ways people rally for their neighbors in times of tragedy and crisis.

In this year’s issue, we look at philanthropy of a different sort – the investments we make in our public spaces through our tax dollars.

Specifically, we set out to determine how much local governments have spent to expand and enhance access to our shorelines since 2007, when Sister Bay shocked residents with the announcement that the village was buying Helm’s Four Seasons hotel for $4.9 million to expand its downtown beach. In the years to come Liberty Grove, Sturgeon Bay, Baileys Harbor,

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Fish Creek, the Village of Egg Harbor and the County of Door would follow with substantial purchases of their own. When you add it all up, local governments have spent more than $26 million on shoreline purchases in 15 years, opening up more than 128 acres and 2,700 feet of shoreline frontage to the public.

Resources have brought into the public realm.

As a result more shoreline is available for public access than at any point since early white settlers started claiming tracts for logging and farming in the mid-1800s.

The tourism and population growth of the 1970s and early 1980s spurred a massive investment in large-scale condominium and hotel complexes.

In just a few short years, hundreds of lodging and condo units were added to the county’s inventory in such highly visible fashion that the Milwaukee Journal dedicated an 18-page special issue to the question of whether it was “time to close the Door.”

Grants from the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund, Coastal Management and many other sources supplemented that $26 million, but it doesn’t include expenditures on the many improvements to those lands. Boardwalks, playgrounds, kayak launches, restrooms, beach enhancements, accessibility improvements and pavilions add millions more to this tally. It also doesn’t include the thousands of acres that Door County Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy and the Wisconsin Department of Natural

This comes at the same time the county is in the midst of unprecedented pressure from tourism, but it’s not the same type of pressure that it felt during previous waves of growth.

That era of development continued largely unabated into the late 1990s before the marketplace was saturated and the dot-com bubble began a long slowdown in Door County tourism that wouldn’t break for 15 years.

Today’s boom feels different, coming not in the form of massive resorts, but in the subtle transformation of

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PEBBLE BEACH

Sister Bay

Purchased: 2019 Cost: $2.4 million Acres/Shoreline: 17 acres/600 feet Developers had already proposed high-end condominiums for the private beach that has long been a favorite of local residents when the Village of Sister Bay worked with Door County Land Trust to purchase the property for conservation. Private donations, a Knowles-Nelson grant and a Coastal Management grant brought the village’s cost down to $608,000.

Photo by Brett Kosmider.

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DOOR BLUFF HEADLANDS County of Door

Photo by Brett Kosmider.

Purchased: 2019 Cost: $450,000 Acres: 72 acre Door Bluff Headlands was already the largest park in the Door County parks system when the county approved the addition of 72 acres in 2019, bringing the secluded park to 220 acres on the shore of Garrett Bay.

homes and condominiums into shortterm rentals and in the expansion of the season to the point where even winter weekends draw crowds.

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that those crowds bring – the workforce rental housing they’re gobbling up, the strain on public services they’re causing and the desire to keep a little of the Door for those who make a life, not a vacation, on its shores.

Cathy Ward, a supervisor in the Town of Liberty Grove, which spent $1.45 million to acquire 440 feet of Gills Rock shoreline in 2018, said some of this investment is made out of fear.

“I think some of the impetus for this is a concern people have with

PUBLIC WATERFRONT

City of Sturgeon Bay

Photo by Len Villano.

Purchased: 2012 Cost: $390,000 Acres/Shoreline: 3.5 acres/330 feet

the impact of tourism,” she said.

“There’s a concern that everyone won’t necessarily have access to the waterfront. It’s not about having a place on the water for everyone, but being able to live up here and have access to it.”

Sister Bay followed its Helm’s purchase by acquiring two more properties on the waterfront within three years, bringing its investment in waterfront property to $10.7 million. The board took some heat not only for what some saw as irresponsible spending, but also for taking properties off the tax rolls in a

Photo by Rachel Lukas.

The city began a decades-long effort to transform its industrial waterfront into publicly accessible space during the 1980s, buying parcels and obtaining easements to create a waterfront walkway in the downtown core on both the east and west sides of Sturgeon Bay. In 2012, the city purchased the West Waterfront parcel between the Door County Maritime Museum and the Maple Street Bridge, eventually creating a bridge-to-bridge public promenade that’s part of 7,216 feet of public waterfront walkways.

municipality where such purchases don’t have to be approved by voters.

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“Great cities around the world have the guts to give the finest parts of their city to the public realm.”

Joe Riley, former mayor of Charleston, South Carolina

be approved by town residents in the form of a simple yes or no at a public meeting.

Residents in the towns of Gibraltar, Baileys Harbor and Liberty Grove have approved four public purchases to the tune of $8.2 million during the past five years. These voters chose to raise their own taxes for the larger good of the community and for the preservation of one of the things they love most about living here.

Not Just for Visitors When Sister Bay made its investment, village leaders talked about the foresight a previous generation had had in saving a

sliver of the waterfront for the public beach. This chance, they said, was their opportunity to pay it forward to future generations, but it was also a chance to transform the economic future of the village.

Most of downtown was in trouble, with empty lots, failed ventures and prominent businesses either in foreclosure or close to it.

The investment has paid off – and in the eyes of some, it has paid off too well. In 2021, Sister Bay grew into the county’s second-largest generator of room tax, bringing in nearly $1 million from the 5.5% tax on overnight lodging, and with those guests the traffic, lines and crowds

that spur angry outbursts on social media.

But the crowds aren’t made up only of tourists. I live a little more than a mile east of Sister Bay in the Town of Liberty Grove. If I climb into the deer stand a hunter left in an ash tree on my property, I can see over the orchards and glimpse a sliver of a “seasonal water view” looking west, but waterfront property is not in my future.

My wife and I often bike or drive into town, stroll the waterfront and grab a bite or a drink, and take our son to the playground. On a nice day, there will be hundreds of people in the park renting kayaks, picnicking,

Reimagining the Shoreline

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Photo by Bill Tishler.

In October of 1974 Professor William Tishler toured Door County to take photos of shorelines in each village as part of a Wisconsin Sea Grant project. At the time, Sister Bay’s shoreline was almost entirely in private hands, aside from the Village Hall and small beach and park area to the south.

The rest of the shoreline was home to Berns Brothers Lumber Yard, Wilke Furniture Store, and Clyde Casperson’s home, and Al Johnson’s boathouse (at left). It remained that way until the village began purchasing waterfront parcels in 2007 to expand the park, eventually creating 1,800 contiguous feet of public shoreline.

WATERFRONT PARK Sister Bay

Purchased: 2007-10 Cost: $10.7 million Acres/Shoreline: 3.7 acres/813 feet In three separate purchases between 2007 and 2010, the Village of Sister Bay transformed its downtown by connecting 1,800 feet of shoreline to create Waterfront Park. The purchases not only expanded the public beach and parkland, but they also served as the catalyst for the rejuvenation of a stagnant downtown.

Photo by Brett Kosmider.

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FISH CREEK BEACH Town of Gibraltar

Purchased: 2016 Cost: $1.4 million Acres/Shoreline: .5 acres/75 feet The postage-stamp Fish Creek Beach got a big upgrade when voters approved the purchase of an adjacent property to expand the beach, add a pier and upgrade bathrooms. In 2021, residents said yes to a much bigger, $3.5 million purchase to add 150 feet of shoreline next to the town dock.

In 2021, Baileys Harbor voters overwhelmingly approved the purchase of the former Nelson Shopping Center property adjacent to the town marina. The town is still planning the future use of the parcel.

NELSON SHOPPING CENTER Baileys Harbor

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Photos by Brett Kosmider.

Purchased: 2021 Cost: $1.95 million Acres/Shoreline: .79 acres/155 feet

throwing frisbees or jumping off the pier. And inevitably, we’ll see dozens of familiar faces – other young families like ours, couples out for dinner, bartenders on a shift break and grandparents babysitting grandkids.

When I do, I can’t help but think about the fact that none of this would have happened 15 years ago. The park, most of the beach, the pavilion, the boardwalk – none of it was public in 2007.

The same can be said of the beach in Egg Harbor, where for decades the only beach was actually owned by the Alpine Resort, and where in high-water years, sunbathers wrestled for a couple dozen square feet of sand or a spot on a crumbling pier. Or Fish Creek, where residents voted to double the size of the town’s sliver of a beach and add an ADAaccessible pier. Soon we may add Baileys Harbor to that list, when plans for the recently purchased

Nelson Shopping Center property come into focus.

And the great Door County tourism paradox comes into play in all of these situations. Would any of these communities have made these investments without the dollars that room tax adds to local coffers? Room tax is split between municipalities and Destination Door County, which has historically received 66% of collections for marketing. But 30% has gone back to municipal budgets,

Purchased: 2008 and 2021 Cost: $2.724 million Acres/Shoreline: 2.17 acres/320 feet Egg Harbor transformed its public beach by purchasing the Troup property in 2008, making it one of the most popular beaches on the peninsula. Last year, the village added 170 more feet, including the old Alpine Resort pier on the west end of the property.

PUBLIC BEACH Village of Egg Harbor

Photo by Len Villano.

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LAKESIDE PARK Jacksonport

Purchased: 2012 Cost: $766,000 Acres/Shoreline: 2.79 acres/140 feet Town of Jacksonport residents voted 90-14 to purchase the property adjacent to the town’s public beach and park in 2012, expanding the home of the Jacksonport Polar Plunge and popular summer farmers market. Grants covered more than half of the purchase price.

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Photos by Brett Kosmider.

GILLS ROCK SHORELINE Liberty Grove

Purchased: 2018 Cost: $1.45 million Acres/Shoreline: 2 acres/440 feet (highlighted) Ten years ago, town voters turned down the chance to buy a string of properties on the Gills Rock shoreline, but in 2018, the town changed course. Voters approved the purchase of three parcels to create a park and expand public water access adjacent to the fishing dock.

to the tune of nearly $20 million since the tax was initiated in 2007.

for change (unless it’s exactly the change I want).

Sister Bay’s massive investment in its downtown waterfront spurred development, driving up room-tax returns, property-tax income and revenue for local businesses, all of which made it possible for the village to buy Pebble Beach for the sole purpose of preventing development there.

Our housing situation scares me for the future. Actually, it scares me for the present in the community I moved home to five years ago, and it scares me for the place my son will know 30 years from now. I spend a good portion of my waking hours thinking of ways to prevent ugly or community-destroying development in our villages and landscapealtering building along the corridors I’ve become so familiar with on foot, bike and behind the wheel.

A Reminder of What’s Possible There’s a lot I don’t like about what has happened in Door County during recent years. I was born here, long ago enough to distinguish eras in my memory. Like most, I’m not much

has displaced “condominium” as the most hated term in the local vernacular, the communities of the peninsula have made some bold moves to, in words of Joe Riley, the legendary mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, “give the best of the city to the people.”

It gives me hope to think that if we have been willing to spend so generously investing in our public sphere, maybe we have it in us to take bold steps to address the other problems we face.

But in the midst of this latest wave of development pressure, during this era when “short-term rental”

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Conservation Artist James Ingwersen

by Myles Dannhausen Jr.

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just wanted to be here,” said artist James Ingwersen during a conversation in his rustic studio a few miles outside of Sister Bay during the fall of 2021.

He was talking about what drew him from the northern suburbs of Chicago to Door County in 1970 and the inspiration he found in its fields, rustic farmsteads and towering bluffs. For many of the peninsula’s artists, those landscapes have been and continue to be primary subjects, but for Ingwersen, who has built his reputation as a portrait artist, it was about a sense of place.

“I love the environment that I live in, the old buildings and the land,” he said. “It’s so much different than living in the suburbs or in the city.”

He recognized early that many others would fall in love with his paradise, and indeed, during the early 1980s, a developer made plans for a golf course and began buying land around Ingwersen’s house to strip topsoil for the course.

Ingwersen alerted the Door County Environmental Council (DCEC), and its advocacy pulled in the Department of Natural Resources and eventually put a halt to the project.

Ingwersen and his wife, Phyllis, joined DCEC, where founding board member John Wilson talked often about the land-trust idea that was gaining traction on the East Coast.

Wilson eventually convinced the group that Door County should have one.

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That led to the creation of Door County Land Trust on June 7, 1986, by Wilson, Ingwersen and fellow founding members Frank Failing and Virginia and Bill Younkers.

Later that year, Ruth Neumann donated the first conservation easement to the new organization, which has since protected more than 8,000 acres of the county’s most sensitive and beautiful landscapes.

“We used to worry Door County was going to become a playground for the rich if it keeps going this way,” Ingwersen said. “And it’s happening.”

He knows he was lucky to arrive when he did – at a time when he could buy land for $300 an acre and make an artist’s life in the Northern Door countryside.

“I think we lived in the best of times,” he said, “but I hope there’s more people like us who love it and want to preserve it.”

As for the 100 acres of land that Ingwersen loves the most, he has placed it all into a conservation easement with the land trust.

Photo by Lisa Bley.

“It’s very important to me that it stays very similar to what it is and not have it cut into little pieces,” he said. “Door County is a little paradise that should be preserved and protected from hands that don’t care about it.”

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Harnessing the Power of Sun and Wind John Hippensteel

by Jennifer Much

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or 20 years, John Hippensteel has dedicated his life to harnessing the power of sun and wind. As the owner of Lake Michigan Wind & Sun and an energy instructor at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC), he has helped homeowners and municipalities find a sustainable path forward.

He helped to develop the Solar Energy Technology Program at NWTC and serves as the primary instructor to train installers, system designers and technical-sales students.

Hippensteel’s interest in environmental matters started during the late 1970s while studying at the University of Copenhagen.

He became aware of energy issues, including Danish nuclear protests and Swedish power-plant construction.

“I would hope they learn how important it is for themselves and the planet,” Hippensteel said.

“We are at a turning point when it comes to climate change, and moving forward fast with sustainable energy may be the only way to reduce the damage to the planet that has been caused by the use of fossil fuels.”

“It crossed my mind that there must be a better and more sustainable way,” Hippensteel said.

As both an entrepreneur and an advocate, he’s determined to shine a light on the many benefits of wind and solar energy. Beyond allowing for a more environmentally conscious lifestyle, converting to sustainable energy offers affordability and efficiency.

“Much of Door County has an awareness of renewable energy, and more and more people – and a few towns and villages – are installing solar for energy production and environmental reasons,” Hippensteel said. “The awareness is increasing, and [it’s] becoming much more affordable than 20 years ago.”

Photo by Rachel Lukas.

The beauty of solar is its simplicity, he said. The equipment life is long, with no moving parts to maintain.

At Lake Michigan Wind & Sun, he designs and creates solar flares and other wind-energy systems, including an unusual design that visitors see as they drive toward the Bayview Bridge in Sturgeon Bay. The “solar flares” at Sturgeon Bay Utilities and farther north at Crossroads at Big Creek draw energy and attention.

named Solar Flares,” Hippensteel said. “We designed one for Crossroads at Big Creek to replicate M101, the Spiral Galaxy, for an Earth Day project.”

The project was dedicated to his youngest son, who celebrates a birthday on Earth Day. “Although I’m a registered professional engineer by trade, I’m still an artist at heart,” Hippensteel said.

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Changing the Message

by Myles Dannhausen Jr.

Destination Door County board member Jeff Lutsey and volunteer Mary Spittel collect trash in 2021. Photo by Yvonne Torres.

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n March of 2020, as restrictions spread across the country in the wake of the threat presented

by COVID-19, residents of Door County noticed one impact immediately: They had a lot more neighbors.

Hundreds of seasonal residents flocked to Door County that March and April to wait out what most expected to be a weeks- or monthslong upheaval. They were followed in June by an influx of visitors flocking to the peninsula seeking its open spaces, and many came for the first time.

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Long lines of cars at state parks, waiting lists for campsites and overflowing garbage cans took a toll on municipal budgets and the patience of residents.

But the tourism backlash had started to heat up before the word “coronavirus” became ubiquitous.

At Destination Door County (DDC), marketing director Michelle Rasmussen had begun hearing increasing rumblings from residents and business owners for a year or more prior, inspiring a shift in strategy at the organization from purely destination marketing to destination management.

In 2019, DDC entered into a partnership with the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics to formulate the Door County Leave No Trace 7 Principles. (See those at doorcounty.com/care-for-doorcounty/leave-no-trace). A year ago, DDC launched the Door County Pledge, and then it initiated the Care for Door County program to expand visitors’ “understanding of the county and help them realize the role they play in keeping it the special place it is.”

Morgan Rusnak now leads the organization’s Care for Door County outreach efforts, and she said the

(Top) Destination Door County staff members pick up roadside trash during a 2021 Leave No Trace Tuesday event.

(Above) Volunteers pitch in at a Leave No Trace cleanup event at Sunset Park. Photos by Yvonne Torres.

program has evolved since its launch in April 2021.

“It’s become more about organic action versus preaching,” Rusnak said. “We’re trying to amplify what the residents are doing and celebrate what organizations are doing, not just tell them what to do.”

It’s also about painting a picture to – hopefully – attract the type of visitor who respects the county’s environment and the Morgan Rusnak

people who live here. It’s no longer a broad message trying to persuade everyone to come discover Door County.

to wait tables and now represents her district in the City of Sturgeon Bay on the Door County Board of Supervisors.

“It’s a messaging of how to be when you’re here,” Rusnak said. “It’s placing ourselves with the Boulders and Duluths of the world, not the Disney Worlds.”

“There was a bit of a ‘What now?’ feeling” after the program launch, she said.

The program launched with a large public-relations push that Rusnak admitted gave some the impression that it was simply a marketing gimmick, but she has a well-rounded perspective on the effort. She came to the county from Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, nine years ago

During the year since, however, DDC has taken more of a handson approach. For Leave No Trace Tuesdays, Rusnak has organized cleanup events throughout the county during which DDC staff and community volunteers pick up trash on roadsides and at county parks. Staff who are stationed at information booths at festivals Philanthropy Issue 2022

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Destination Door County staff members (from left) Pat Nash, Laura Bradley and Jen Rogers took the Leave No Trace message on the road to learn from locals and visitors at the Northport ferry dock. Photo by Jon Jarosh.

and high-traffic areas such as the Northport ferry dock and Cave Point also talk to vacationers and residents about the pledge and gather feedback.

“We’ve had to insert ourselves into where people are,” Rusnak said. “We are opening up a lot of conversations with people who normally don’t have a reason to interact with us, like second homeowners and residents.”

Lodging revenue jumped 40% in 2021 compared to 2019, boosted by a surge of new visitors. It wasn’t just new visitors, but a change in the habits of longtime visitors and residents that put the microscope on marketing efforts. People flocked to the water, to the parks, to the beach,

crowding spaces that some had once had to themselves and putting pressure on the places residents treasure most.

As DDC continues its evolution into destination management, Rusnak said the next challenge is putting structure to the effort, and she’s excited about what’s possible.

“We’re starting to support nonprofits in ways we haven’t in the past,” she said. “It’s continuing Leave No Trace Tuesdays, but also promoting inclusivity in tourism: the We Welcome All message. Though we can’t build housing, we can be a part of the conversation, and we can show up at meetings and be advocates for it.”

Rusnak said many of these changes have come from being listeners rather than directors, as part of a shift from being a membershipdriven organization to a partnershipdriven organization.

“If we’re going to get it right, it can’t be top down. It has to be authentic, and it has to be real,” she said. “For our neighbors, our stakeholders, our community members, we will be a better resource for them as well.

We can be pushing their missions forward. That makes the community a happier place, a healthier place.”

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Emma Toft

by Patty Williamson, PhD

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n Norbert Blei’s tribute to Emma Toft in his 1981 book, Door Way, he noted that she was a “legend, bordering on myth.” A piece by Roy Lukes, written after Toft’s death on Valentine’s Day 1982 at the age of 91, described her as “Wisconsin’s first lady of conservation … who influenced people throughout the state, as well as visitors from other states and foreign countries.”

Today “Miss Emma” is revered as the savior of Toft Point, her family’s original home. She spent a lifetime protecting the 325-acre ancient forest (now 740 protected acres), first from loggers and later from developers who wanted to turn it into an expensive, exclusive resort.

Because of her determination, Toft Point remains today much as it was a thousand years ago. In 1967, it was sold to the Wisconsin Nature Conservancy, which turned it over to the University of Wisconsin System for research and public enjoyment.

Toft was a strong, independent woman at a time when strength and independence were not always viewed as desirable traits in women. She was known to enforce at gunpoint her rule about not interfering with the flora and fauna at Toft Point, and at least one Baileys

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Harbor resident remembers that the gun also came out when uninvited visitors breached the hedge in front of her village home.

Toft was also one of the primary forces behind the formation of The Ridges Sanctuary. Can you imagine Baileys Harbor with a trailer park on that site? That was the plan during the mid-1930s until she stepped in.

Toft, along with Jens Jensen, founder of The Clearing; Baileys Harbor resident Olivia Traven; and Albert Fuller, curator of botany at the Milwaukee Public Museum, founded The Ridges in 1937. It was the first land trust in Wisconsin, became a National Natural Landmark, and in 1967, was designated as a World Heritage Site. It now encompasses 1,600 acres.

Toft was a person without pretense, completely committed to her vision of preserving the land, plants and wildlife in their natural state. She was known for befriending and bottle-feeding orphaned fawns at Toft Point, a sight memorialized in a Baileys Harbor mural.

Photo by Frank Pechman.

Wisconsin’s First Lady of Conservation

Blei remembered that “though she smiled, spoke softly, possessed refinement enough to be a member of any Door County social set, she appeared at a dinner at the yacht club dressed in blue denim, work shoes and a red bandana. She was the most striking old woman I’d ever seen.”

Toft was not shy about standing up for what she believed. Longtime friend Roy Lukes saw evidence of this on many occasions, but very memorably at a banquet with Patrick Lucey, Wisconsin’s governor in the 1970s, when Emma was in her eighties. Lucey wanted to straighten the beautiful winding road from Gills Rock to Northport – an idea Toft fought.

“When it was her turn to greet the governor,” Lukes said, “she grabbed his hand so tightly that, so help me, I think he winced. She pointed her other hand right at his nose and said, ‘Governor, don’t you dare let them straighten that road to Northport.’

Lucey said something like, ‘I’ve heard about you, Emma Toft.’ The road never got straightened.”

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Nature First Jens Jensen

by Patty Williamson, PhD

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ens Jensen had already made his mark long before he became a force for nature and preservation in Door County. The Danishborn landscape architect played a prominent role in creating a uniquely North American landscape design – the Prairie Style – working with indigenous plants and incorporating such features as council rings and wetland gardens known as “prairie rivers.”

As superintendent of Chicago’s west park district, he helped to design Humboldt, Garfield, Columbus and several other parks, and he worked to establish the Forest Preserve District of Cook County.

But then his eyes turned northward.

In 1919, Jensen had acquired property for a vacation home on 128 acres near Ellison Bay. At age 75 in

1935, he moved there permanently to establish The Clearing, his “school of the soil,” with a curriculum that was a holistic mix of ecology, horticulture, philosophy and the arts.

Instruction at The Clearing was noncompetitive – no credits, no grades, no degrees, no pitting of one student against another – and he incorporated a method of teaching that the Danes called The Living Word: a combination of learning, history, tradition, social interaction and quiet reflection with an emphasis on discussion, conversation, nature study and hands-on work.

The Clearing evolved into a folk school with Jensen’s vision at its center, and more than a century after he bought it, the landscape looks very much as it did then.

In Door County, Jensen found Emma Toft, the person who shared his deepest feelings about the spiritual power of nature and the need to protect and preserve it. Jensen would say, “She’d make those Swedish pancakes with chopped apples and nutmeg and butter, and I’d stay there for a long time. And oh, boy, we’d talk about all sorts of ways that we would improve society.”

Along with Toft, Olivia Traven and Albert Fuller, Jensen was a founder of The Ridges Sanctuary in Baileys Harbor and influenced the preservation and design of natural spaces throughout the peninsula.

Today he is considered by many to be the most important American landscape architect, and The Clearing his greatest work.

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The Father of Peninsula State Park Thomas Reynolds

by Patty Williamson, PhD

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Photo from the Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin, 1909.

ome of the most beautiful views and shoreline in Door County lie between Ephraim and Fish Creek: 3,776 acres of open, public land known as Peninsula State Park.

But if it weren’t for the work of Thomas Reynolds, it might long ago have been parceled off into private estates.

Reynolds was born in County Longford, Ireland, on St. Patrick’s Day 1840 or 1841. At 26, he left Ireland because of his involvement in a plot to incite an Irish revolt against British rule, and he eventually settled in Jacksonport, where he became a successful farmer.

By 1870, he was a Jacksonport town supervisor, and he was elected to the state Assembly in 1906. It was good timing because in 1907, Wisconsin established the State Park Board. One of its first tasks was finding a location for a state park in northeastern Wisconsin.

In May 1908, the board visited Door County, where town chairs in the county had been asked to suggest possible tracts and prices. Baileys Harbor and Jacksonport offered the state more than 1,000 acres spanning the shores of Kangaroo Lake and Lake Michigan, and other proposed locations were at Clark Lake, Ellison Bay, Gills Rock, Europe Bay and two sites near Fish Creek.

Reynolds encouraged a large group of politicians to join the expedition,

along with John Nolan, a noted landscape architect from Cambridge, Massachusetts, who had been hired to advise them. Nolan recommended three locations, and one of them was the peninsula overlooking Green Bay between Fish Creek and Ephraim.

Reynolds’ efforts during his second term in office were concentrated on securing the vote of the Assembly for the site that eventually became Peninsula State Park. The price of the park’s 3,776 acres was $75,000.

He had opponents, including the Green Bay Press Gazette and H.R. Holand, among others, but Reynolds was persuasive in his pleas.

“Let the state of Wisconsin give to its children this vast playground, where the old, and tired, and worn may grow young in spirit and rested in body, mused by the purity of nature’s medicine, and where the young may romp and their bodies grow strong among the wonders of scenic beauty.”

Thomas died at home on Jan. 11, 1919, and the state Assembly approved a resolution honoring him as the Father of Peninsula State Park.

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Crossroads of Community Learning, leading and preserving at Crossroads at Big Creek

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t the doorstep to northern Door County sits a place so vast and varied that it defies description. A place with traces of old civilizations deep in the land, and an observatory for examining the far-away sky. A place where colorful meadows live harmoniously with deep forest, where land meets water and city meets nature, where past and future are equally present. This place is Crossroads at Big Creek.

“Crossroads is so unique because it’s unique to everybody who uses it,” explained Matt Luders, president of its board of directors. “The way I experience it is probably entirely different than the way most everyone else experiences it, and that’s the beauty of Crossroads. It is what you want it to be.”

Crossroads at Big Creek resides at 2041 Michigan St. at the northern end of the Bayview Bridge in Sturgeon Bay, opposite the traffic circle from the YMCA. The preserve currently includes about 200 acres of land in three parcels: The Cove, Ida Bay and the main campus.

The preserve dates back to 1992, when the Sturgeon Bay Education Fund bought more than 50 acres of property to be used as a school forest. Ten years later, Crossroads and the school district ended their relationship, and Crossroads organized as an independent, nonprofit organization. Its program director and naturalist, Coggin Heeringa, served as the preserve’s first director and said the original mission remains the same today.

“The whole idea was to take science and history and the environment outside in the environment. We wanted to get kids away from screens and [provide] experience-based learning in the outdoors. We’ve stuck to those principles ever since.”

One glance at the Crossroads event calendar reveals a range of programs for all ages and interests, from guided hikes to kid-friendly nature programs to educational

presentations. That variety comes from Crossroads’ partnerships with other organizations on the peninsula.

“Collaboration is the reason for our success,” Heeringa said.

The Door Peninsula Astronomical Society and Sturgeon Bay School District, for example, partner with Crossroads to jointly manage the astronomy campus, which includes the Leif Everson Observatory, Stonecipher Astronomy Center and several outdoor spaces.

The Door County Historical Society manages Heritage Village at Big Creek, a collection of historical buildings at the preserve that showcase late-19th-century and early-20th-century life on the peninsula. And organizations such as Wild Ones of the Door Peninsula host presentations at Crossroads’ Collins Learning Center.

Another big part of what Crossroads does – and

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The Teacher

what makes it so unusual – is the role it plays in environmental and historical research. Crossroads has laboratory space, and the preserve itself is a popular site for university students and professors, as well as other research organizations, to study land and water.

Coggin Heeringa

by Myles Dannhausen Jr. Since its first days, the face of Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay has been that of Coggin Heeringa. She was the organization’s first employee, its marketer, its ambassador.

But at heart, she’s an educator.

“Coggin is a master teacher,” said Laurel Hauser, Crossroads’ executive director. “She really has dedicated her whole life to the environment and teaching. I don’t know that I’ve ever met someone who loves education as much as she does and has such a curiosity for how the world works and wanting to share it with people.”

After 20 years as the executive director, Heeringa is now the program director and naturalist at Crossroads, where she is equally adept at talking to 3-yearolds who are exploring the forest for the first time as she is talking to visiting professors in its Collins Learning Center. Heeringa is omnipresent at Crossroads.

At the end of her junior nature programs, her visiting students take a pledge to be good caretakers of the earth.

“She still has enthusiasm and joy,” Hauser said. “Kids respond to that.”

Heeringa’s writing (including regular columns in the Peninsula Pulse as well as other publications and websites) and public-relations work have given Crossroads

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a place not only on the Door County map, but among the most respected environmental and educational organizations in the state, attracting groups from far and wide that come to discover the preserve.

Before joining Crossroads, Heeringa spent 10 years as the naturalist at Newport State Park near Ellison Bay and has been the instructor of environmental studies at the Walter E. Hastings Nature Museum at Interlochen Arts Camp near Traverse City, Michigan, since 1971. That’s where she found her love for the outdoors.

“In college, I was a music major,” Heeringa wrote for the Love Wisconsin website in 2021. “I went to the Interlochen Center for the Arts as a camp counselor, thinking I would end up being a music teacher. When I was there, I realized I was a mediocre musician, but I really loved the forest. That changed my life.”

During the years since, she has been determined to change the lives of others – one hike, one program or one story at a time.

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Crossroads is the site of a multiyear archaeological study and dig led by local experts and a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee professor. The project is literally unearthing information about who lived there hundreds and even thousands of years ago and how the land was used, while also teaching archaeology practices to students and area residents.

Another UW-Milwaukee professor is leading a project to inventory the plants, amphibians and birds at Crossroads, with the goal of making it a better place for migrating birds.

The biggest research project is a water-quality research program run by UW-Oshkosh through which researchers analyze water at Door County beaches and have been looking at toxins and microplastics in the water.

“Many of the improvements that have been made at the Door County beaches have been informed by the research we’ve done in our lab,” Heeringa said.

Although the extent of educational programming and research sets Crossroads apart from Door County’s many other parks and natural areas, it is also, at its heart, a place where people can experience and enjoy nature.

“I love that there are people in our community that are here five or six times a week,” said Laurel Hauser, Crossroads’ executive director.

(Clockwise from top left) Dan Collins and Nancy Aten (kneeling) have been instrumental in the restoration of Crossroads landscape. / Kids make discoveries in the creek. / A visitor meets a new slithery friend. / Building a new boardwalk to discovery. Photos courtesy of Crossroads at Big Creek. / Executive Director Laurel Hauser joined Crossroads in 2019. Photo by Brett Kosmider.

Mary Serafico is one of those people.

The Sturgeon Bay resident has been going to Crossroads for 20 years.

“I’ve seen it grow,” she said. “I feel like it’s a friend.”

Serafico typically visits Crossroads several times a week. She said every time she goes, she takes a different path and appreciates the changing sights throughout the seasons. No matter the trail or weather, Serafico calls Crossroads her “go-to spot.”

“I really use it as a place to rejuvenate and relax and center

myself,” she said. “It gives me peace in my soul.”

That Crossroads serves as a natural haven for people makes it especially inspiring, according to Hauser, because it showcases the power of change.

“This land was marketed as an ideal place for a gas station,” Hauser said of the area when the school originally purchased it in 1992. “It was kind of throwaway land.”

Now, 30 years later, Hauser said the land’s natural variety makes it an uncommon attraction.

“We have a lot of different ecosystems in this little parcel, which is really inspiring to our restorationists,” she said. “We have a creek; we have wetlands; we have a little pocket of a boreal forest; we have upland meadow; we have an estuary.”

All of that variety – of ecosystems, research, partnerships and programming – has made it challenging for Crossroads’ leaders to discern and communicate a

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specific identity, Hauser and Luders admitted. However, Hauser said that better understanding the land – what has been done and what the organization would like to do – is helping them to clarify their vision.

That greater understanding is thanks, in part, to three large state and federal grants that Crossroads received for land restoration in 2020.

Hauser said the funds made the preserve’s leadership feel empowered about what it can accomplish with land restoration.

“We’re realizing that there’s such a desire in the community to understand how you restore land,” Hauser said. “Landowners contact us all the time. They want to do good things on their property, but they need help figuring out how to do that.”

The Habitat Healers program, which began in summer 2021, was a start,

with volunteers helping with projects at Crossroads and learning along the way.

But regardless of its research and programs, Crossroads is and will remain a place where people can enjoy and connect with nature.

Free access, in fact, is one of the cornerstones of its mission, according to Heeringa. She highlighted Crossroads’ winter Ski for Free program as one example. It allows outdoor enthusiasts to borrow free cross-country ski and kicksled equipment to use on the preserve’s trails.

Unlike other natural areas on the peninsula that are state or county parks, Crossroads is a private, nonprofit organization that does not receive tax money for its operations.

Instead, it relies on grants, donations and, Luders noted, hundreds of volunteers.

For all that Crossroads has to offer, leaders described it as an “undiscovered treasure”: well known in the local community, but perhaps less so among Northern Door residents.

But that may be changing. Luders said that one of the board’s goals is to engage every child in Door County at least once. And Hauser noted that since the COVID-19 pandemic began, more people from the northern part of the county have visited.

“When we started and chose the name Crossroads, we thought of it as a metaphor between past and future, between people and the environment – all these different things,” Heeringa said. “The people shape the land, and the land shapes the people. It really is all connected.”

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hank you to our Door County community for making it possible to achieve our mission. Because of you, Birch Creek celebrates 47 years of providing intensive, performancebased instruction in a professional, mentoring environment to nearly 200 promising young musicians each year. Learn more at BirchCreek.org.

Join us for concerts on the Birch Creek campus this summer from mid-June through mid-August in Percussion & Steel Band, Symphony and Big Band Jazz. Enjoy Fall and Winter concerts featuring our faculty & friends in Juniper Hall.

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by Bret Bicoy / President and CEO, Door County Community Foundation

Total charitable giving in the United States hit an all-time record of $471.44 billion in 2020 (the most recent year for which data is available), according to the annual study published by the Giving USA Foundation. That’s a 5.1% increase over 2019, so you’d think that the folks in the charitable world would be jumping for joy upon hearing this news.

Indeed, a lot of people are celebrating. However, if you talk with the most seasoned nonprofit professionals – those who have been living and breathing fundraising for at least 20 years – you’ll find a significant level of concern. The reality is that although the total dollar amount contributed is at a record high, the actual number of people who make charitable gifts has been falling for more than a decade and now sits at an all-time low.

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of a lot of money flowing around, but fewer households are giving it away.

Essentially, charities are becoming more dependent on fewer donors to fund their work.

Let’s dig a bit deeper into the most recent data from Giving USA. Giving by foundations increased by a whopping 17% over the previous year. In fact, foundation giving has gone up in nine of the past 10 years, now constituting nearly one out of every five dollars given to charity.

That’s an all-time high, and the reason for it is simple: Private foundations are required by law to distribute a minimum percentage of their assets every year. The incredible growth in the stock market has lifted foundation endowments to record highs, which directly translates into increased giving by foundations.

More concerning, however, is that giving by individuals grew by just 2.2% over the previous year.

When adjusted for inflation, the actual growth rate was just 1%.

Furthermore, individual donors now constitute fewer than seven out of

every 10 dollars donated to charity.

It’s only the second time ever that individual giving has fallen below that benchmark.

Put more simply, a significant portion of the increase in charitable giving during the past decade has been driven by foundations, not individual donors, which means that the generosity of American households is a shrinking slice of the overall charitable-giving pie.

“The Giving Environment” was a study that the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University published in 2021. Its Philanthropy Panel Study (PPS) is a longitudinal study that tracks the share of American households that donate to charity in any given year. During the decades since the PPS began, the latest report recorded the first time when a majority of American households had made absolutely no charitable gift at all.

This unpleasant truth is the newest data point on a clear trend line that has been pointing downward for almost 20 years. In 2000, about twothirds of all households were making

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annual contributions to charity.

Nearly two decades later, fewer than half of Americans had made any charitable gift at all.

At first glance, it seems reasonable to attribute the reduction in the total number of households making donations to the decline in church attendance. After all, donations to churches usually constitute the single largest category of charitable giving. Church attendance has fallen off a cliff during the past few decades, so it certainly must have influenced overall giving patterns.

Indeed, the percentage of American households that donate to a church has fallen by almost 38% over the last 20 years or so. However, secular causes have not been insulated from this trend. The percentage of Americans contributing to nonreligious charities has dropped by nearly 25%, and this decline in households donating to charity is universal: No type of organization has been spared.

It’s only the sheer magnitude of the largest gifts that has made it easy for communities to ignore this problem. “[The] average donations by those who donate are increasing,” the Lilly School study noted. “This phenomenon, called ‘Dollars Up, Donors Down,’ is why total charitable giving in the United States has continued to increase.”

Total giving has remained at or near all-time highs during the past decade, even as the total percentage of American households that contribute has been falling. Not coincidentally, that same 10-year period also aligns nicely with a historically long bull market that saw the S&P 500 increase by about 350%.

Although the bear temporarily overtook the bull at the start of the COVID-19 crisis in 2020, the stock market quickly rebounded and went on another record tear for the next

18 months. As a result, during this past decade and more, the wealthiest American households and private foundations have seen their assets increase dramatically. Consequently, their financial ability to donate to charity has grown accordingly.

Thankfully, these well-to-do American families have demonstrated a remarkable level of largesse that has more than made up for the precipitous decline in the total number of households giving to charity.

However, record-breaking stockmarket returns will not continue forever. At some point, the markets will plateau, if not retreat. The economy will one day enter a sustained recession. Periods of economic uncertainty are an inevitable part of business and market cycles.

It is reasonable to expect that when a sustained period of a depressed economy and down stock market finally does arrive, both wealthy families and private foundations will see their assets shrink. As a result, giving will decline, potentially dramatically.

During this time of philanthropic abundance, it’s easy for nonprofit leaders to become complacent if their bottom-line fundraising number is strong, even as their total number of donors is falling.

Unfortunately, trusting that fewer wealthy families will continue to give more money is unsustainable and an unwise concentration of risk. The charities in our community – and our nation – would be well served to focus not only on stewarding their best donors, but also on making Herculean efforts to engage new ones in support of their cause.

Contact Bret Bicoy at bret@ givedoorcounty.org.

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Auxiliary Volunteers Donated More Than 14,000 Hours in 2021 HOUSE & GARDEN WALK Our signature fund-raising event for more than 60 years supports the work of DCMC. This year’s event will be held on Tuesday, July 26.

SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISER This event is the major fundraiser for DCMC Auxiliary healthcare scholarships. Mark Friday, Oct. 22 on your calendars.

To learn more about the Auxiliary or to download a volunteer application visit: DCMedical.org/auxiliary

DOOR WAY GIFT SHOP Located in the hospital’s main entrance, the Door Way Gift Shop run by the Auxiliary donates all profits to DCMC. For more information about becoming an Auxiliary volunteer call 920-746-3609 or email robin.hamm-jackson@dcmedical.org

Founded in 1962 by the Peninsula Arts Association (PAA) in honor of Francis Howe Hardy, The Francis Hardy Center for the Arts, Inc., also affectionately known as The Hardy Gallery, is a not-for-profit arts organization enriching the vibrancy of the Door County community by promoting and fostering local art. The organization supports initiatives that address the needs of the local artist community, the creative enrichment of local youth, the education of the public, and the promotion of the visual arts and artists of the Door County Peninsula.

920.854.2210 | info@thehardy.org | www.thehardy.org

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The Hardy Gallery is a non-profit 501 c3 Public Charity

Newport Wilderness Society The Friends Group of Newport State Park

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Join our dynamic group of volunteers to help protect and advocate for Wisconsin’s FIRST Wilderness Park and International Dark Sky Park.

Contact Us Newport Wilderness Society P.O. Box 187 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 friendsofnewport.org

Celebrating

Giving

Door County gives in ways big and small.

The gifts come from bake sales, large checks, random kindnesses and most often through time. In Door County, neighbors help neighbors, and people help strangers.

In these pages, we celebrate moments big and small from the year that was.

After six years, $3.7 million and multiple setbacks and delays, members of the Friends of Peninsula State Park took the first steps up the new ramp to the park’s new Eagle Tower in May 2021. Photo by Myles Dannhausen Jr.

Deb Doyle of P.A.T.H. (center) accepted $2,070 from St. Peter’s Lutheran Church Outreach Team members Crystal Brunette (right) and Carol Newman (left). The funds help P.A.T.H. provide opportunities for recreation and community integration for children and adults with special needs.

Author Nickolas Butler read during the Write On, Door County gala, held Sept. 23 on the grounds of Write On’s Writing Center in Juddville.

Photo by Artemis Photography.

On March 8, 2022, a parade of barns, cottages and a home made its way down Country Lane in Sister Bay. The barn will become the history center of the Sister Bay Historical Society’s Corner of the Past campus. The other structures will become workforce housing for a project spearheaded by Paula Anschutz of the Sister Bay Bowl. Photo by Rachel Lukas.

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Matthew Zittlow of Boy Scouts of America Troop 1140 delivered his Eagle Scout project – six cedar benches – to the Friends of Peninsula State Park in Fish Creek. He raised funds to purchase the needed materials and organized the volunteers who built the benches.

Donors included the Schneider Foundation, Jan and Len Zittlow, the Brussels Lions Club, Lamperts Lumber, Weekes Forest Products, Buhr Construction and Amerhar.

Volunteers kick it up at the 2021 Pink Classic golf outing. The event raised nearly $40,000 for the Sue Baldwin Fund to support people and families fighting cancer. Photo by Kim Thiel.

In July, members of the 100+ Women Who Care of Door County giving circle met at the Peg Egan Performing Arts Center in Egg Harbor.

The organization donated $84,600 in 2021 to 12 local organizations to support those who are making a difference in Door County.

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Liz and Chris Hecht were honored as the 2021 Volunteers of the Year by the Sister Bay Advancement Association.

A young competitor sprints to the finish in the Door County Kids Triathlon, held as part of Door County Triathlon weekend in July. The race raises thousands of dollars each year for the Door County YMCA, Door County Parks and dozens of local nonprofits. Photo

by Rachel Lukas.

The Piggly Wiggly of Sister Bay raised $8,760 in customer donations and a matching donation from the store for Door of Life and Koinonia Kupboard Food Pantries in December 2021.

(From left) Heidi Penchoff, Winnie Jackson, Tom Nesbitt and Jay Kita. Photo by Tad Dukehart.

Open Door Pride honored Write On, Door County with its Sandy Brown Award for exemplifying the Pride organization’s mission to “celebrate diversity with inclusion for all” as part of the June 26 virtual and in-person Open Door Pride celebration in Sturgeon Bay. Write On’s artistic director, Jerod Santek (center), accepted the award from Sandy Brown (left) and Cathy Grier (right). Photo by Myles Dannhausen Jr.

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Child care, housing and workforce recruitment got a big boost in December when United Way of Door County was awarded a $3.5 million grant from the state of Wisconsin. (From left) Christina Studebaker, Jen Thompson, Cindy Trinkner-Peot, Bridget Starr, Alexis Fuller, Paula Anschutz, Mariah Goode and Amy Kohnle worked together to apply for the grant. Photo by Rachel Lukas.

Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands volunteers and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel joined forces July 24 at the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge to paint 42 windows from the Plum Island Lifesaving Station. Photo by Tim Sweet.

After years of fundraising and planning, the Door County Maritime Museum’s 10-story Jim Kress Maritime Lighthouse Tower was christened during a May 22, 2021, ceremony. In March 2022, the museum announced that fundraising for the tower was complete at $9.2 million.

Nashville artist Skyelor Anderson played a July 2 parking-lot party at the Top of the Hill Shops in Fish Creek to benefit DOOR CANcer. The event raised $13,502 for families affected by cancer.

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Kewaunee County lawenforcement officers and family members took part in a Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics on July 31.

Walkers celebrate at the finish of the 2021 Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Sturgeon Bay. The two-mile walk left from Graham Park and raised $11,500 for the Alzheimer’s Association to fund research for a cure, advocacy, and patient and caregiver support.

Graham Park opened in 2021 with support from landscaping services donated

by Sterling Landscape Service.

Baileys Harbor’s annual town meeting started 30 minutes late in April of 2021 to allow for a crowd of nearly 300 people to file into the fire station to vote on whether to approve to the town’s purchase of the former Nelson Shopping Center and motel property.

The vote passed overwhelmingly, and a group quickly raised $1.1 million in private donations to support the purchase and improvements to the property. Photo by Craig Sterrett.

Hilary Pennington of the Ford Foundation speaks to a full house at the annual Women’s Fund luncheon at Stone Harbor Resort on Aug. 4, 2021. Photo by Rachel Lukas.

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CELEBRATING GIVING Oliver Strege tees off during the seventh Little Eddie Big Cup, held in October to remember his father, Eddie Strege. The event raised $19,500 to promote mentalhealth awareness, support mental-health education and provide mental-health care for people in Door County.

The first Northern Door Pride celebration drew a colorful crowd to the Sister Bay Village Hall in June 2021.

A group of happy donuts gathered to cheer on the 166 participants in the 2021 MS Challenge Walk in Peninsula State Park, which generated $257,780 to support the fight against multiple sclerosis (MS). The walk takes place each September. From left are Carole Frank, Gary Pfister, Penny Pfister, Pat Heller, Tom Heller, Mary DeNoble and Ann Fischer.

The Door County Half Marathon returned to Peninsula State Park with a special Oct. 30 date in 2021 after multiple COVID-19related delays. More than 200 volunteers helped 1,600 runners cross the finish line, including participants from MyTEAM TRIUMPH. The half marathon raises thousands of dollars for local charities every year and will return to May in 2022. Photo

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“It may take many voices for people to hear the same message.”

– Rasheed Ogunlaru

2022 A Season of Action

Addressing Climate Change through Collaboration and Community Action  2ND ANNUAL DOOR COUNTY

BIG PLANT A month-long, community-wide event. Over 40 organizations helped plant over 19,000 trees/plants around Door County in 2021

 EDUCATIONAL SPEAKER SERIES Experts address climate impacts on Lake Michigan, links between human health and a warming planet, and the importance of soil health

 EXPLORE THE PENINSULA www.ClimateChangeDoorCounty.com

Field trips and tours will focus on local effects of climate change and projects mitigating climate impacts through responsible action

For more info or to donate please visit our website or contact Nicole at 715-330-4660 or nicole@lnrp.org

Marking 31 years as a part of the Northern Door Community and supporting nonprofit organizations through all of Door County.

11051 Hwy 42 • Sister Bay, WI 54234 • (920) 854-9693 www.doorcountyicecream www.doorcountyicecream.com .com • scoop@doorcountyicecream.com

History is Always Making News in Sister Bay! Daily Docent-Led History Tours in Sister Bay Monday–Friday Explore 16 renovated historic buildings, 1875 Anderson family farmhouse with late 1800s furnishings and artifacts. Authentic buildings: barn, granary, machine shed, log cabins, migrant’s cottage, summer kitchen, sawmill, blacksmith.

Open Monday–Friday, 10am– 4pm, late May–early October Admission: $10, Kids Free For more info, call 920-854-7680, visit: sisterbayhistory.org

Reserve tour tickets online: www.doorcountytickets.com

"History Talks" Series Koessl Barn, Corner of the Past Museum, 7:00 - 8:30 pm • Bunda's Store (now On Deck): Janie Denis — June 23 • The Roesers–Pillars of Early Sister Bay: Roberta Champeau — July 12 • Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant: Rolf Johnson — August 18 • The Patio Drive-In: Connie Grotenhuis — September 8 Rolf Johnson

• Little Sister Resort: Fuzzy Sunstrom — October 4

Christkindlmarkt Door County Annual Pre-Christmas Market November 25-27 • December 2-4 • December 9-11 ‘Christmas Huts’ featuring local artisans German & Scandinavian food & drink by local restaurants Corner of the Past Museum,10310 Fieldcrest Rd. Sister Bay Historical Society doorcountychristmasmarket.com

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Northern Door County’s Oldest Farmers Market Sister Bay's Farmers Market on Saturday mornings offers fresh locally-grown fruits and vegetables, flowers and prepared foods from local vendors.

Artists and artisans demonstrate a wide variety of crafts, check Facebook page for rotating schedule of events.

Corner of the Past Museum,10310 Fieldcrest Rd.

Saturdays • 9am – 1pm • June 25 – early Oct.

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Interested in finding out more about Sister Bay's history?

Visit www.sisterbayhistory.org 10310 Fieldcrest Road, Sister Bay

Rogue Theater PO Box 782 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 818-0816 roguetheater.org Third Avenue PlayWorks, Inc. PO Box 843 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-1760

GIVING GUIDE TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS IN DOOR COUNTY

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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 many people who are working hard to sustain our quality of life.

There are more than 350 charities, associations, service clubs and other citizen groups serving our community! In an effort to help connect people who care with causes that matter, the Door County Community Foundation has compiled this list of tax-exempt organizations that are based in Door County. The most up-to-date list is available at the Community Foundation’s website, 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@givedoorcounty.org.

TAX-EXEMPT CLASSIFICATION Although 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 the maximum tax deduction allowed by law. The tax deductibility to other types of 501(c) organizations varies depending on a number of factors. Please contact the organizations directly to confirm their tax status and the deductibility of any gift you may choose to make.

Visit the IRS website at irs.gov to see a complete explanation of the different types of exempt organizations.

Thor Johnson Endowment Trust PO Box 340 Ephraim, WI 54211 (920) 854-4060 Too Much Fun Productions DBA: Fishstock 2996 Maple Grove Road E. Fish Creek, WI 54212 (414) 659-1521 fishstockmusic.com Washington Island Art Association, Inc. PO Box 16 Washington Island, WI 54246 washingtonislandarts.com Washington Island Music Festival PO Box 235 Washington Island, WI 54246 (406) 239-6802 washingtonislandmusic festival.com Wilson and Carol Trueblood Performing Arts Center PO Box 136 Washington Island, WI 54246 (920) 847-2528 truebloodpac.com

BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS ARTS ORGANIZATIONS Art and Nature Center 1799 Main Road Washington Island, WI 54246 wianc.org Birch Creek Music Center, Inc. PO Box 230 Egg Harbor, WI 54209 (920) 868-3763 birchcreek.org Cherry Hills-Door County Fund for the Arts and Humanities, Inc. 116 Little Sister Road Sister Bay, WI 54234 Door Community Auditorium 3926 Hwy 42 PO Box 397 Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-2728 dcauditorium.org Door Concerts, Inc. PO Box 132 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-3755

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Door County Folk Alliance Ltd PO Box 276 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 dcfolk.com Door Shakespeare, Inc. 10038 Hwy 57 Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 839-1500 doorshakespeare.com Francis Hardy Gallery, Inc. of Door County PO Box 394 Ephraim, WI 54211 (920) 854-2210 thehardy.org Gunderson Denardo Foundation W2996 Gibraltar Road Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 839-2925 Isadoora Theatre Company (920) 562-2838 isadooratheatrecompany. com Island Players, Inc. PO Box 160 Washington Island, WI 54246 islandplayers.org

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Midsummer’s Music Ltd. 10568 Country Walk Lane, Unit 43 Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-7088 midsummersmusic.com Midwest Institute for Theater Arts of Oshkosh 11158 N. Sand Bay Lane Sister Bay, WI 54234 Miller Art Center Foundation, Inc. 107 S. 4th Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-8450 Northern Sky Theater 9058 County Road A Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 854-6117 northernskytheater.com Peninsula Arts Association PO Box 21 Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 peninsulaartsassociation.com

Peninsula School of Art 3900 Cty F PO Box 304 Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-3455 peninsulaschoolofart.org

Peninsula Belgian and American Club, Inc. c/o Kim Potier Davis 1255 N. 12th Place Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 belgianamerican.org The Peninsula Singers PO Box 611 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 thepeninsulasingers.org Peninsula Music Festival, Inc. PO Box 340 Ephraim, WI 54211 (920) 854-4060 musicfestival.com Peninsula Players Theatre Foundation, Inc. W4351 Peninsula Players Road Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-3287 peninsulaplayers.com Peninsula Symphonic Band, Inc. PO Box 84 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 peninsulasymphonicband.org

Baileys Harbor Community Association 8061 Hwy 57 PO Box 31 Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 (920) 839-2366 doorcounty.com/ baileys-harbor Clark Lake Advancement Association, Inc. c/o Robert Kufrin, 5558 Quiet Cove Lane, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 clarklakewi.com Door County Bar Association, Inc. c/o Richard Hauser PO Box 89 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-6505 Door County Deputy Sheriffs Association 1201 S. Duluth Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Door County Farm Bureau Cooperative 3030 Park Dr. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-9206

Door County Home Builders, Inc. PO Box 112 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 493-3242 dchba.org Door County North PO Box 10 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 (920) 854-4450 doorcountynorth.org Door County Realtors Association PO Box 684 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-9651 dcbr.org Door County Service Club Coalition of Sturgeon Bay c/o Door County Community Foundation 222 N. Third Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-1786 Destination Door County 1015 Green Bay Road PO Box 406 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-4456 doorcounty.com Egg Harbor Business Association PO Box 33 Egg Harbor, WI 54209 (920) 868-3717 eggharbordoorcounty.org Ephraim Business Council PO Box 203 Ephraim, WI 54211 (920) 854-4989 ephraim-doorcounty.com Fish Creek Civic Association 4097 Hwy 42 PO Box 74 Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-2316 visitfishcreek.com 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 Bob Geitner 6275 Hwy 57 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 jacksonport.net Joint Professional Law Enforcement Association of Door County, Inc. c/o Tammy Sternard 1201 S. Duluth Ave. 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 Cty CC Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Sister Bay Advancement Association, Inc. PO Box 351 Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-3230 cometosisterbay.com 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 PO Box 212 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Destination Sturgeon Bay 36 S. 3rd Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-6246 sturgeonbay.net Washington Island Chamber of Commerce 2206 W. Harbor Road Washington Island, WI 54246 (920) 847-2179 washingtonisland-wi.com Washington Island Electric Co-op, Inc. 1157 Main Road Washington Island, WI 54246 (920) 847-2541 Washington Island Town Mutual Insurance Company 1246 Main Road Washington Island, WI 54246 (920) 847-2041 Wisconsin Harbor Towns Association c/o Stephen A Kase 324 N. 12th Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 wisconsinharbortowns.net

CHURCHES Bahais of Gibraltar Town 9633 Cty A Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-9698 Bay View Lutheran Church 340 W. Maple Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-4705 Bethany Lutheran Parsonage 3051 Cedar St. Ephraim, WI 54211 (920) 854-4065 Bethel Baptist Church 852 Europe Bay Road Ellison Bay, WI 54210 (920) 854-4490 Bethel Shalom Parsonage 899 Hwy 57 Brussels, WI (920) 825-7501

Calvary United Methodist Church 4650 Cty E Egg Harbor, WI 54209 (920) 868-3112 calvaryzionumc.org Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church 9986 Hwy 57 Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 743-5155 Christian Science Society 212 S. 7th Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-8582 Christ the King Episcopal Church 512 Michigan St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-3286 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 Cty C Brussels, WI 54204 (920) 824-5061 Community Church of Fish Creek P.O. Box 70 9420 Cottage Row Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-3811 P www.ccfishcreek.org 501 c(3) Public Charity Corpus Christi Catholic Church 25 N. Elgin Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-4716 Door Bible Baptist Church 1302 Cty C Brussels, WI 54204 (920) 825-1380 Door County Family Fellowship-TNT Ministries, Inc. 3821 Gibraltar Road Fish Creek, WI 54212 Door of Life Christian Church 2731 Hwy 42 Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 421-1525 dooroflife.org Emanuel Lutheran Church 8612 Cty Road D Forestville, WI 54213 Emanuel Lutheran Church of Kolberg 8612 Cty Road D Forestville, WI 54213 (920) 743-6683 Ephraim Moravian Church 9970 Moravia Ephraim, WI 54211 (920) 854-2804

Episcopal Church of Christ the KIng and Holy Nativity PO Box 828 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-3286 Family Educational Broadcasting Corporation of Door County Wisconsin 1715 Michigan St. 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 2622 S. Bay Shore Dr. Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-2544 First Baptist Church of Sturgeon Bay 610 N. 5th Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-5058 Friends Community Church 204 W. Maple St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-2714 Full Gospel Churches International 4285 Cherry Road 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 54226 (920) 856-6123 Holy Nativity Episcopal Church 3434 Cty 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 S. 12th Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-2701 hopechurchdc.org House of Praise Ministries c/o Rev Rodney Johnson PO Box 56 Brussels, WI 54204 Immanuel Lutheran Church 7973 Hwy 57 PO Box 115 Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 (920) 839-2224 Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends 204 W. Maple St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 iaym.org Jacksonport United Methodist Church 6154 Cave Point Dr. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 868-3112 jacksonportmethodist.org

Lighthouse Gospel Fellowship Ltd 11339 Homestead Dr. Ellison Bay, WI 54210 Living Word Full Gospel Fellowship, Inc. 83 W. Maple St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Peninsula Baptist Church, Inc. 3486 N. 20th Ave. 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 Road Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-4842 Salem Lutheran Church 3339 Cty MM Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-6683 Seventh Day Adventist Church 9402 Hill St. 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 Sister Bay Moravian Church 10924 Old Stage Road Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-4080 Southern Door Community Church 905 Cty Trunk DK Brussels, WI 54204 (920) 825-7501 St. Francis & St. Mary’s Catholic Parish 9716 Cemetery Road Brussels, WI 54204 (920) 825-7555 St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church 4911 Brauer Road 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 Hwy 57 Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 (920) 839-2041

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St. Matthew Orthodox Church, Holy Transfiguration Chapel 912 N. Bay Shore Dr. Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-4215 St. Paul Lutheran Church W4167 Juddville Road

Peninsula Preschool provides a safe and loving child-centered environment where children are free to play and learn. The spirit of each child is respected with opportunities for growth through free play, exploration, problem solving, and creativity. Our curriculum offers an exceptional early childhood experience including a partnership with the Peninsula School of Art and the Ridges Sanctuary.

Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-2826 St. Peters Lutheran Church PO Box 85 Forestville, WI 54213 Stella Maris Catholic Parish Egg Harbor Location: 7710 Hwy 42 Baileys Harbor Location: 8013 Hwy 57 Fish Creek Location: 4019 Hwy 42 Jacksonport Location: 6236 Hwy 57 Sister Bay Location: 2410 S. Bay Shore Road (920) 868-3241 stellamarisparish.com Stewards of Grace Ministries 10821 Stage Road Brussels, WI 54204 Sturgeon Bay Community Church PO Box 703 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-9587 The Orchard 7630 Logerquist Road

Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 (920) 333-3544 theorchardefca.org Transformation of our Lord Chapel 10762 N. Bay Shore Dr.

For 2022/23 registration information or to make a donation contact us at:

(920) 854-2112 thepeninsulapreschool@gmail.com peninsulapreschool.weebly.com

Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-4215 Trinity Lutheran Church 1765 Town Line Road Washington Island, WI 54246 Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County 10341 Hwy 42, Ephraim PO Box 859 Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-7559 uufdc.org

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United Methodist Church of Sturgeon Bay 836 Michigan St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-3241 sturgeonbay methodist.org White Star Church 2481 Cty C Brussels, WI 54204 (920) 388-2622 Zion Lutheran Church 6710 Cty T Egg Harbor, WI 54209 (920) 743-5153 Zion United Methodist 8781 Cty F Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-3112

CIVIC GROUPS AND SERVICE CLUBS Altrusa International of Door County, Inc. PO Box 523 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 altrusaofdoor county.org American Association of University Women c/o Peggy Odegaard 337 N. 16th Dr. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Local 1658 c/o Cheryl Burmeister 151 Leeward St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-2240 American Legion Archie Lackshire Post 72 692 Tacoma Beach Road Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 823-2109 American Legion 0402 PO Box 143 Washington Island, WI 54246 American Legion 0527 Billy Weiss Post 956 N. Spring Road Sister Bay, WI 54234 legion.org American Legion Auxiliary 2206 W. Harbor Road Washington Island, WI 54246

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 Brussels Union Gardener Fire Department Inc. 9952 Cty 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 Cty C Brussels, WI 54204 catholicforester.org Catholic Order of Foresters 9462 Cty D Forestville, WI 54213 catholicforester.org Catholic Order of Foresters 25 N. Elgin Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 catholicforester.org Door County Dairy Promotion Committee 421 Nebraska St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Door County Economic Development Corporation 185 E. Walnut St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-3113 doorcounty business.com Ellison Bay Service Club, Inc. PO Box 181 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 (920) 421-1754 Ephraim Men’s Club PO Box 204 Ephraim, WI 54211 Free & Accepted Mason of Wisconsin 31 S. 3rd Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 493-3727 wisc-freemasonry. org

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Friends of EphraimGibraltar Airport c/o Timothy Halbrook PO Box 61 Fish Creek, WI 54212 friendsofephraim gibraltarairport.com Friends of Washington Island PO Box 222 Washington Island, WI 54246 (920) 847-2030 Independent Order of Odd Fellows 214 N. Fulton Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 ioof.org International Association of Fire Fighters c/o Mike E. Smith 605 Kentucky Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 iaff.org International Association of Lions Clubs PO Box 81 Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-7968 lionsclubs.org

International Association of Lions Clubs Jim Noll 1579 Ledge Road Brussels, WI 54204 lionsclubs.org International Association of Lions Clubs c/o Robert Erickson 788 Egg Harbor Road Egg Harbor, WI 54209 lionsclubs.org International Association of Lions Clubs c/o Ann Schmitz PO Box 126 Forestville WI 54213 Lionsclubs.org International Association of Lions Clubs 137 N. 10th Place Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 lionsclubs.org International Association of Lions Clubs PO Box 164 Washington Island, WI 54246 Jacksonport Women’s Club 3365 Cty V Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Kiwanis Club of Sturgeon Bay c/o Mike Wagner 4543 E. Shorewood Point Road Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 559-0055 kiwanis.org Knights of Columbus 692 Tacoma Beach Road 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 Cty F Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 kofc.org Knights of Columbus 6444 Our Lady of Good Help Council 1003 Pleasant Ridge Road Brussels, WI 54204 kofc.org

Leadership Door County, Inc. PO Box 874 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 leadershipdoorcounty.com League of Women Voters of Door County PO Box 306 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 lwvdoorcounty.org Lions International Egg Harbor PO Box 143 Egg Harbor, WI 54209 (920) 854-2142 lionsclubs.org Memorial to Door County Fallen Veterans, Inc. PO Box 9 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 doorcountyveterans.com National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association c/o Marilyn Grose 214 Fulton Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 narfe.org

National Association of Letter Carriers c/o Imogene R. Peters 1245 Rhode Island St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 nalc.org National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution 4840 Country View Road Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (202) 879-3343 dar.org Northern Door First Responders PO Box 287 Sister Bay, WI 54234 Optimist International c/o William Baudhuin 55 S. Third Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 optimist.org Order of the Eastern Star of the State of Wisconsin 729 Memorial Dr. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 easternstar.org Our Legacy US, Inc. 1266 Main Road Washington Island, WI 54246

Powerful concerts • Brilliant Musicians • Intimate Settings

Thank you to the volunteers who make every concert season delightfully fun for our audiences and musicians.

Call today to learn about membership benefits of our volunteer group, the Gracenotes.

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Lakeshore CAP has been Lakeshore CAP hascommitted been to serving Door County residents for to serving Door overcommitted 40 years; from basic needs such as County food andresidents shelter tofor mental overhealth 40 and educational support.

Thank years; from basic needs suchyou, as donors and volunteers for supporting food andour shelter work.to mental

health and educational support.

Helping People.

Thank you, donors and Changing Lives. volunteers for supporting our work of: Helping People. Changing Lives.

OUR PROGRAMS: • Cradle to Career

OurCounty Programs: • Door Food Pantry • GED/HSED

Cradle to Career • Home Buyer

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Home Buyer • Supportive Housing / Rental JAK'sAssistance Place Skills Enhancement Thank you for your Supportive Housing/ Rental continued support!

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Lakeshore CAP, Inc. 131 South 3rd Ave.• PO Box 791 Sturgeon WI 54235-0791 Thank youBay, for your continued Phone:support!

(920) 743-0192 FAX: (920) 746-0142 Lakeshore CAP, Inc. 131 South 3rd Ave • PO Box 791 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-0791 Phone: (920) 743-0192

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Pioneer Fire Company, Inc. 421 Michigan St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Rotary Club of Door County North Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 Rotary Club of Sturgeon Bay Breakfast, Inc. c/o PIP Printing 368 Jefferson St. 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 St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-5272 Sturgeon Bay Optimist Door County Foundation PO Box 9 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Sturgeon Bay Rotary Club Charitable Trust PO Box 9 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-5551 Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 6572 Memorial Dr. Egg Harbor, WI 54209 thrivent.com Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 1443 Highview Road Ellison Bay, WI 54210 thrivent.com Thrivent Financial for Lutherans PO Box 16 Sister Bay, WI 54234 thrivent.com Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 1219 Bluebird Place Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 thrivent.com United States Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association 4520 Weber Road Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 uscgcpoa.org

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8337 United States Dept of Wis PO Box 201 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 (920) 746-0357 vfw.org Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3088 United States Dept of Wis c/o Raymond Hogan 902 Alabama Place Apt 3 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-8709 vfw.org Veterans of Foreign Wars United States Dept of Wis 112 Woodcrest Road Sister Bay, WI 54234 vfwwi.org Washington Island Fire and Rescue, Inc. PO Box 250 Washington Island, WI 54246 Wisconsin Jaycees, Inc. PO Box 284 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 sturgeonbayjaycees.com

COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS Door County Community Foundation, Inc. 222 N. Third Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-1786 givedoorcounty.org Southern Door Community Foundation 9131 Morris Lane Brussels, WI 54204 sdcommunity.wix. com/sdcf-try-2 Washington Island Community Foundation PO Box 68 Washington Island, WI 54246

EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Bible Students of Northeastern Wisconsin PO Box 571 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Björklunden vid Sjön Lawrence University of Wisconsin PO Box 10 Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 (920) 839-2216 lawrence.edu/dept/bjork/ Bordui Foundation PO Box 9 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Catholic Schools of Door County, Inc. PO Box 541 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Clearing Endowment Trust PO Box 65 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 (920) 854-4088 theclearing.org

Clearing Folk School PO Box 65 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 (920) 854-4088 theclearing.org Door County Library Foundation, Inc. 107 S. 4th Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-6578 Door Peninsula Astronomical Society 2041 Michigan St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 doorastronomy.org Education Association of Gibraltar Area 3924 Hwy 42 PO Box 670 Fish Creek, WI 54212 Frank Gordon Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Inc. PO Box 85 Washington Island, WI 54246 Friends of Door County Libraries Association 107 S. 4th Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Gibraltar Area Educational Endowment Fund c/o DCCF 222 N. Third Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-1786 Literacy Door County, Inc. PO Box 473 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Northeast Wisconsin Dental Study Club Unit 5 30 N. 18th Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 NWTC Education Foundation 2740 W. Mason St. PO Box 19042 Green Bay, WI 54303 (920) 498-5444 Philanthropic Educational Organization P.E.O. Executive Office/ Treasurer’s Dept.

Helen Schreiber Allen Scholarship #8347 3700 Grand Ave. Des Moines, IA 50312 Sevastopol Alumni Benefit c/o Gary Welch 4553 Hwy 57 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 Education Foundation 8240 Hwy 57 Brussels, WI 54204 sdeducationfoundation.org

St. John Bosco Catholic School, Inc. 730 W Maple St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-4144 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 Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-7187 Washington Island Education Association 888 Main Road Washington Island, WI 54246 Write On, Door County 4177 Juddville Road PO Box 457 Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-1457 writeondoorcounty.org

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS Climate Change Coalition PO Box 812 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (715) 330-4660 climatechange doorcounty.com 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 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, Inc. PO Box 502 Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-6256 peninsulafriends.org

Friends of Potawatomi State Park, Inc. 3740 Park Dr. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-2890 runwild.org 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, Inc. c/o Charlotte Lukes 3962 Hillside Road Egg Harbor, WI 54209 Friends of Whitefish Dunes 3275 Clark Lake Road Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 823-2400 thefriendsofwhitefish dunes.org Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership c/o Jim Kettler PO Box 62 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 304-1919 lnrp.org Nature Conservancy 242 Michigan St. Suite B103 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-8695 nature.org/wisconsin Newport Wilderness Society, Inc. PO Box 187 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 (920) 854-2500 newportwilderness society.org North American Bear Foundation 6316 Center Road Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Open Door Bird Sanctuary 4114 Cty I Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 opendoorbirdsanctuary.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 ridgessanctuary.org Sustain Door, Inc. 308 S. 12th Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-9792 sustaindoor.org The Green Fund 222 N. Third Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-1786 Whitetails Unlimited, Inc. PO Box 720 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-6777 whitetailsunlimited.com Whitetails Unlimited, Inc. 816 Cty XC Forestville, WI 54213 whitetailsunlimited.com

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Wild Ones of Door County Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 824-5193 wildones.org Wisconsin Humane Society Door County Campus 3475 Park Dr. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-1111 doorcountyhumane society.org

GRANTING FOUNDATIONS 100+ Women Who Care Northern Door County c/o DCCF 222 N. Third Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 100WWCNorthernDoor. org Cliff and Clara Herlache Foundation c/o DCCF 222 N. Third Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-1786 doorcountycommunity foundation.org

Door County Charities, Inc. c/o Richard Heardon Jr. 5335 Horseshoe Bay Road Egg Harbor, WI 54209 (800) 761-7070 doorcountycharities.com Door County Federation of Women’s Clubs Service Trust 3750 Rocky Shore Dr. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Ellsworth and Carla Peterson Charitable Foundation 55 Utopia Circle Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-4501 Fred J. & Thea J. Peterson Supportive Charitable Trust 55 Utopia Circle Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Fred J. Peterson Foundation, Inc. 41 N. 3rd Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-5574 FW De Klerk Foundation for Peace in Divided Societies 912 Memorial Dr. 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 Ave. 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 Dr. 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. Suite 4 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-2995 raibrookfoundation.com Robert A. and Lynn I. Doneff Foundation, Inc. 7833 Dock Road Egg Harbor, WI 54209 (920) 684-6940

Rosemann Family Foundation, Inc. 11473 Beach Road Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-5934 Tatman Foundation c/o Julia Chomeau PO Box 497 Ephraim, WI 54211 Thomas E. Anschutz Foundation 2445 Sand Lane Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Timothy Foundation 9952 Cty Road N Brussels, WI 54204 United Way of Door County, Inc. 57 N. 3rd Ave. Lower Level PO Box 223 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-9645 unitedwaydc.org Women’s Fund of Door County c/o DCCF 222 N. Third Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 womensfundof doorcounty.org

HEALTH-CARE ORGANIZATIONS Coventry Care 10547 Koessl Lane Sister Bay, WI 54234 Door County Bridges 2622 S. Bay Shore Dr. Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-2544 dcbridges.org Door County Medical Center 323 S. 18th Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-5566 dcmedical.org Door County Medical Center Foundation, Inc. PO Box 230 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-1071 dcmedical.org/Giving Island Memorial Medical Fund, Inc. 581 Silver Birch Lane Washington Island, WI 54246 Good Samaritan SocietyScandia Village 10560 Applewood Road Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-2317 good-sam.com/ locations/scandia-village

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Lake Shore Health Services, Inc. 1843 Michigan St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-1070 North Shore Health Services, Inc. 345 S. 18th Place Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-0510 Prevent Suicide Door County Nathan Wilson Coalition PO Box 491 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 495-2383 preventsuididedc.org Sue Baldwin Fund PO Box 383 Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 839-1114 suebaldwinfund.com Unity Hospice 30 N. 18th Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-6440 unityhospice.org Washington Island Community Health Program PO Box 277 Washington Island, WI 54246 (920) 847-2108

Wisconsin Foundation for Pain and Chronic Disease Research PO Box 27 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

HISTORIC PRESERVATIONISTS Citizens for Our Bridge, Inc. PO Box 653 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 steelbridgesongfest.org Door County Historical Society PO Box 71 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse Preservation Society, Inc. 120 N. Madison Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-5958 dcmm.org Egg Harbor Historical Society, Inc. PO Box 264 Egg Harbor, WI 54209 (920) 868-3297 Ephraim Foundation Heritage Fund, Inc. PO Box 165 Ephraim, WI 54211 (920) 854-9688 ephraim.org

Ephraim Historical Foundation, Inc. PO Box 165 Ephraim, WI 54211 (920) 854-9688 Friends of Plum & Pilot Islands PO Box 61 Washington Island, WI 54246 (715) 823-6873 Gibraltar Historical Association PO Box 323 Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-2091 historicnoblehouse.org Horseshoe Bay Farms, Inc. c/o DCCF 222 N. Third Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 horseshoebayfarms.org Jacksonport Historical Society, Inc. 4768 Hwy 57 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-6415 jacksonporthistorical society.org Liberty Grove Historical Society PO Box 94 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 (920) 839-5022 libertygrovehistorical.org

Namur Belgian Heritage Foundation, Inc. c/o Stephen A. Kase 30 N. 18th Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-8381 Northeastern Wisconsin Antique Power Association Incorporated 5005 Country View Road Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Sister Bay Historical Society, Inc. PO Box 34 Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-7680 sisterbayhistory.org Sturgeon Bay Historical Society, Inc. PO Box 827 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 493-0572 Washington Island Farm Museum, Inc. PO Box 127 Washington Island, WI 54246 (920) 847-2156 Washington Island Heritage Conservancy Corp.

1391 Main Road Washington Island, WI 54246

HUMAN AND SOCIALSERVICE CHARITIES Autism Society of America, Inc. 470 N. 6th Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 autism-society.org Bayview Terrace, Inc. 537 S. Neenah Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-0011 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeastern Wisconsin 1345 W. Mason St. Green Bay, WI 54303 (920) 498-2227 bbbsnew.org Boys & Girls Club of Door County PO Box 579 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 818-1046 Christ Child Society of Door County PO Box 572 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 823-2200

Your help is needed to establish a year-round facility so Rogue Theater can continue its mission “to enrich the cultural life of Door County...and give back to the community.” Your donation of any size is a vital component to the realization of our goal.

Door County’s amazing array of professional theaters, performance artists, and visual artists is lauded by residents and visitors alike. In recent years, however, opportunities for community theater have lessened, and THIS important component of the County’s rich artistic culture needs a permanent home.

Donations can be mailed to Rogue Theater PO Box 782 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 or online at www.roguetheater.org

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THANK YOU Thanks to your remarkable generosity, we surpassed our Rekindle Campaign goal to ensure our full recovery from the pandemic, ready to launch a robust 2022 Season.

You allowed us to tend the hearth and keep the glow through uncertain times. We can’t wait to welcome you back to our home in Peninsula State Park and our brand new Gould Theater. Thank you for fueling our future.

Warmly, Your friends at Northern Sky NorthernSkyTheater.com

GIVING GUIDE

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) 743-9053 Door CANcer, Inc. PO Box 423 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 doorcancer.com Door County Habitat for Humanity 410 N. 14th Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-2869 Door-Tran 1009 Egg Harbor Road PO Box 181 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-9999 Family Services of Northeastern Wisconsin, Inc. Healthy Families (920) 746-9040 Sexual Assault Center of Door County (920) 746-8996 57 N. 12th Ave. Suite 110 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 familyservicesnew.org

Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes, Inc. 1112 N. Adams St. Suite 101 Green Bay, WI 54301 (888) 747-6945 gsnwgl.org GO BO Foundation c/o DCCF 222 N. Third Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Good Hope Counseling, Inc. 275 Smith Dr. Sister Bay, WI 54234 HELP of Door County, Inc. 219 Green Bay Road Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-8785 helpofdoorcounty.org Hispanic Resource Center of Door and Kewaunee Counties, Inc. 1618 Texas Place Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 559-1878 Jak’s Place 1623 Rhode Island St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 818-0525 lakeshorecap.com Lac Baie Girl Scout Council Inc. Camping Trust PO Box 9 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-5486

Lakeshore CAP 131 S. Third Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-0192 lakeshorecap.org Lakeshore Child Care Services, Inc. 616 Florida St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Legal Aid Society of Door County, Inc. 131 S. 3rd Ave. PO Box 846 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-3934 Literacy Door County, Inc. PO Box 473 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-8185 literacydoorcounty.org Lutheran Counseling and Family Services of Wisconsin 1756 Michigan St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Council, Inc. DCHH 1300 Egg Harbor Road Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Money Management Counselors 57 N. 12th Ave. Suite 104 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-1862 moneymanagement counselors.com Neighbor to Neighbor: Volunteer Care Givers of Door County, Inc. PO Box 626 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-7800 Northern Door Children’s Center 10520 Judith Blazer Dr. Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-4244 northerndoorchildrens center.org Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Inc. PO Box 213 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 421-8814 pflagdoorcounty.org Peninsula Preschool, Inc. PO Box 171 Ephraim, WI 54211 (920) 854-2112 peninsulapreschool. weebly.com

Senior Citizens Agency of Northern Door, Inc. 290 Smith Dr. Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-9669 Sunshine Resources, Inc. 55 W. Yew St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-7943 Washington Island Preschool, Inc. 1296 Main Road Stop 2 Washington Island, WI 54246 (920) 847-3305 We Are HOPE, Inc. 1300 Egg Harbor Road Suite 124, Cherry Point Mall Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-7273 wearehopeinc.org Women’s Employment Project Inc. 1300 Egg Harbor Road Suite 124 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-7273 wepinc.org Young Adult Parent Support of Door County 448 N. 11th Place Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 559-0200

Celebrating Our Past ~ Valuing Our Present

Building for a Bright Future ESSENTIAL TO DOOR COUNTY SINCE 1986 10520 Judith Blazer Dr. • Sister Bay www.northerndoorchildrenscenter.org ndccme1@gmail.com • 920-854-4244

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Serving the Door County community since 1962

Door County Board of REALTORS® at work in our local communities.

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Jak’s Place – over $5,000 donated in support of Jak’s Place in 2021.

Lakeshore Cap Fund – Approximately 1,000 lbs. of non-perishable food items donated annually.

Toys for Kids –Providing support to 456 children/172 families in the holiday season Crime Prevention Fund - $1,000 donated to Door County Sheriff’s Office Canine Unit in 2021.

Community Storybook Trail created for the public located at Murphy Park, Egg Harbor.

Please help us continue giving back to our local communities by using a member of your local Door County Board of REALTORS® for your real estate needs, just look for our logo!

LOCAL AGENTS, LOCAL KNOWLEDGE, LOCAL EXPERIENCE

GIVING GUIDE

RECREATIONAL GROUPS

Door County Master Gardeners Association, Inc. PO Box 485 Aloha Classic, Inc. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 c/o Thomas Van dcmga.org Den Bogart Door County Rod & 1567 Egg Harbor Road Gun Club, Inc. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 PO Box 463 (920) 743-1588 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 American Bowling doorcountyrodand Congress, Inc. gunclub.com 815 S. Ithaca Place Door County Scottie Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Rally, Inc. Billy Weiss American Legion PO Box 337 Post 527 Baseball, Inc. Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 7960 Hwy 42 (920) 493-5878 Egg Harbor, WI 54209 Door County Skate, Inc. Blue Goose Tours 1026 Michigan St. 776 Sandhill Road Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Brussels, WI 54204 Door County Snowmobile Cyber Phoenix Project Ltd Trails Association, Inc. 385 N. 3rd Ave. c/o Steve Sohns Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 2833 Maple Grove East Cycling Without Age Fish Creek, WI 54212 Door County Door County Soccer PO Box 282 Association Ellison Bay, WI 54210 415 N. 12th Ave. (920) 421-2204 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 cwadoorcounty.com jtevers@hotmail.com Door County Golf Door County Toy Library Association 107 S. 4th Ave. 2/21/22, 1:31 PM Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 PO Box 701 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-6578

Door County YMCA, Inc. Northern Door County 1900 Michigan St. Soccer Association Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 c/o of Richard Jacobs doorcountyymca.org 12368 Blackberry Road (920) 743-4949 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 Door Devils Motorcycle (920) 421-1005 Club, Inc. doorsoccer.com c/o Tim Gauphier Northern Door Volleyball PO Box 804 Association Incorporated Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 PO Box 454 (920) 495-4003 Fish Creek, WI 54212 doordevilsmc.com Open Door Pride Doornet Internet PO Box 792 Group, Inc. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 421 Nebraska St. opendoorpride.org Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Open Door Tae Ephraim Yacht Club Kwon Do, Inc. PO Box 331 515 S. 8th Ave. Ephraim, WI 54211 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 854-7107 (920) 743-0195 eyc.org Peninsula Flyers Inc. Kewaunee Door County Chapter 630 Salmon Tournament, Inc. PO Box 524 PO Box 555 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Peninsula Golf (920) 883-9792 Association, Inc. kdsalmon.com PO Box 275 Little League Baseball, Inc. Fish Creek, WI 54212 5909 Dennis Dr. (920) 854-5791 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 peninsulagolf.org (570) 326-1921 Peninsula Gun Club, Inc. 2022 Open Door Instagram Post.jpg Nor-Dor Youth 3702 Juddville Road Football, Inc. Fish Creek, WI 54212 PO Box 403 (920) 868-3509 Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 peninsulagunclub.com

Soccer Association for Youth 1102 N. 3rd Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 saysoccer.org Soccer Assoc. for Youth PO Box 133 Washington Island, WI 54246 Southern Door Snow Travelers, Inc. c/o Stanley Laviolette RR4 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Stock Horse of Wisconsin, Inc. c/o Brandon Schopf PO Box 866 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 495-2280 stockhorseofwisconsin.com Sturgeon Bay Boys Basketball Club, Inc. 437 N. 16th Dr. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Sturgeon Bay Girls Front Court Club c/o John R. Asher 180 E. Redwood St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Sturgeon Bay Open Bass Tournament, Inc. PO Box 242 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 sbobt.org

An annual charity golf outing at Horseshoe Bay Golf Club benefitting The Sue Baldwin Fund.

For more info and to sign up please visit us at:

suebaldwinfund.org

The Sue Baldwin Fund provides financial assistance to support breast cancer screening, treatment and personal care for Door and Kewaunee County residents with economic need.

To download a simple application or learn more about us visit:

suebaldwinfund.org or call (920) 839-1114 The Sue Baldwin Fund is a 501(c)3.

For donations, please contact Carrie Baldwin Smith:

carrie@doorcountyevents.com

Located in the heart of historic downtown Sturgeon Bay, we are honored to be a part of the Door County community. At TAP, we envision a future where everyone, regardless of background, social, and economic status, has access to cutting-edge theatre.

Thank you to our sponsors, donors, advertisers, and volunteers who make it possible for us to inspire community connections and spark dialogue through wide-ranging professional theatre.

Learn more at www.ThirdAvenuePlayWorks.org CHAD LUBERGER AND DOUG MANCHESKI IN GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! (PHOTO CREDIT HEIDI HODGES)

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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 sturgeonbayyachtclub. com Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club Sail Training Foundation, Inc. 600 Nautical Dr. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 stugeonbayyachtclub. com

Trillium Quilt Guild c/o Laurie Moegenburg 11110 Ironwood Road 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 Washington Island Sportsman and Conservation Club, Inc. PO Box 100 Washington Island, WI 54246

Washinton Island Yacht Club, Inc. PO Box 66 Washington Island, WI 54246 wiyc.com Women’s International Bowling Congress 1058 Bonnie View Dr. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 bowl.com Young American Bowling Alliance 59 Pine St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (800) 514-2695 bowl.com

DOOR COUNTY ESTATE-PLANNING ATTORNEYS Blazkovec, Blazkovec & Downey James A. Downey 409 Steele Street P.O. Box 98 Algoma, WI 54201 (920) 487-5571 Dahl Law Firm, Ltd. Collin J. Dahl 10589 Highland Road Suite 4 Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-7100 Hoyerman Law Office Richard Hoyerman 10568 Country Walk Lane Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-6070 Pinkert Law Firm, LLP Richard Hauser Amy Sullivan 454 Kentucky St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-6505 and 350 Sunset Dr. Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-2616

Pribyl Law Office S.C. Matthew J. Pribyl 30 N. 18th Ave. Building 10A Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-8485 doorcountylaw.com Nina Martel Law Office SC Nina H. Martel 508 Jefferson St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-4475 Ross Estate Planning Robert Ross 55 S. 3rd Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-9117 Stephen P. Johnson Law Offices Stephen Johnson 54 E. Oak St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-2129

45 HOMES and COUNTING Volunteer Donate Support

THANK YOU

Your Door County Habitat for Humanity is grateful for all our volunteers and donors. Thank you for choosing to partner with us to make decent and affordable home ownership a reality. We have been operating 29 years, built 45 homes, providing 55 adults and 104 children with a hand up to decent and affordable homeownership. In addition we have assisted current homeowners with over 85 home repair projects, helping over 100 adults and children live more safely and comfortably in their homes.

410 N. 14th Ave. Sturgeon Bay • (920)743-2869 • doorhabitat.org

DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’S GUIDE TO CHARITABLE FUNDS

GUIDE TO CHARITABLE FUNDS at the Door County Community Foundation

T

he mission of the Door County Community Foundation is to inspire people to give back to sustain and advance the community we love. We do that by serving as a conduit for giving. We’re a charity whose purpose is to make giving simpler, easier, and more tax efficient so you can be as generous as possible to the charities and causes you care about.

We’ve published this Guide to Charitable Funds as a resource to help you with your giving. For a more complete listing of the nearly 400 non-profit and civic groups in Door County, visit us online at www.

GiveDoorCounty.org – or just give us a call at (920) 746-1786.

Help us inspire people to give back to sustain and advance the community we love.

Board of Directors Sally O’Brien of Clark Lake Chair Former Director, Benefits, Kimberly-Clark Jeff Ottum of Sturgeon Bay Vice Chair Former Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Schreiber Foods, Inc. Grace Rossman of Ellison Bay Secretary Thrivent Financial, Retired

Professional Staff Rob Davis of Ephraim Treasurer Retired Marcia Smith of Sturgeon Bay Past Chair Retired Banker Inge Alverson Bacon of Sevastopol Certified Public Accountant Fred Anderson of Sister Bay Owner, Ashbrooke Hotel, Egg Harbor

John Herlache of Sturgeon Bay Surgeon, Retired Roger Johnson of Sister Bay Retired Psychologist, Kaiser Permanente Sharon Lutsey of Egg Harbor Waseda Farms Keith Mutchler of Sevastopol Paper & Packaging Manufacturing, Retired Barb Sajna of Baileys Harbor Retired Episcopal Priest

Summary of Activity for Calendar Year 2021 (unaudited): Total Assets as of January 1, 2021: Contributions Received: Pledges Received: Grants & Scholarships Disbursed: Total Assets as of December 31, 2021:

$32,650,159 $13,554,335 $1,476,000 $5,111,937 $45,347,335

Jim Vander Heiden of Egg Harbor Former Vice President, HGA Architects and Engineers Vicki Wilson of Sturgeon Bay President/Founder, Door County Coffee & Tea Co. Dick Egan of Clark Lake Emeritus Director Chairman Emeritus, Little Rapids Corporation

Bret Bicoy of Sturgeon Bay President & CEO John Sabo of Sturgeon Bay VP of Philanthropic Services Kacie Mueller of Sturgeon Bay Philanthropic Services Officer Julie Haen of Sturgeon Bay Senior Business Officer Jean Gothberg of Sturgeon Bay Business Officer Heidi Copiskey of Sturgeon Bay Administrative Assistant

Budgeted Operating Costs as a Percentage of Assets: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 3.0% 2.6% 2.3% 2.3% 2.1% 2.0% 1.9% 1.8% 1.9% 1.8% 2.0% 1.6%

Inspiring people to give back to sustain and advance the community we love.

DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’S GUIDE TO CHARITABLE FUNDS Grants Awarded from All Funds at the Community Foundation: 115 Club Ltd. 350.Org Abington Friends School ACLU Foundation Aging & Disability Resource Center of Door County Albion College Algoma Parks and Rec. Department Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity Altrusa Club of Door County Foundation Alzheimer’s Association American Chemical Society American Heart Association American Museum of Natural History American Red Cross Amnesty International USA Arm in Arm Arrowhead Union High School Arthritis Foundation Arts & Nature Center Association for Rescue at Sea Bay View Lutheran Church Bellin Health Foundation Bible Study Fellowship Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin Educational Foundation Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeastern Wisconsin Birch Creek Music Performance Center Boys & Girls Club of Door County Boys & Girls Club of the Fox Valley Boys Hope Girls Hope Bradley University Bread for the World Institute Bright Focus Foundation Bright Stars of Bethlehem NFP Bryn Mawr Film Institute Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation Carleton College Carroll University Catholic Extension Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Green Bay Catholic Relief Services Center for Family Services Centurion Ministries Development Dept.

Charity Navigator Christ Child Society Church of Atonement City of Sturgeon Bay Clean Water Action Council College Possible Colorado College Community Health Clinic Concordia University Cornell Lab of Ornithology Corpus Christi Catholic Church Covenant House Crossroads at Big Creek Crudem Foundation D & R Greenway Land Trust Destination Door County Destination Sturgeon Bay Diocese of Venice

Doctors Without Borders Door Cancer Door Community Auditorium Door Community Child Development Center Door County Charities Door County Environmental Council Door County Fire Chiefs Door County Habitat For Humanity Door County Historical Society Door County Housing Partnership Door County Land Trust Door County Library Door County Maritime Museum Door County Master Gardeners Association Door County Medical Center Foundation Door County Secret Santa Door County Toys for Kids Door County YMCA Door Shakespeare Door-Tran Ducks Unlimited Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church Environmental Defense Fund Ephraim Fire-Rescue Association Ephraim Historical Foundation Ephraim Moravian Church Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin Father Flanagans Boys Home Feed & Clothe My People of Door County Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin First United Methodist Church Florida Studio Theatre Food for the Poor Friends of Peninsula State Park Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands Friends of Princeton Open Space Friends of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Friends of the Pavilion Friends of Toft Point Friends of Whitefish Dunes State Park Friends of Wisconsin Public Television Gathering Ground Gbarnga Lutheran Mission Project Giants of the Earth Heritage Center Gibraltar Historical Association Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes God’s World Publications Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star Greater Green Bay YMCA Green Bay Action Sports Organization (GBASO) Green Bay Botanical Garden Guest House of Milwaukee H.S. Baird #174 Masonic Lodge Habitat for Humanity Haiti Health Promise of Holy Name Haiti Partners Heart of the Nation Heifer International HELP of Door County

Hope for Haiti Hope Hospice and Community Services Hope United Church of Christ Hopeful Horizons Horseshoe Bay Farms IEEE Foundation Immanuel Lutheran Church Interlochen Center for the Arts Isadoora Theatre Co. Jackie Nitschke Center Jacksonport Historical Society Jesuit Retreat House Jesuits Central and Southern Province Kahilu Theatre Foundation Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation Kent School Kentucky State Treasurer KINDLE Kirkwood Historical Society Lakeshore CAP Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership Lakeside Community Church Land Trust Alliance Laurel House Lawrence University Legal Aid Society of Door County Literacy Door County Lutheran Hour Ministries Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service Lutheran Indian Ministries Lutheran Social Services Lutheran World Relief Mercer Street Friends Midsummer’s Music, Ltd. Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer Midwest Environmental Advocates Miller Art Center Foundation Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Missouri Prairie Foundation Money Management Counselors Mote Marine Laboratory Mount Olivet Lutheran Church Museum of Wisconsin Art NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund NAMI Namur Belgian Heritage Center Nassau Presbyterian Church National Audubon Society National Geographic Society National Multiple Sclerosis Society National Parks Conservation Association Neighbor to Neighbor New Moms Northern Door Children’s Center Northern Sky Theater Norway House Norwegian American Historical Association Notre Dame Academy NWTC Educational Foundation Ocean Conservancy

Open Door Bird Sanctuary Open Door Pride Operation Not Alone ORPHANetwork OXFAM America Parkinson’s Foundation Pars for Patriots PATH of Door County Peninsula Music Festival Peninsula Players Theatre Peninsula Preschool Peninsula School of Art Peninsula Symphonic Band PFLAG Door County Planned Parenthood Federation of America Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Rawhide Boys Ranch RBC Ministries Ready Readers Rogue Theater Rotary Club of Sturgeon Bay Sail Training Foundation Samaritans Purse International Relief Santa Fe Communications Scandia Village - Good Samaritan Society Sevastopol Education Foundation Sevastopol School District Shriner’s Hospital for Children Sierra Club Foundation Sister Bay Historical Society Sister Bay Moravian Church Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Firefighters Assoc.

Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross Skylight Music Theatre Southern Door County School District Southern Poverty Law Center Special Olympics Spring Island Trust St. Francis & St. Mary Parish St. John Bosco Catholic School St. Joseph’s Catholic Church St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital St. Louis Life St. Luke’s Episcopal Church St. Olaf College Stella Maris Parish Sturgeon Bay Breakfast Rotary Sturgeon Bay Girls Front Court Club Sturgeon Bay Historical Society Sturgeon Bay Moravian Church Sturgeon Bay School District Sturgeon Bay United Methodist Church Sunshine House Swarthmore College The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals The Clearing Folk School The Dynamic Catholic Institute The Francis Hardy Gallery of Door County The Michael J. Fox Foundation The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help

The Nature Conservancy The Organization for Tropical Studies The Ridges Sanctuary The Salvation Army Thiensville-Mequon Rotary Foundation Third Avenue Playhouse Town of Baileys Harbor Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Trenton’s Children’s Chorus Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Trinity Lutheran Church Unbound Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County United Methodist Committee on Relief United Way of Door County United Way of the Lowcountry Unity Hospice Unity Limited Partnership University of Jamestown University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Foundation University of Wisconsin Foundation University of Wisconsin Green Bay Foundation University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Foundation University of Wisconsin Superior Foundation Urbanite Theatre Valparaiso University Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum Violence Intervention Project Washington Island Community Health Program Washington Island Food Pantry Washington Island Foundation Washington Island School Washington National Cathedral Washington University We Are Hope We Raise Foundation White Star Psychic Science Church WI Humane Society WI Inst of Certified Public Accountants Educational Foundtn Wild Ones Natural Landscapes Wisconsin Eastern Star Foundation Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters Wisconsin Public Radio Wisconsin Public Television Wisconsin Society for Ornithology World Central Kitchen World Food Program USA World Wildlife Fund Write On Door County WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio Yes Prep Public Schools Zion Lutheran Church Zion United Methodist Church

Scholarships Awarded to Students Attending the Following Universities: Academy of Beauty Professionals Carthage College Columbia College Chicago Iowa State University Lakeland University Lakeshore Technical College Lawrence University

Luther College Macalester College Madison Area Technical College Marquette University Milwaukee School of Engineering Northeast Wisconsin Technical College South Dakota State University

St. Norbert College University of Minnesota - Crookston University of Minnesota - Twin Cities University of Saint Thomas University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire University of Wisconsin - Green Bay University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse

University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh University of Wisconsin - Platteville University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point University of Wisconsin - Stout University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

Viterbo University Winona State University Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary

givedoorcounty.org • 920-746-1786 • 222 N 3rd Avenue, Sturgeon Bay

DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’S GUIDE TO CHARITABLE FUNDS

CHARITABLE FUNDS SUPPORTING CAUSES IN DOOR COUNTY Discretionary Endowment Funds offer you the best of both worlds – the opportunity to choose a broad area that interests you (such as children, the arts, or the environment) while relying on the Door County Community Foundation’s volunteer boards and committees to identify the organizations that will make the greatest impact on that issue. Your gift is endowed and will provide a permanent source of income to be granted to those organizations that are truly making a difference in Door County. We can even create a new Fund named in your honor or in memory of a loved one. Please consider donating today, or in your estate plans, to a Discretionary Endowment Fund.

For Good Forever Fund www.GiveDoorCounty.org

We simply cannot know what issues or opportunities the future will bring, but we can be confident that the Community Foundation will be there to address it because of the For Good Forever Fund – the general unrestricted endowment for Door County. We’re here For Good.

And we’re here Forever. This permanent pool of money is a flexible resource to fund our sustainability and advancement grants, invest in community projects, and support future programs of the Community Foundation.

Door County Green Fund www.GreenFund.com

Door County is blessed with an abundance of natural resources. From our lakeshore to the wetlands, our orchards to the meadows, the open spaces and our rural roads – there is something about the beauty of this place that keeps us here or calls us back each year. The Green Fund supports land acquisition projects in our community and also invests in environmental education, funds land preservation, eradicates invasive species, and supports other types of “green” projects.

Women’s Fund of Door County www.WomensFundDoorCounty.org

The Women’s Fund of Door County builds, enriches, and nurtures the lives of women and girls through collective wisdom and philanthropy. The Women’s Fund invests in educational opportunities for women and girls and supports arts programs which enrich their souls. It makes grants to promote healthy activities for young girls and to provide support for seniors. It supports efforts to improve women’s health and invests in initiatives that promote equality. Because when she thrives, we all prosper.

Healthy Water Door County

Arts Fund The “arts” describe a broad range of creative activities that can stimulate thought and inspire the soul. Therein lies the purpose of the Community Foundation’s Arts Fund. The Community Foundation supports creative charitable activities in Door County that use the arts to enrich the community and touch the lives of the people of Door County.

Children & Youth Fund If the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams, then there is no greater gift to a child than to nurture their ability to believe in their own potential and promise. The Community Foundation supports charities that are working to ensure a brighter future for the community’s children – whether it be alleviating their burdens today or helping them realize the opportunities of tomorrow.

Education Fund Education must go beyond traditional schooling and formal education. It should include informal modes of learning and extend beyond traditional settings. It must be integrated into the home and throughout the community – and education is not limited to children. The Community Foundation believes that learning is a lifelong pursuit – and nurtures its incorporation into the many aspects of life in Door County.

Health and Human Needs Fund It’s difficult to appreciate the incredible beauty and quality of life here in Door County if the very basic needs of your life are not being met.

The Community Foundation supports charities that are working to aid those who live in the shadows of society – those whose health or human service needs are not being adequately addressed.

www.HealthyWaterDoorCounty.org

Historic Preservation Fund

Door County’s unique geography makes our water vulnerable. As a peninsula situated on the Niagara Escarpment, our thin soil layer, combined with the vertical and horizontal fracturing common in our bedrock, makes protecting our water a priority. The mission of Healthy Water Door County is to protect our community’s human, environmental, and economic health by guarding against threats to our water.

People have been coming to Door County for generations, each bringing their unique culture and traditions to our community. Working in partnership with the Clifford and Clara Herlache Heritage Foundation, the Community Foundation’s Historic Preservation Fund supports the appreciation, enhancement, and preservation of historical landmarks and the cultural heritage of Door County, Wisconsin.

Inspiring people to give back to sustain and advance the community we love.

DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’S GUIDE TO CHARITABLE FUNDS

COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES The Door County Community Foundation’s Board of Directors has launched and/or endorsed several community efforts that operate as a project or initiative of the Community Foundation. Please consider supporting these important initiatives. Visit them online to learn more.

Baileys Harbor Open Space Preservation Fund GO BO! Foundation www.BaileysHarborOpenSpace.org

Little Lake Restoration Fund

www.GiveDoorCounty.org/ Donations/Littlelake

www.GoBoFoundation.org

www.DoorCountyScholarships.org

www.InvestDoorCounty.org

Door County Granary Fund

www.SturgeonBayHistoricalSociety.org/Granary

Alumni Door County

www.DoorCountyCivilityProject.org

Door County Scholarship Network

Community Opportunity Investment Network

Door County Civility Project

Door County Food Pantry Coalition

www.AlumniDoorCounty.org

Mental Health Awareness Fund

www.FeedDoorCounty.org

www.LittleEddieBigCup.org

Door County Sheriff’s Office The Ellie Helm Foundation Crime Prevention Foundation www.SafeDoorCounty.org

www.EllieHelmFoundation.org

TAP Campaign Fund

www.ReimagineTAP.com

SERVICE CLUBS AND CIVIC GROUPS

100+ Women Who Care Door County Charitable Fund www.100WWCDoorCounty.org

Order of the Eastern Star Honor Chapter #1 of the State of Wisconsin Charitable Fund www.sturgeonbayoes.com

Rotary Club of Sturgeon Bay Charitable Trust Fund

Jacksonport Women’s Club Rotary Club of Door County North Henry S. Baird #174 F. & A.M. Charitable Fund Charitable Fund Charitable Fund www.doorcountynorthrotaryclub.com

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Sturgeon Bay Breakfast Rotary Charitable Fund

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CHARITABLE FUNDS SUPPORTING INDIVIDUAL CHARITIES Many charities entrust the administration of their endowments and other funds to the Door County Community Foundation. It’s a safe and responsible way to manage endowed gifts, long-term assets, and operational reserves. The non-profit community also counts on the Community Foundation’s planned giving expertise to facilitate gifts into their funds. By aggregating these assets under the umbrella of the Community Foundation, economies of scale allow for a far more diversified investment portfolio and lower investment fees than any of the charities could achieve on their own.

As a donor, the Community Foundation makes it easy for you to leave a gift in your estate plans (or make a gift today) to as many of these charitable funds as you’d like. Simply name the Door County Community Foundation, Inc. as a beneficiary in your estate plans and designate the specific charitable fund (or multiple funds if you’d like) that should benefit from your generosity. If a charity you care about doesn’t have a fund at the Community Foundation, you can create one for them with your gift, or we can simply pass along your generosity to the charity directly. Our goal is to make it easy for you to give back to sustain and advance the community we love.

All contributions will be used consistent with the terms and conditions of the fund to which it was directed (if applicable). For more information, please contact us.

Bayside Cemetery Association Bayside Cemetery Charitable Fund www.dcbaysidecemetery.com

Since 1876, Bayside Cemetery has been a spiritual place, possessing a quiet dignity that honors and celebrates the lives of our loved ones. The Cemetery’s tranquil grounds offer not only finely sculpted monuments, but also an abundance of Mother Nature’s artistic handiwork. The natural beauty of these 27 acres imparts a serene feeling in all those who walk in this peaceful park-like setting.

Bayside Cemetery provides families with comprehensive cemetery services of the highest quality.

Just north of the Sturgeon Bay city limits, beautiful grave sites and professionally maintained grounds distinguish Bayside as one of the finest cemeteries in Door County.

The Bayside Cemetery Charitable Fund provides an opportunity for the community to support the maintenance of the chapel, grounds, and other facilities of this historic cemetery.

Starting in the 1850s, groups of Belgians left the economic hardship of their homeland and ventured to northeast Wisconsin for better opportunity. Here, they faced the hardships of creating a new home in a harsh woodland. The Belgian Heritage Center aims to share the legacy of those more than 15,000 immigrants and their descendants who greatly influenced the culture of rural Door, Kewaunee and Brown Counties with a farming landscape and customs which included the Walloon language, unique architecture, ethnic Belgian foods and more.

Belgian Heritage Center Fund www.belgianheritagecenter.org (920) 825-1328

Located in the heart of a rural district that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Belgian Heritage Center offers programs, festivals, events, tours, traditional and interactive exhibits, as well as resources for genealogical and historical research. Oral history videos preserve stories in English and Walloon from Belgian descendants who have kept the language alive in Northeastern Wisconsin for more than 150 years.

Founded in 1976, Birch Creek Music Performance Center offers high school age musicians exploring music as a career path an intensive, professional music experience. Birch Creek’s music education programs drive the organization’s efforts to advance the instruction, appreciation and performance of live music. From mid-June through mid-August, Birch Creek produces over 70 concerts tied to our academic programs (for a fee and for free).

Building for Tomorrow Fund Lifetime for Education Fund • Now & Forever Fund Scholarships Forever Fund www.birchcreek.org (920) 868-3763

Birch Creek is a music academy by day and a concert venue at night. Four two-week academic sessions are offered in Percussion & Steel Band, Symphony and Big Band Jazz. The Birch Creek “difference” is a 2:1 student-to-faculty ratio. World-class performing artists provide music instruction and mentoring during the day. At night, students join faculty to perform public concerts before live audiences on Birch Creek’s historic property. Nearly 7,000 music students have studied and performed at Birch Creek since its first class of 12 students.

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Boys & Girls Club of Door County Fund www.bgcdoorcounty.org (920) 818-1046

Big Creek Cove Fund • Endowment Fund Ida Bay Preserve Endowment Fund Coggin Heeringa Research and Education Endowment Fund www.crossroadsatbigcreek.org (920) 746-5895

The Boys & Girls Club of Door County is dedicated to providing all kids a rich and meaningful childhood by immersing them in all that Door County has to offer. Our essential programs focus on Academic Success, Art & Culture, the OutDoors and our Community Table Project which addresses food security for families in need. The Boys & Girls Club is shaping the lives of our future generation with meaningful programs and activities that are year around and throughout the Door.

The Boys & Girls Club is an essential asset to Door County where kids make memories and learn how to be responsible, productive and compassionate adults thereby creating a legacy of giving back to our community.

Crossroads at Big Creek is a 200-acre nature preserve and learning center located in the city limits of Sturgeon Bay. We inspire environmental stewardship in learners of all ages and from all backgrounds through education, outdoor experiences, and habitat restoration. We invite you to explore our miles of trails and varied landscapes! Estás invitado a explorar!

DOOR CANcer Inc. is a community based volunteer organization dedicated to help Door County families with cancer in times of financial need. They hope to alleviate some of the suffering through a financial aid program that is aimed to help families who are finding it a serious drain, not only in the areas of medical care but in other areas of their lives. DOOR CANcer assists with utility bills, food, gas, insurance, phone, and any other household expenses but does not cover any medical or doctor bills.

Door CANcer, Inc. Fund www.doorcancer.com (920) 743-8492

DOOR CANcer has given over a million dollars in assistance and it is because of the generosity of many people.

Door Community Auditorium (DCA) is Door County’s year-round, indoor venue for the performing arts, exhibits and community events presented by a diverse mix of professionals, regional performers and student artists. Recently, our stage has been graced by Lyle Lovett, Keb’ Mo’, Melissa Etheridge, Ira Glass, Ziggy Marley, Charlie Daniels and Joan Baez.

DCA is recognized as a 501(c)(3) organization and is supported by Door County visitors and residents alike through ticket sales, sponsorship, advertising, membership and volunteer labor. Annually, over 220 performances, events, rehearsals and school assemblies take place within DCA’s walls.

Door Community Auditorium Fund www.dcauditorium.org (920) 868-2728

DCA is home to the Peninsula Music Festival which draws professional musicians from all over the country to perform nine symphonic concerts each August. The musicians, hailing from some of the country’s top orchestras, are conducted by Maestro Victor Yamplosky.

In 1995 a group of folk musicians and dance enthusiasts, led by Cy Rosenthal of Sturgeon Bay, came together to play music and hold barn dances, bringing together multiple generations for fun and fellowship. Cy saw local folk bands as a way for musicians to play together, support each other, and improve their skills. Cy died in 2010, but the all-volunteer organization he founded continues his goal of building community through music and dance.

Door County Folk Alliance

Door County Folk Alliance Endowment Fund www.dcfolk.com

The central activity of the alliance is a series of monthly barn dances – all open to the public – with live music provided by the Alliance band, Sugar on the Floor. The Alliance coordinates regular music “sessions” to provide local folk musicians with opportunities to learn new music and hone their skills, as well as supplying music and dance for community and special events. Donations to the Door County Folk Alliance are used to pay for dance callers, rental of the dance hall, the organization’s insurance, equipment, outreach and educational materials.

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Door County Habitat for Humanity Assurance Fund www.doorhabitat.org 920-743-2869

Since 1994, the mission of Door County Habitat for Humanity has been to provide a hand up to help others acquire and own decent and affordable housing. We work with future homeowners to build new simple, safe, and decent homes to increase the inventory of affordable homes in Door County. We also work with existing homeowners to complete repairs they would otherwise be unable to afford or complete on their own. Our projects are done in partnership with the homeowners as they are required to both contribute time during the project and pay for material costs with a mortgage for home builds and a payment plan for home repairs. Door County Habitat for Humanity provides a hand-up, not a hand-out to current and future homeowners.

Founded in 1926, the Door County Historical Society (DCHS) keeps history alive for future generations. The Society operates two interpretive sites: Eagle Bluff Lighthouse in Peninsula State Park and the Heritage Village at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay, and hosts several historical programs throughout the year.

Since 1960, the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse consisted of the keeper’s house and tower, oil house, privy, summer kitchen, and barn. The Society will begin another restoration effort to replace the barn and summer kitchen.

Door County Historical Society Endowment Fund www.doorcountyhistoricalsociety.org (920) 421-2332

Door County Housing Partnership Door County Housing Partnership Charitable Fund www.DoorCountyHousingTrust.org (920) 421-5090

Heritage Village at Big Creek demonstrates the story of Door County settlers, their lives and sense of community. The Village includes buildings from the era post-Civil War to pre-World War I including a school, church, granary, blacksmith shop, general store, fish house, privy, period homes, a Norwegian Homestead, and a tool museum.

The Door County Housing Partnership is an independent, nonprofit organization focused on providing permanently affordable home ownership opportunities for working households living year-round in Door County. We use a shared equity home ownership model, and work with the community to provide the subsidy that bridges the gap between what working families can afford and what it costs to purchase a decent home. Our homes are priced to be affordable to the working families that stable communities need, representing teachers, nurses, social workers, and municipal workers, to name a few. The DCHP’s unique approach allows us to create housing solutions that will stay affordable for generations.

Founded in 1986, the Door County Land Trust is dedicated to protecting Door County’s exceptional lands and waters...forever. The Land Trust’s work ensures that life thrives on the Door Peninsula, its islands, and surrounding waters. The Land Trust protects more than 8,800 acres which are home to rare and threatened plant and animal species. Through a county-wide network of nature preserves and nearly 30 miles of public hiking trails, these protected lands are a resource for people to experience, research, and connect with the most scenic and ecologically important landscapes that grace Door County. But there is more work to be done!

Door County Land Trust Conservation Action Fund www.DoorCountyLandTrust.org (920) 746-1359

The Door County Land Trust Conservation Action Fund is the operational backbone of the Door County Land Trust, a nationally accredited and highly respected, not-for-profit, member-supported, local land conservation organization. Your contribution to the Door County Land Trust Conservation Action Fund, enables the Land Trust to apply your donation to the highest and greatest needs in land protection and stewardship throughout Door County.

The Door County Library is an integral, physical, and virtual gateway to access information, ideas, knowledge, and enrichment. Its eight locations provide a welcoming atmosphere and skillfully connect people with the resources they seek.

Door County Library Foundation, Inc. Fund www.doorcountylibrary.org (920) 743-6578

The libraries provide materials in a variety of media: books, newspapers, magazines, online databases, music, and films. Year-round informational programs for adults and youth foster learning and reading. Public access computers and free wireless connections are available at all eight locations.

The Door County Library Foundation supports the Door County libraries in a variety of ways, making its vision possible with funding for important community learning projects. For example, it has recently funded the digitization of almost 100 years of the Advocate and other early newspapers of Door County.

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Door-Tran is a non-profit organization located in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin that is dedicated to connecting people to transportation services that are affordable, available and accessible. They provide volunteer transportation, half-price travel and fuel vouchers, no-interest vehicle purchase and repair loans, vehicle repair grants, referrals and other services. Staff also offer trip information and planning services in-person, by phone, online and in print through the Transportation Resource Guide.

Door-Tran Operating Fund www.door-tran.org (920) 743-9999

East Shore Industries Endowment Fund www.eastshoreindustries.com (920) 487-3541

Egg Harbor Historical Society Endowment Fund www.eggharborwi.com

Door-Tran partners with all transportation providers on various levels to ensure resources are shared and more trips are provided efficiently. They lead a 60-member Transportation Resource Improvement Partner committee and partner with over 35 volunteers to transport people who have no other option to get where they need to go. Extra funding from the Door County Community Foundation and others help Door-Tran to continue its much needed mission.

East Shore Industries, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to its mission of assisting individuals with disabilities in obtaining their personal independence and employment goals. Each participant at East Shore has a personalized program centered on what the individual wants and needs, and is created with input from the individual, the family, and the guardian. Offering a full array of in-house and community-based opportunities, the programs and services at East Shore focus on developing life skills and fostering independence. They are designed to bring about greater mobility, enhanced living skills, increased independence, self-worth and productiveness – allowing each person the opportunity to develop a greater sense of self and inclusion in the community in which they live.

The mission of the Egg Harbor Historical Society is “to make Egg Harbor history come alive for future generations through the collection, preservation, and sharing of the heritage of Egg Harbor.” Individuals and families have generously donated materials and oral histories for archiving and sharing. The Society’s immediate goals are two-fold: the digitization of these materials for storage and retrieval, and the restoration of Door County’s original bookmobile as a “history-mobile.” The history-mobile restoration is a long-term and expensive effort, but, as part of the mission of sharing Egg Harbor’s heritage, will facilitate bringing history to wherever people gather, in addition to the on-site displays and programs at the Kress Community Center in Egg Harbor.

Although she was just shy of two years old, Ellie was an incredible source of happiness for all who knew her. She was such a blessing to her family that they felt an obligation to carry on her legacy by spreading joy into the lives of others. That was the impetus for the creation of Ellie’s Fund, Inc., a 501(c)(3) public charity. The Fund provides grants to worthy projects to benefit the people of Northeast Wisconsin.

Ellie’s Fund Endowment www.elliesfund.org (920) 497-8463

First, it provides assistance and opportunities to young people in Ellie’s memory. Whether it be providing enrichment activities or meeting human needs, Ellie’s Fund hopes to help. Second, celebrating Ellie’s love for the outdoors, Ellie’s Fund provides assistance to initiatives which celebrate and preserve the remarkable natural beauty of Northeast Wisconsin.

The Ephraim Yacht Club’s mission is to provide outreach programs, equipment, facilities, and funding for sailing education, training, and competition to help students learn the life skills and values important in being productive and active members of the community.

Ephraim Yacht Club

Charitable Fund • Endowment Fund Aaron R. Moore Sailing Scholarship Fund www.EYC.org (920) 854-7107

The Ephraim Yacht Club (EYC) was founded in 1906 and operates one of the oldest and largest sailing schools in the Midwest. EYC’s U.S. Sailing certified staff provides instruction to students from youngsters all the way up through senior citizens. Lessons are held mornings and afternoons, and races are held evenings and weekends so students can test and demonstrate their skills. Students learn teamwork and independence by sailing small and large boats. Instructors emphasize proper behavior, sportsmanship, racing etiquette and a Corinthian spirit during all activities. Since 1906, thousands of students have learned the sport of sailing at EYC as well as skills and behavior that will benefit them and their communities the rest of their lives.

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DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’S GUIDE TO CHARITABLE FUNDS The Friends of the Pavilion raises funds to strengthen and support the Kress Pavilion and Egg Harbor Community center located in the heart of Door County. This year-round facility hosts free and low-cost programming for all ages.

Since it opened in 2018, the facility has hosted over 500 free and open-to-the-public programs and nearly 200 non-profit fundraisers. It is also home to the Egg Harbor Seed Library, Egg Harbor Branch of the Door County Library and Egg Harbor Historical Society. Funds raised by the Friends of the Pavilion help to support the building’s programs and continue to offer a space for the Egg Harbor library and Egg Harbor Historical Society.

Friends of the Pavilion Charitable Fund kresspavilion.org/donate (414) 640-1240

For Now and for the Future Fund Peninsula State Park Research Grant Fund www.peninsulafriends.org (920) 868-6256

The Friends of Potawatomi State Park Endowment Fund www.RunWild.org (920) 746-2890

Although tax dollars and private event rentals are the main source of revenue, the extra funding from the Door County Community Foundation account will support the level of services we offer to all of Door County in perpetuity.

The Friends of Peninsula State Park support the interpretive, historical, educational, and visitor service programs of Peninsula State Park. Over one million people visit the 3,776-acre park each year. All funds raised are applied to park enhancements. The Friends are in the process of raising $120,000 for an all inclusive playground at Nicolet Beach and $125,000 for expanded parking at the Nature Center. Past projects supported by the Friends include raising $750,000 towards the rebuilding of Eagle Tower, $360,000 for an addition to the Nature Center and $75,000 for the Nature Center amphitheater with accessible walkways. The Friends have also provided funds for the purchase of new picnic tables, grills, and fire rings and awarded grants to students doing research into projects of importance to the park. Proceeds from merchandise sales are used to fund a summer naturalist position and to defray the cost of removing invasive plants.

Friends of Potawatomi State Park, Inc. is a nonprofit organization formed to assist with maintaining and improving Sturgeon Bay’s largest park. Projects that the Friends Group have recently accomplished include: Raising over $170,000 for a new all accessible fishing pier, new windows and doors for park shelter, new roof & lighting for bathroom near shore, new fire rings, park & trail clean up (on Earth Day), invasive species monitoring and control, planting of flowers in the campground and office flowerbeds, resurfacing the playground areas with wood fiber, funding of a new playground equipment, assisting Park staff in maintaining the ski trails, fully funding the Park Naturalist, and much more!

The Friends are now fundraising for an open air shelter to compliment the new accessible fishing pier and to be used for our annual Run Wild race.

Gathering Ground blends agriculture and conservation on its 40-acre working and teaching farm.

With a vision for thriving communities connected to the environment and their food through work and play, we focus on sustainable farming practices with our diverse fruit and nut orchards, vineyards, and grazing sheep. We promote biodiversity, community composting, and support our local farms through our farmers market.

Gathering Ground Charitable Fund www. gatheringgroundwi.org

Gathering Ground offers an educational internship, Ground School, for young people interested in agriculture, conservation, and environmentalism, as well as programs for all ages, including our annual Dinner in the Vineyard, a celebration of local food and drink among our vines. The Grounds are open for walking tours and picnics. Join us in Planting for the Future!

The purpose of the Gibraltar Area Educational Endowment Fund is to provide a source of funding for Gibraltar Area School District. The intent of establishing this Fund was to provide an avenue for donors to make a tax deductible contribution to the district. Funds can then be used to support playground upgrades, technology upgrades, and grants that support the innovative, creative, entrepreneurial ideas of teachers. Funding can also be used to assist children and families in the district that are experiencing difficulty purchasing things like coats, hats, mittens, eyeglasses and school lunches. This list is not all inclusive, and consideration is given to where the funds are needed most.

Gibraltar Area School District Gibraltar Area Educational Endowment Fund (920) 868-3284 x231

As budgets get tighter and costs continue to increase, the need for a Fund such as this becomes extremely important. There is a need for this type of Fund to fill the gaps not provided by traditional funding.

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DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’S GUIDE TO CHARITABLE FUNDS The Gibraltar Historical Association was established in 1984 to collect, research and preserve objects and archival materials which directly reflect or illustrate Gibraltar Township history; to pass on from person to person, to advance history, and to educate residents and visitors about this history; and continue to work towards preservation of historical buildings and green space in the community of Fish Creek, Wisconsin.

The GHA maintains the Alexander Noble house built in 1875, the oldest frame residence in Fish Creek and completely restored and maintained as a functioning museum and an audio tour of 23 historic buildings in our town to share with visitors and residents alike Gibraltar Historical Association Endowment Fund Gibraltar Historical Association Flagship Fund Gibraltar Historical Association Operating Fund www.historicnoble.org (920) 868-2091

Preserving the past by operating a museum, providing historic walks, scheduling seasonal events and presenting a Gibraltar Talks series helps keep our mission alive. GHA is a 501(c)(3) and relies on memberships, donations, grants and fundraising to continue its work.

Established in 1962 in honor of Francis Howe Hardy, Ephraim’s historic Hardy Gallery is solely dedicated to supporting Door County’s extensive and vibrant visual art community.

Hardy envisioned the existence of a gallery that would support the development of a growing Door County art community, fostering its growth, and furthering the understanding and appreciation of the visual arts and most importantly, the artists of the Door Peninsula. Upon his passing in 1960, Hardy’s vision became a reality thanks to his wife Helen’s energy and financial contributions.

Francis Hardy Center for the Arts Fund www.thehardy.org (920) 854-2210

Domestic Abuse Transitional Living Fund Eliminating Domestic Abuse Endowment Endowment Fund Established by Connie & Bob Erickson Thelma Windhauser Endowment Fund Katie McConkey Memorial Fund www.helpofdoorcounty.org (920) 743-8785

Today, the Hardy Gallery, as it is still affectionately known, has programs and initiatives that address the needs of the local artist community, creative enrichment of local youth, and is focused more than ever on Hardy’s original vision of educating the public and promoting the visual arts and artists of the Door County Peninsula.

Since 1979, HELP of Door County has provided programs serving victims of domestic abuse – working to improve the well-being and dignity of individuals, families and intimate relationships.

HELP works to reduce the incidence of violence and conflict within relationships by providing free and confidential victim services including: Crisis Intervention, Safe Homes, Legal Advocacy, Women’s Support Groups, Community Outreach (including workshops, training and speaking engagements), Prison Outreach, Older Adult Victim Services, Transitional Living Program, Violence Intervention Services, Visitation and Exchange, and Youth Advocacy.

Beyond Hope Church and its current vision, the Hope UCC Endowment Fund is today, tomorrow, and forever.

Hope United Church of Christ Fund Hope Memorial Gardens Foundation www.hopechurchdc.org (920) 743-2701

Horseshoe Bay Farms Preservation Fund www.PreserveHorseshoeBay.org

The Hope UCC Endowment Fund grants support to our community, both locally and worldwide. It has been used to support the “All Hands In” Destination Imagination team as it raised awareness of the GO BO! Foundation Family Assistance Program. The Endowment has provided care packages to local soldiers serving abroad and helped support conversational English language classes in Door County. It has supported food assistance programs, installed a hearing loop in its sanctuary, and refurbished the Hope Library.

Five percent of the total is granted annually while the balance is invested. Community needs today do not end when we move on. In your will, as a beneficiary of your retirement plans, life insurance, other accounts, or trusts – give back for today, tomorrow, and forever.

In 2018, a group of citizens joined together to save Horseshoe Bay Farms. Led by Lori and David Nicholas, Horseshoe Bay Farms became a 501(c)(3) non-profit with a mission to act as a responsible steward through preservation, rehabilitation, and activation of historic Horseshoe Bay Farms to secure its future for generations to come. With a dedicated and passionate board, a comprehensive Master Plan, and the hiring of its first Executive Director, Horseshoe Bay Farms, Inc is positioned for success well into the future. Our partnership with the Door County Community Foundation only strengthens our goals of serving our community while carrying the spirit of innovation and honoring the legacy of Horseshoe Bay Farms. With this partnership, Horseshoe Bay Farms is now open to the public for historic and educational tours, provides experiences for youth, and has begun the rehabilitation of its historic buildings.

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DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’S GUIDE TO CHARITABLE FUNDS Isadoora was founded in 2002 as a company where anyone from the community could gain experience producing, directing, and acting in theatrical productions not typically accessible to amateurs.

Our alumni have gone on to professional roles with Northern Sky Theater, Door Shakespeare, Peninsula Players, and Stage Door Theatre Co.

Isadoora Theatre Endowment Fund www.isadoora.com (920) 495-2777

From humble beginnings as friends gathering to read scripts, to fully staged, high-quality production of deeply emotional shows such as Wit and Painting Churches. Funny and heartwarming offerings like She Loves Me and Striking 12. Provocative perspectives in Side Man, Waiting for Lefty, and The Laramie Project. Examinations of the darker side of human nature with Assassins,Why Torture Is Wrong and The People Who Love Them. To large-scale productions like Chicago, Isadoora has gone to theatrical places over the course of twelve years that few small, non-professional companies dare to go.

Legal Aid Society of Door County was founded in 1989 by a group of local attorneys and human service providers who recognized that there was a growing number of unrepresented, low-income clients who could not afford family law services.

Legal Aid Society of Door County Endowment Fund www.legalaiddoorcounty.org (920) 743-3934

The mission of LASDC is to coordinate and improve access to civil legal services for low-income individuals in Door County. Most of these services are provided by volunteer attorneys. LAS operates as a screening and referral organization for potential clients who face legal issues that involve family law, landlord-tenant disputes, benefit entitlements, and other civil matters. The organization contracts with a local attorney who provides intake, screening and referral of eligible applicants at the Sturgeon Bay office. Legal Aid Society is an unusual nonprofit organization, in that the majority of administrative cost and much of the client service are provided by volunteer efforts.

Midsummer’s Music Ltd. Endowment Trust Fund www.midsummersmusic.com (920) 854-7088

For over 30 years, Midsummer’s Music, Ltd. has brought world-class musicians to Door County to develop, enthuse and educate audiences of all ages. By creating the most powerful experiences highly professional performers can generate, Midsummer emphasizes chamber music’s strongest assets: intimacy, vitality, quality, variety, and portability. The Griffon String Quartet, presented by Midsummer’s, is a groundbreaking project geared to enrich the lives of children and adults throughout Northeastern Wisconsin through concerts, instruction, health and wellness programs, and community-embedded presentations. Midsummer’s Music and the Griffon perform virtually and in person. Venues include galleries, churches, schools, museums, hospitals, memory cafes, and private homes. Concertgoers hear classics, lesser-known composers, and world-premiers of commissioned works. Each concert is a radically appealing experience! Concert ticket prices cover a small portion of our annual expenses, making tax-deductible donations and other forms of support critical to the organization’s sustainability. Join us and experience the magic of Midsummer’s Music!

NEW Audubon Society Endowment Fund www.newiaudubon.org

The Northeast Wisconsin Audubon Society was incorporated in 1954. We are one of over 500 local chapters of the National Audubon Society, including 14 chapters in Wisconsin. We have over 800 National and local member families that live in seven counties and 55 communities throughout northeast Wisconsin. The Board of Directors and members work to support conservation, research, education, and bird habitat protection in this region of the state. This includes participating in events like Springs Wings, a celebration of International Migratory Bird Day, at the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary and contributing local volunteer effort to the Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas II, among other projects and educational opportunities.

For more than 30 years, Northern Sky Theater has been “as much a Door County tradition as cherry preserves…one of the most exceptional professional troupes in the country” (Chicago Tribune).

Northern Sky Theater Fund northernskytheater.com (920) 854-6117

With pizzazz, humor, and heart, Northern Sky creates original musical plays, many of them about Door County itself. Never sacrificing their commitment to excellence, Northern Sky has managed for decades to do what few theaters can: present entirely original work that appeals to theatergoers of all backgrounds, politics, and generations.

Northern Sky presents shows in two stunning venues, one outdoor and one indoor. The troupe’s flagship amphitheater in Peninsula State Park is nestled in a forest of cedar and pine. And their brandnew Gould Theater, located in Fish Creek, is sleek and modern, with towering windows that frame the trees and stars.

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The Open Door Bird Sanctuary raises avian awareness and inspires coexistence with the natural world of Door County, and wherever you call home. Founded in 2010 and situated on 33 acres, it’s the only facility of its kind in the area. There is a unique combination of environmental and wildlife education featuring live birds of prey both on and off site. These birds in our care are unable to be released into the wild and call ODBS their forever home.

Open Door Bird Sanctuary Future Development Fund www.opendoorbirdsanctuary.org (920) 493-2473

The facilities consist of outdoor aviaries, a show area and Bird Care Center, used by both birds and staff/volunteers. A contribution to our fund will help with the continued development of our Master Plan which includes a walk-through songbird aviary, a large pavilion and advanced show area, a Visitor Center and an avian clinic for future rehabilitation services.

Peninsula Players Theatre, founded in 1935, is America’s oldest professional resident summer theater located in a unique setting along the cedar-lined shores of Green Bay. The theater’s mission is to support, without reservation, the most exciting theater company possible; to preserve the Theatre in a Garden’s natural beauty; to provide artists the freedom, tools, and facilities they require to entertain, uplift, and inform our audiences; to foster future generations of theater professionals through the internship program; and to maintain fiscal policies that ensure the future security of the theater.

Peninsula Players Theatre Charitable Fund www.PeninsulaPlayers.com (920) 868-3287

A contribution to the Peninsula Players Endowment Fund helps protect the theater’s past, while securing its future. Your gift will support a tradition of theatrical excellence and fundamental programming such as the internship program, educational workshops, free public seminars and staged readings. Help ensure the future of Peninsula Players Theatre for generations to come.

For 50 years, Peninsula School of Art has served the community through exceptional learning experiences in the visual arts. It provides workshops with nationally recognized artist-teachers; visual arts classes for children; educationally-themed exhibitions featuring the works of national, regional, and local artists; and free community outreach programs for over 3000 children and families.

Peninsula School of Art Youth and Community Outreach Fund www.peninsulaschoolofart.org (920) 868-3455

The Youth and Community Outreach Fund provides critical support for free, accessible arts programming, including: ceramics arts education to 500 school age children; monthly Family Art Days; a participatory exhibition for 300 school children with no access to arts education in their schools; and partnership programs with local community organization and schools, like the Girl Scouts, Boys & Girls Club of Door County, Habitat for Humanity, the Hardy Gallery, Northern Door Adult Day Care Services and many others to bring art to underserved populations and new audiences.

The Richard Mauthe Center for Faith, Spirituality and Social Justice is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization located on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus, but independent from the university system. Its mission is to provide opportunities for the UWGB community to explore faith, nurture their spiritual lives, and serve others.

The Richard Mauthe Center for Faith, Spirituality & Social Justice Endowment Fund www.mcenter.org (920) 465-5133

Rogue Theater Endowment Fund www.roguetheater.org (920) 818-0816

Every year the Mauthe Center touches the lives of students by putting together events that inspire respect and peace, and promote justice. The purpose of its Endowment Fund is to ensure that the legacy of Rev. Richard Mauthe continues to flourish. Today, it is invigorated to work with the next generation of authentic leaders to write a new chapter – defined by an effort to find innovative ways to continue to transform the lives of students and community members we serve.

Rogue Theater is Door County’s only year-round community theater, bringing quality productions to many locations throughout the county. Since 2013, the company has brought theater productions to many locations in Door County, including town halls, restaurants, churches, and schools.

They also provide educational programs and theater camps for youth and young adults. Their vision is to have a space where all forms of entertainment and art can come together; including community and professional theater, music, dance and visual arts. With a new location in Sturgeon Bay, Rogue Theater is committed to creating an art center that can be used by the community for a multitude of events. The new facility will be an 80-seat theater; including lobby, back stage, dressing rooms, and set design area. Rogue Theater’s capital campaign continues to fundraise for needed equipment and the increased cost of building supplies.

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DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’S GUIDE TO CHARITABLE FUNDS The purpose of the Rushes Wilderness Foundation is to maintain, improve and provide access to the Rushes Wilderness Area while preserving its natural beauty. The Rushes Wilderness area is the 100-acre nature preserve adjacent to the Rushes on Kangaroo Lake.

Over the years the many volunteers and supporters of the Rushes Wilderness Foundation have accomplished this by; Maintaining and improving nearly five miles of trails in the preserve, planting and maintaining the Butterfly prairie, building the gazebo, planting and caring for memorial trees, maintaining the boardwalks, providing benches throughout the preserve, building and maintaining the observation deck, improved the area by removing invasive species.

Ruth and William Merkey Fund

This fund was started thanks to the generosity of long time Rushes owners Ruth and William Merkey.

The mission of the Sevastopol Education Foundation is to enrich the experiences of children for a stronger community! To provide support to the students, teachers, staff and programs of Sevastopol School.

Sevastopol Education Foundation www.facebook.com/SevastopolEdFoundation sevastopoledfoundation@gmail.com

Sevastopol Education Foundation, separate from the school, is a 501(c)(3) organization and all donations are tax deductible. By supporting Sevastopol Education Foundation Inc. (SEF) you are providing a foundation for many to thrive. Schools need reliable revenues separate from restricted public funding in order to keep pace with advances in technology and to provide an innovative high quality educational learning environment. SEF is only able to carry out its mission of enhancing the Sevastopol Schools through the generous support of individuals, businesses and organizations.

Teachers, Parents, Coaches or others may request money for projects, equipment or donations from SEF by writing Grants within Focus Areas.

History Center Building Fund Endowment Fund • Operating Reserve Fund www.sisterbayhistory.org/museum/ (920) 421-0285

The Sister Bay Historical Society is building for the future with current fundraising for its new History Center, next door to its Corner of the Past and Old Anderson House Museum. Located at intersection of Hwy 57 and Fieldcrest Rd. The 1875 Anderson family farmhouse is completely renovated, featuring late 1800s furnishings and artifacts. The authentic, historically-restored farm buildings are all from Sister Bay-area residents. Features a barn, granary, machine shop, log cabins, migrant’s cabin, summer kitchen, sawmill, blacksmith’s barn, and early tourist cottages. Machine Shop photo gallery has enlarged images dating back to early settlers, the fire of 1912, berthed steamships, early logging, ice cutting. Knowledgeable, docent-led tours (with Discovery Pen audio for independent exploring) are enlightening and fun. Admission: $10 Adults, Children FREE. Opening Day: Memorial Day weekend, then open Tues–Sat, 10 am–4 pm, June-July-Aug-Sept. Closed in winter. Reserve your family’s tickets online: doorcountytickets.com.

Sevastopol Education Foundation, Inc.

Athletes & Athletic Facilities Fund Auditorium & Performing Arts Fund Bleacher Reserve Fund • Booster Fund • Eagle Fund Education Committee Reserve Endowment Fund • Library & Technology Fund Science & Agriculture Fund • Softball Fund Football Fund • Volleyball Fund www.southerndoorcommunityfoundation.org (920) 825-7373

The goal of the Southern Door Community Foundation is to build its community and surrounding communities by providing financial support to the Southern Door School District to provide students with the opportunities to be productive members of their community. The foundation can also assist other supporting organizations of the school by providing a safe and responsible way to manage funds and activities.

Each Endowment Fund allows a donor to target their gift to the issues most important to them.

The Endowment Funds of the Southern Door Community Foundation include: the Eagle Fund, the Auditorium and Performing Arts Fund, the Athletes and Athletic Facilities Fund, the Science, Agriculture and Industrial Arts Fund, the Library and Technology Fund and the Southern Door Athletic Boosters Fund.

Sunshine House Inc. is a diverse community service, nonprofit organization whose purpose is to support a meaningful day through person centered care. Since 1971 Sunshine House has helped create options for people with physical and/or developmental disabilities in Door County and is currently expanding their services to include seniors and those with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, early stage memory loss and the medically frail.

Sunshine House, Inc. Fund www.sunshinehouseinc.org (920) 743-7943

Each year over 20,000 individual passenger rides are provided traveling over 80,000 miles for clients at Sunshine House. Other programs and services include Day Services and an expansion into Adult Day Care with activities such as reading, music, community outings, recreation and arts and crafts. Production services include assembly, packaging, bulk mailing and custodial work with an emphasis on providing paid positions that offer pre-vocational training, supported employment and community job placement.

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DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’S GUIDE TO CHARITABLE FUNDS

TAP Capital Fund TAP Endowment Fund www.thirdavenueplayworks.com (920) 743-1760

United Way of Door County, Inc. Fund www.unitedwaydc.com (920) 746-9645

Third Avenue PlayWorks is Door County’s premiere year-round, professional theatre, located in historic downtown Sturgeon Bay. Having just completed a $2.5 million renovation of our building, our mission is to explore, share, and celebrate our humanity through the power of wide-ranging and intimate theatre. We see a future where TAP is a center for cultural production and community connection, where everyone, no matter their background (cultural, ethnic, socio-economic, gender expression, etc.), is welcomed and affirmed in cutting edge theatre art. We hold fast to the Wisconsin Idea, and will not rest until we have a meaningful impact on everyone in our state. TAP strives to be among the leading arts organizations in the Upper Midwest.

United Way of Door County forges strong partnerships, focuses resources on what matters, and creates measurable results. Its vision is of a community where: family and community wellness are promoted; childcare and early education are available to working families; basic needs such as food, shelter, transportation, and clothing are met; the lives of special segments of the population including elderly, disabled, and mentally ill are enhanced; healthcare is available to all; and youth are provided with opportunities for positive development.

Its aim is to use its expertise to add value by assessing community needs; collaborating with and ensuring accountability of partner organizations; and identifying and raising funds. It is a leader in Door County by facilitating, promoting, and ensuring the availability of services that meet the needs of the community as an effective and efficient conduit for philanthropic resources.

The Wisconsin Humane Society (WHS) is a private nonprofit organization whose mission is to build a community where people value animals and treat them with respect and kindness.

Founded in 1879, the Wisconsin Humane Society has been saving the lives of animals in need for more than 140 years. WHS is a 501(c)(3) organization and operates animal shelters in Door, Brown, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, and Racine Counties. WHS annually serves 40,000 animals, receives no general government funding, and is not part of any national umbrella organization.

Molly’s Fund Door County Humane Society Charitable Fund www.wihumane.org (920) 746-1111

The WHS Door County Campus provides safe haven for lost and homeless pets while working to reunite them with their owners or place them with a new loving family. All animals in their adoption program have as long as it takes to find a new home. WHS relies entirely on the generous donations of individual donors.

Since 1917, Wisconsin Public Radio has been a pioneer in radio broadcasting, providing strong, independent and meaningful public radio in Wisconsin. Educating, informing and entertaining have been at the core of WPR’s mission since its inception. Today WPR’s 34 radio stations, seven regional bureaus, three networks, website, online streams, and user-friendly apps serve local, regional, and statewide audiences.

Door County Connection Fund www.wpr.org (888) 909-4163

WPR’s commitment to community engagement inspires programming that reflects the people and issues that impact Wisconsin. From thought-provoking discussions, to local and statewide news, to classical, folk and world music, WPR presents the highest quality programming available. Major gifts for specific projects as well as endowment gifts for long-term support also play an important role in funding one of Wisconsin’s most valuable assets.

The mission of Write On, Door County is to facilitate and promote writing in Door County by nurturing the work of writers, supporting readers and audiences, and developing opportunities that encourage broad participation. Everyone has a story to tell.

Write On, Door County Next Chapter Fund www.writeondoorcounty.org (920) 868-1457

Connecting people and connecting communities through writing, reading, and sharing stories is the core of its mission. Write On, Door County serves writers and readers of all ages and at all levels of development. It serves year-round and seasonal residents as well as visitors. Free peer critique groups support writers just starting out. Monthly book discussions connect readers. Classes with published authors help writers advance to the next level of their career. Author events bring together readers and writers in a relaxed setting. These programs take place in a variety of settings, including the Writing Center in Juddville and all places in between, from Southern Door to Washington Island.

Write On’s Writing Center is a gathering space and resource center for all writers.

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DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’S GUIDE TO CHARITABLE FUNDS Simplify your Giving with a Donor Advised Fund

At the Door County Community Foundation, we help build and strengthen community. We bring people and organizations together that want to make a difference in our world.

The Community Foundation makes philanthropy easy. We help individuals and families establish a customized charitable Fund without being burdened by the regulatory requirements, tax liabilities and administrative and fiduciary hassles associated with setting up a private foundation. Our donors can selfdirect their contributions to specific charities, invest in broader areas of interest, or provide unrestricted gifts to a Discretionary Fund to address emerging community needs.

As a 501(c)(3) public charity, our donors qualify for the maximum tax deduction as allowed by law.

Since our founding in 1999, the charities of Door County have benefitted from more than $30 million that has been disbursed from the family of charitable Funds at the Door County Community Foundation.

Our assets have grown to $45 million today, with more than $15 million in contributions and pledges last year alone.

Give today or through your estate plan. Give however it’s right for you. Just remember to Give Door County.

“Philanthropy has always been a way of life for us. We both had service-oriented parents. There was never a decision made to be philanthropic, it was just ingrained. When we first moved to the area, we supported the organizations that enrich our lives with the arts and preserve the county’s environmental treasures. While those non-profits are essential to our community, there was so much more opportunity to give but we weren’t sure the best way to identify and support those causes. That’s why we established our Donor Advised Fund at the Door County Community Foundation.

The Foundation works as our philanthropic advisor and can provide insight into the needs of non-profit organizations in the county that others cannot.”

– Jeff and Barb Ottum Barb Ottum was born and raised in Green Bay. Jeff Ottum moved to the area from California when he was five years old. They both grew up experiencing Door County, camping at Peninsula State Park and sailing, seeing more of the water than the land. They met when Jeff joined his friends for a high school youth group at Barb’s church and they started dating the following year. Jeff attended college at Vanderbilt University and received a BA in psychology. Barb received her degree in human adaptability from UW-Green Bay. In 1975, Jeff and Barb were married.

Jeff got a summer job at Schreiber Foods after graduation and fell in love with business so he returned to graduate school and earned his MBA. He worked in marketing for Schreiber, became a plant manager, and completed his career as the head of human resources. Jeff and Barb have two children, Michael and Lisa. In 2003, the Ottums built a home in Sturgeon Bay and moved to Door County fulltime in 2012. In 2021, they became proud grandparents of baby Matthew.

“When we moved to Door County, we only knew Door County as visitors, we only knew the surface,” said Barb. “We needed help seeing the deeper and often hidden concerns in the county,” added Jeff. “We value the knowledge the Foundation’s professional staff brings as they have worked with us to see not only the great things about Door County that all our visitors see, but also the underlying needs that are here. Now we’re able to continue to support the non-profits that make our community a great place to visit as well as those who aid our neighbors who may be struggling.”

Philanthropically, the Ottums support a wide array of nonprofits, making a Donor Advised Fund the ideal vehicle for fulfilling their charitable intentions. Donor Advised Funds are convenient, flexible tools for those who want to be personally involved in suggesting grant awards made possible by their gifts. Donor Advised Funds are typically less costly and easier to administer than other forms of philanthropic giving (such as family or corporate foundations).

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DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’S GUIDE TO CHARITABLE FUNDS Create a Philanthropic Legacy in Your Estate Plans

Give to the Future Through a Discretionary Fund

“We have found a Donor Advised Fund at the Door County Community Foundation easy to use with great tax benefits and life fulfilling pleasures. It lets us enjoy giving while we are alive and it’s great to give back to your community. We know that the Foundation also provides us with a great legacy option. Through our Estate Plans, we can support our community even after we’re gone. We are very impressed with the Door County Community Foundation and are confident that the professional staff and board of directors will fulfill our intentions in perpetuity.“

“Seeing firsthand how the Door County community responded to the Covid pandemic through the Emergency Response Fund brought the role of the Community Foundation into a sharper focus. The fund offered a vehicle for a collaborative response by the community, and the Community Foundation served as the convener and facilitator of that collaboration. I’m proud to participate in the mission of the Foundation, and establishing a Discretionary Fund allows me to continue supporting that mission both now and in the uncharted future of Door County. I know that the impact of my gift will be magnified as it works with other Funds of the Foundation.”

– Rick and Nancy Jeanquart Rick and Nancy Jeanquart were high school sweethearts; both born and raised in Sturgeon Bay. Marrying shortly after high school, Rick and Nancy will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary this year. Rick attended UW - Oshkosh before moving to Panama for a year and ultimately returning to Door County. During that time, Nancy worked as a motor manufacturing receptionist.

Rick worked as a manufactures rep and found a need for people to source and stock the products he was selling. In 1989, he started Just In Time Corp. out of his garage, and began inventorying the products he was selling. As the business grew, so did the ability for the Jeanquarts to give back to the community they love. “I think he’s been a very giving person even before we had the means to do so,” said Nancy of Rick.

“He taught me – and our kids – that lesson well. What you give away you get back tenfold.”

Rick and Nancy have three children, and 11 grandchildren, and have been able to pass down their values of philanthropy to their family. All three of their children – Chris, Collin, and Melanie – work at Just In Time, and are not only passing those values on to the next generation of family, but also on to the team at Just In Time through their JIT Cares program.

Each month, a staff member is randomly chosen to select a charity which will receive a contribution from the Just In Time Charitable Foundation.

The Jeanquart family utilizes Donor Advised Funds at the Foundation currently and have incorporated the Foundation into their Estate Plans as well. Including the Door County Community Foundation in their Estate Plans is an easy way for the Jeanquarts to transfer assets to charity and support the community they care about after they are gone. In doing so, Rick and Nancy can leave a legacy for Door County, while enjoying the assets they need to maintain their current lifestyle.

Plus, they are able to distribute some or all of their assets, tax free. An estate gift – and all future earnings from the gift – can become a permanent source of community capital, giving back literally forever.

– Roger Johnson Roger Johnson spent his formative years in Door County as a child. Although his family moved to central Wisconsin when he was ten, Door County remained the “go to” place for vacations throughout his life. There were too many boyhood “firsts” experienced here (learning to read, ride a bike, and hit a baseball, to name a few), and memories of the generosity and friendliness of its people to forget that Door County is where his roots truly lay.

As a young adult, graduate school brought Roger to California. He received a PhD in clinical psychology and master’s degree in theology and went into private practice in Irvine. He later pursued an MBA for healthcare executives which led him to work for Kaiser Permanente in the Silicon Valley. Upon retirement, Roger knew he wanted to return to his roots, Door County.

Throughout his adult life, Roger has had a biblically based commitment to attend to the needs of the poor and less fortunate, as well as to his faith community. “Through that experience, I have come to believe that donating to specific and personally meaningful causes increases the pleasure in giving,” shared Roger. That is why establishing a Discretionary Fund through the Foundation is an ideal way for him to share his financial resources. “As a board member, I have been thoroughly impressed by the legacy of integrity, stewardship, and careful planning that continues to be established by the leadership of the Foundation,” noted Roger. “That gives me confidence that my Discretionary Fund will be used wisely.”

A Discretionary Fund allows that support to live on forevermore. The causes are selected by the donor, but the Community Foundation’s Board of Directors is entrusted with the selection of the specific charities that receive grants from the Fund each year. Those moneys are distributed back into the community as Advancement Grants and Sustainability Grants.

A gift to a Discretionary Fund is a gift to the future. We don’t know what tomorrow may bring, but we can be confident that the Community Foundation will be there to address tomorrow’s needs and opportunities, whatever they may be.

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INSPIRING PEOPLE TO GIVE BACK TO SUSTAIN AND ADVANCE THE COMMUNITY WE LOVE. It all begins with you. Charity is essential to our quality of life. It fills our lives with music and surrounds us with art, protects our environmental treasures and preserves our history, educates our children and cares for those in need.

All this is possible because of you.

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