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  • Neighbor to Neighbor Reopens Northern Door Facility

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    Neighbor to Neighbor will be reopening its Northern Door medical-equipment facility on a limited basis – Tuesday afternoons and Friday mornings – beginning March 9 by appointment only.To make an appointment, call Sheila at 920.839.5045. If you cannot visit during those days or times, you can continue to access equipment from the Sturgeon Bay equipment facility by […]

  • Pulse of Philanthropy: An Accounting-Fraud Tool Applied to Nonprofits

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    Frank Benford was a physicist in General Electric’s research laboratory almost a century ago. During that era, data sets were typed or written out by hand. One day, as he was looking through pages and pages filled with numbers, he noticed a fascinating pattern that was consistent across all his voluminous ledgers of work. First, […]

  • Farmers to Families Food Boxes Available

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    Farmers to Families is hosting another food-box event Feb. 26, 4-5:30 pm, or until supplies run out. Cars may begin lining up at 3:45 pm.Boxes will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis at the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Fire Department, 2258 Mill Road in Sister Bay; and at the Door County Fairgrounds, 812 N. 14th […]

  • Volunteer Center of Door County Closes

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    The Volunteer Center’s board of directors has made the difficult decision to close the center’s doors, effective immediately.  When the center began as a Leadership Door County initiative, many nonprofits did not have a web presence, and there was no central place where community members could find volunteer opportunities. Now most local nonprofits have websites […]

  • Community Foundation and Service Club Partner to Offer Youth Grants

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    The Door County Service Club Coalition has partnered with the Door County Community Foundation to offer two grant programs.  Youth as Resources Grants provide financial support to projects in which youth use their skills, talents and abilities to serve or educate others. Youth in Theatre Grants financially support local theatrical productions in which youth play […]

  • Cradle to Career Receives Award from 100+ Women Who Care

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    The 100+ Women Who Care of Northern Door County giving circle recognized and awarded three local nonprofit organizations in January.  The Door County Cradle to Career program of the Lakeshore Community Action Program received the main award of $10,000 and will use it to deliver services that promote family stability and wellness, educational attainment and […]

  • Sonny’s Hosts Blood Drive

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    Sonny’s Pizzeria will host a blood drive Feb. 25, 11 am – 5 pm, to support the Community Blood Center (CBC), which is the sole provider of blood, platelets and plasma to Door County Medical Center. Schedule a donation by calling 800.280.4102 or visiting communityblood.org. Enjoy complimentary Sonny’s pizza afterward, and receive a CBC pizza […]

  • Pulse of Philanthropy: An Extraordinary Response to an Unusual Request

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    In December, I did something I rarely do. Rather than talk about charity generally, I asked you to join me in making a gift to a specific charity: United Way of Door County. As I noted in my column titled “An Unusual Request in an Extraordinary Year,” United Way Executive Director Amy Kohnle shared with […]

  • Southern Door Student Council Hosts Blood Drive

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    The Southern Door Student Council and the American Red Cross are sponsoring a blood drive Feb. 12, 9 am – 2 pm, at the Community Center in Brussels, 1366 Junction Road (Cty DK).   Anyone who is at least 17 years old (or 16 with parental permission), weighs at least 110 pounds and is in good […]

  • College Football Bowl Pool Donates to Food Pantry

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    For a Miller Lite College Football Bowl pool that almost didn’t get started due to COVID-19, the group finished strong, with more than $6,000 going to the Door County Food Pantry Coalition. A final figure will be reported next week. The largest portion of the donation came from the family of the late Gary Gilroy. […]

  • Washington Island Rec Center Receives Donations

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    Several donors have provided the Washington Island Foundation with a generous gift to underwrite an engineering study to assess the structural and aesthetic condition of the island’s Rec Center – a resource that’s been at the center of Washington Island’s social and recreational activities since 1988. These donors would also provide seed money for future fundraising […]

  • Donors Can ‘Name’ a Bench Near New Eagle Tower

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    With the opening of the new Eagle Tower anticipated later this spring, the Friends of Peninsula State Park are offering an opportunity to preserve tower and park memories through a limited number of benches near the tower. They are available to “name” to honor a loved one or acknowledge a personal or family connection. Gift […]

  • Door-Tran Receives Grant

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    Door-Tran has received a $2,500 grant from the Door County Community Foundation to support the Peninsula Transit Coalition’s continuing investigation of the feasibility of a countywide public-transportation system.  The grant is a recognition of the importance of the mission. Since early 2019, a group of local residents and business owners has been studying options for […]

  • Women’s Giving Circle Meeting Jan. 25

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    The next quarterly meeting of the 100+ Women Who Care of Northern Door County giving circle will be livestreamed on Zoom on Jan. 25, 7-7:30 pm. That night, the organization will award more than $19,000 to local nonprofits. Three nonprofits will be considered this quarter: Door County Cradle to Career, Operation Not Alone and Peninsula […]

  • United Way Exceeds Campaign Goal

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    In mid-April 2020, the United Way of Door County’s board set a campaign goal of $650,000: an increase of $107,000 over what was raised the previous year. The Community Investment Committee reviewed grant applications in November and December – a process usually done much earlier – and found that applicants’ needs were high for 2021. “It […]

  • Pitching In: Residents and Businesses Helping Neighbors in Need

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    Amber Strege As a member of the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Fire Department, Amber Strege wanted to pitch in to the department’s efforts to help the community through the Emergency Support Coalition. But when the Safer at Home order was lifted this spring, her time was dedicated to her dog-grooming business as customers flocked to make […]

  • United Way Makes Last Push Toward Fundraising Goal

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    With only a week to go in the annual United Way of Door County fundraising campaign, the effort remains about 92 percent of the way toward the community need of $650,000. “As of Monday, we’re at $600,891.69 or 92 percent of our target,” said Amy Kohnle, executive director of the United Way of Door County. […]

  • Empowerment through Storytelling: Tales of Our Lives

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    In 2013, a quartet of Door County women who were inspired by the connections that storytelling can make came together to create what has since become one of the peninsula’s most highly anticipated storytelling events of the year: the Women’s Fund of Door County’s Tales of Our Lives. Inspired by the open-mic storytelling competitions of […]

  • Stepping Up: Door County Teens Join HELP’s Fight Against Domestic Violence

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    When a church friend mentioned to Ava Carmody in 2018 that she might enjoy volunteering at HELP of Door County, she jumped in with both feet. It didn’t take long for Carmody, now a senior at Sturgeon Bay High School, to help establish a new program called FYRE — Forging Youth Relationships and Education — […]

  • DCMM’s 12 Days of Merry-Times Online Auction

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    Bid on memorable experiences to support the Door County Maritime Museum (DCMM) during the 12 Days of Merry-Times online auction Dec. 4-15. Auction packages include a trip to the top of the Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding Gantry crane, exclusive access to the new museum event space in Sturgeon Bay, a private party to watch the July […]