Category: Philanthropy
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KI Donates Chairs to Candle Company
After hearing that the volunteers and workers creating the Ukraine candle at Door County Candle Company didn’t have enough chairs, KI plant manager Stuart Kolb took an idea to company leadership, resulting in KI donating two-tone chairs featuring the colors of the Ukrainian flag.
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Pulse of Philanthropy: Understanding Nonprofit Titles
by BRET BICOY, President & CEO, Door County Community Foundation In about 80% of nonprofit organizations, the highest-ranking paid staff person is the executive director. For most others, it’s the CEO or the president & CEO. In the charitable world, we often use these titles interchangeably, with little thought to the distinctions among them. However, […]
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Fundraiser to Support Gibraltar Alumna
A fundraiser in the form of a volleyball tournament will support Gibraltar alumna Wilhelmina (Swanson) Leist as she deals with a cancer diagnosis – her third in eight years. The March 10, 6 pm, tournament at the Gibraltar High School gym, 3924 Hwy 42 in Fish Creek, will include bucket raffles, food and a silent auction […]
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Pulse of Philanthropy: When Free Markets Fail
by BRET BICOY, President and CEO, Door County Community Foundation People are often surprised when they hear me say that a market-based solution to a problem is usually the best one, and I suppose I can understand their surprise. From the first recycling drive that I helped to organize in the third grade to my […]
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Pulse of Philanthropy: We Cannot Allow Lines to Become Walls
by BRET BICOY, President and CEO, Door County Community Foundation In his recent Peninsula Pulse article “Where Is the Line? Defining Northern Door,” my friend Myles Dannhausen Jr. asked a wide range of people to draw the line that separates the greater Sturgeon Bay area of central Door County from what we refer to as […]
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Tins of Light from Door County Candle Company
The New York Times reported last week that generators rattled and roared across Kiev, Ukraine, where officials estimated about half the city’s population of 3 million remained without electricity following Russian missile strikes on power facilities and critical infrastructure. Surrounding the Ukrainian capital in the Kiev region – which does not include the capital and […]
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Pulse of Philanthropy: ’Tis the Season of ‘Giving’
by BRET BICOY, President and CEO, Door County Community Foundation As many a commercial tells us this time of year, “’Tis the season of giving.” Although those advertisers want us to think Christmas is about generosity, their idea of “giving” is for us to go out and buy something. While many of us were still […]
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St. Luke’s Donates to Door of Life Food Pantry
Ross Hilton and Trudy Jischke of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Sister Bay presented a generous donation of Piggly Wiggly gift cards Nov. 6 to Heidi Penchoff, who oversees the Door of Life Food Pantry. These gift cards will be distributed to families in need throughout the community. During Fall Fest weekend, St. Luke’s rented […]
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Donate Used Glasses to Lions Club
The Algoma Lions Club encourages the community to donate used eyeglasses to the Lions Recycle for Sight used-eyeglasses collection program using the collection boxes in the Lakeshore Vision Center, Algoma Public Library and Nicolet National Bank in Algoma. Donated glasses will be shipped to the Lions’ eyeglass-recycling center in Rosholt, Wisconsin – home of the […]
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YMCA Closes in on Fundraising Goal
The Door County YMCA is closing in on its fundraising goal to expand its Sturgeon Bay program center. The organization has surpassed $9.9 million raised, leaving $350,000 to go. Construction is also underway: The site has been excavated; footings are going in; and pipes and electrical are being moved. Walls will go up for the […]
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Pulse of Philanthropy: The Enormous Power of Weak Bonds
by BRET BICOY, President and CEO, Door County Community Foundation Last summer, I finally broke down and bought a pair of noise-canceling earbuds. My father had hearing problems late in life, so as I’ve grown older, I thought the active noise cancellation could help to protect my hearing a bit while I’m mowing the lawn […]
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Pulse of Philanthropy: The Unexpected Things We Love
by BRET BICOY, President and CEO, Door County Community Foundation The room smelled of disinfectant and the floor was cold, but the exceedingly kind staff had placed a blanket on the floor. I sat down and began to cry, leaned against the wall, then invited Buddy to join me on the quilt. He was nervous […]
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Write On Gala Celebrates Literature
Readers, writers and other lovers of the written word gathered Sept. 29 at Write On, Door County’s Writing Center to celebrate storytelling of all kinds during the organization’s annual gala. It was a night of new beginnings as well, as Al DeGenova was introduced as Write On’s new executive director, and founding member Anne Emerson […]
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Nicolet Beach Playground Now Open
The new, accessible Nicolet Beach playground at Peninsula State Park is now open, courtesy of the Friends of Peninsula State Park’s fundraising efforts. Those began soon after the former wooden playground was deemed unsafe and beyond repair in May 2021. “Our amazing Friends group here at Peninsula State Park immediately jumped on this project to […]
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Steve Harty, a 38-year-veteran of the YMCA, will serve as the Door County YMCA’s interim CEO. Harty retired in December of 2018 after 20 years as the President/CEO of the Greater Green Bay YMCA. “Steve’s reputation as a great collaborative leader and his ability to create a welcoming culture among staff and members make him […]
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The Visitor Economy: Working Together for the Common Good
by JULIE GILBERT, President/CEO, Destination Door County I was really moved by an article in the Peninsula Pulse a few weeks ago that spoke about the Egg Harbor community coming together to rescue a young male bald eagle. Mr. Hults from Open Door Bird Sanctuary said that “keeping the public informed and engaged is what […]
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Dunk Tank Fundraiser Makes Splash at Marina Fest
The 2022 Sister Bay Marina Fest started off with a splash on Saturday morning, when local personalities stepped up to the Dunk Tank for Defibs fundraiser. The event raised close to $5,000 for the Defibs4DoorCounty campaign of the Door County Fire Chiefs Association. Volunteer dunkers Lars Johnson of Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant, Chad Kodanko of […]
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$10,000-Plus Raised to Fight Childhood Cancer
The ninth Play It Forward benefit concert at Stabbur Beer Garden, held June 12, raised $3,455 for the Go Bo Foundation and for Alice Mattson, an 8-year-old in Door County who has been diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia. The Johnson family matched concertgoers’ contributions with $3,500. In the week leading up to the event, $1,435 […]
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The Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes recently received a $1,000 sustainability grant from the Women’s Fund of Door County and a $3,000 sustainability grant through funds at the Door County Community Foundation. This support will help Girl Scouts throughout the region to learn, grow and discover through girl-led programs that provide outdoor adventures, […]
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Pulse of Philanthropy: Redefining Love in Door County
by BRET BICOY, President and CEO, Door County Community Foundation Central to my father’s definition of love was presence. He was an Army veteran who experienced the burden of command during World War II and Korea. My father trained himself to bury his feelings so the horrors he encountered would not distract him from accomplishing […]