Easter Bunny coming to Manitowoc zoo, Crane Count volunteers sought and more news in weekly dose
MANITOWOC - Manitowoc’s Lincoln Park Zoo, the Sunrise Optimists and H.P. Enterprises will hold a pre-Easter celebration from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. April 8 at the zoo, 1215 N. Eighth St.
Easter games and activities will be scattered throughout the zoo and run throughout the event time.
A fee of $1 per person will be collected.
Each child will receive a gift bag and a chance to win a prize. Proceeds will benefit future zoo events. Food will be available for purchase.
For more information, contact the zoo office at 920-683-4685.
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▶ Volunteers sought for 2023 Midwest Crane Count April 15: Join the International Crane Foundation and more than 1,800 volunteers from 5:30 to 7:30 a.m. April 15 for the annual Midwest Crane Count.
Each year, participants travel to their local wetlands and favorite birding locations to survey the sandhill and whooping cranes and report the data collected.
The survey takes place in more than 150 counties in seven states — including all of Wisconsin and portions of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio.
Each crane count site will have a county coordinator who will assign a site and provide instructions about how to participate and report the data. Visit cranecount.org to view the list of county coordinators and find other links on how to download a data sheet and enter data.
If your county is not currently involved in the program and you are interested in becoming a county coordinator, contact the International Crane Foundation’s Crane Count coordinator at 608-356-9462.
Data collected will be available on the foundation’s website to study sandhill crane population trends and new areas where cranes are colonizing. The survey is also a tool for creating awareness about cranes and their wetland habitats.
▶ Cousins Subs supports local history April 12: Manitowoc County Historical Society and Cousins Subs, 4530 Calumet Ave. in Manitowoc, will join for a fundraiser benefiting the Historical Society and its Pinecrest Historical Village from 4 to 8 p.m. April 12.
Funds raised through the Cousins Subs fundraiser will assist the Manitowoc County Historical Society with its operations and educational programs.
The society is a private, non-profit organization, completely funded by membership dues, tours, fundraising events and donations.
Funds raised during the night at Cousins Subs will help the museum purchase supplies for education programs including metal in the blacksmith shop and other historic trade materials.
▶ Roncalli Pierside Auction returns in April: The 39th annual Roncalli Pierside Auction is returning with twice the fun.
This year’s auction will offer both the in-person event starting at 5:30 p.m. April 29 at Roncalli High School, 2000 Mirro Drive in Manitowoc, and the opportunity to bid online.
The online portion of the auction will run from noon April 26 to noon May 3 on roncalliauction.givesmart.com. Registering online also will save participants time at the in-person event as they will already be assigned a bid number. Registration will open April 3.
Admission to the adults-only, in-person event is free. Parking will be available in the Fine Arts Center lot with overflow parking in the Skana Aluminum lot; shuttle service will be provided courtesy of Brandt Buses, Inc., from 5:30 to 11:30 p.m. Attendees should enter through the Fine Arts Center.
Food, desserts, water, soda, hard seltzer, beer, wine and Sail Away with Me Sangria, a specialty drink, will be available for purchase, in addition to a variety of items up for bid in both silent and oral auctions. A coat check also will be available.
The public is welcome to arrive early for Mass with Fr. Matt Colle, which will begin at 4 p.m. in the Zimmer Auditorium inside the Fine Arts Center.
The oral auction portion of the evening will be hosted by Candice Giesen, director of development, and John Jagemann, auction emcee. Gregg Schramm will serve as auctioneer.
Cash, check, credit cards and debit cards will be accepted forms of payment at the in-person event.
▶ Help for the Homeless Hygiene Drive collects more than $665K worth of supplies: Family Radio Network reports its 31st annual Help for the Homeless Hygiene Drive collected more than $665,000 worth of new hygiene and cleaning supplies for 101 crisis programs in 19 Wisconsin communities.
These Manitowoc County agencies benefit from the drive: Hope House, InCourage domestic violence shelter, Lakeshore CAP, Lighthouse Recovery Community Center, Lotus Recovery Homes, Manitowoc Public School District and Stangel Boutique, Painting Pathways Clubhouse, The Crossing, The Haven of Manitowoc County, The Production Farm, The Salvation Army, and UW-Green Bay Manitowoc’s Student Services.
The radio network said 927 businesses, churches and schools hosted collection boxes this year.
Since 1992, the drive has provided more than $5.4 million worth of hygiene and cleaning supplies for local Wisconsin crisis programs and those they serve. The goal of the hygiene drive is to supply a year’s worth of products to each of the participating programs, with donations remaining in the communities where they are collected.
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