Family Support Subsidy offered through the Michigan Department of Community Health

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The Keweenaw Community Foundation administers a number of community funds.  Established in 1994, the mission of the Foundation is to promote philanthropy, develop and manage permanent endowments from a broad range of donors, and award charitable grants that enhance quality of life in the Keweenaw.

 

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SUPPORT COPPER COUNTY AUTISM AWARENESS throught the Keweenaw Community Foundation. Click on our FINANCIAL SUPPORT tab and scroll to the bottom of the page for directions.

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HELPED MAKE THE FIRST ANNUAL FAMILY FUN DAY SUCH A SUCCESS

Financial Support from:

The Copper Country Elks Lodge #404 for their financial support and their volunteers

The Keweenaw Health Foundation for their financial support

Aspirus Keweeenaw for their financial support

Kids Who Care, Calumet, Laurium, Keweenaw Schools

As well as those anonymous private donors. 

 

Other Support:

Linda Sanchez - Face Painting

David Rheault Enterprises for the use of their bouncy houses

Swick Home Services for the billboard in Hancock

 

Those who donated snacks or funds to purchase snacks for the event:

Walmart

Copper Country Ford

Econo Foods

McGann Building Supply

Pat's IGA

Ace Hardware, Calumet

Keweenaw Co-op

Jim's Foods

Toni's Country Kitchen

 

The many volunteers, including:

The Copper Country Elks Lodge #404

The Finlandia Mens Hockey Team

The staff of the Copper Country Intermediate School District

 

And to the Houghton Portage Schools, Doreen Klingbeil, Superintendent and Patrick Aldrich, Principal, for the use of the Houghton Elementary School to host the event. 

 

Last of all... our apologies if we missed anyone.  THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH!

 

Contributors

The Copper Country Elks Lodge #404 - Calumet, MI

http://www.elks.org/lodges/home.cfm?LodgeNumber=404

 

Keweenaw Health Foundation - Laurium, MI

http://www.keweenawhealthfoundation.org/

 

Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital - Laurium, MI

http://www.aspiruskeweenaw.org/

 

Various anonymous private donors

 

We also want to thank Marion Gilles for coming up with the idea for the design of our T-shirts and her son Steve Jacobs for the great job putting that idea into a final design.

 

Thanks to David Rheault for raising money for us at Heritage Days via his bouncy houses.

 

Thanks to the "Kids Who Care" group at Calumet Schools for donating funds to purchase Autism Awareness wrist bands. 

 

 

Donations are to be sent to:

The Keweenaw Community Foundation

attn: Copper Country Autism Awareness

236 Quincy Street

Hancock, MI 49930