Friends of the Branch River Watershed Summer Potluck

Venue: Manitowoc Lincoln Park Zoo
Hello from Friends of the Branch River Watershed! Our last event was held on June 4 at Dodge Preserve which is a breathtaking area of land, river, prairie, and forest. Thank you very much to Rollie Olm and Carol Dodge for allowing us to explore your amazing property! You missed out on a great day if you didn’t come and check it out! Lots of people enjoyed free Cravings cookies, Subway cookies and Sub sandwiches, learning about Nature while hiking with our Naturalist volunteer, wagon ride tour of the property, golf cart rides, crayfish catching and exploration in the river, scavenger hunt, learning about birds and a cool egg exhibit, and just enjoying the amazing Preserve! Thank you to everyone who came out and supported us! We donated half of the donations back to the Preserve as a thank you gesture. Also- thank you to Waste Management for your sponsorship, Cravings restaurant for the great rate on our cookies, and Manitowoc Carpentry for making the great trail signs! Thanks also to everyone who volunteered to make this event possible!
Thank you to everyone who supported our latest fundraiser brat fry on July 1st at Rob’s! We really appreciate your support as we are volunteer-run and depend on any memberships, donations, sponsorships towards our group and events! THANK YOU TO THRIVENT ACTION TEAM FOR SPONSORING THIS BRAT FRY!
Wednesday, August 10 we are having our Summer Potluck at Manitowoc Lincoln Park Zoo in Cabin 2!!! FREE and open topublic….all ages event. $5/Family Donations are much appreciated. We will be having a Zoo Tour booked for 11 am with the Zoo’s Curator of Education, Vicki Rathsack. She will take our group around the zoo and then at 1:30 pm will also have a program in the Education Center!! If time allows, we will go through the Big Red Barn depending on group size for second program. Meet at Cabin 2 and we will get our group ready for the tour and the 1:30 program. Potluck style lunch after the Zoo Tour. Please contact Emily Endter with what you would like to bring for a dish to pass or for suggestions of what to bring. We will also have children’s activities available in the Cabin to keep kids occupied! Stay for the tour, program, lunch, or just enjoy some food and one of the Zoo events! Come and go as you please…enjoy our beautiful zoo and support Friends of the Branch River! We are also accepting new members at the event as well. Support a great group and join us today… membership is tax deductible too!
December 4 Winter Luncheon FREE with your Membership; location TBA—looking into booking at Gill’s in Whitelaw again… this is FREE as part of your annual membership!! Follow us on Facebook! To
become a Member, please send $15/Individual, $20/Family, $30-$99/Friend, and $100+ for a River Protector to: “FOBR” P.O. Box 301 Whitelaw, WI 54247. Dues are tax deductible as we are a non-profit.. Let Emily Endter know you would like documentation for tax purposes. Please include mailing address, email, phone number for future mailings, contact information. Please share this information with any families or individuals interested in events we hold or joining our conservation group! We are always looking for volunteers to help at events or with behind the scenes stuff! Contact Emily Endter, FOBR Secretary, with questions, comments, etc at [email protected] or (920)323-3486. If you have older children (12 years and up), who love the outdoors, become a FOBR member and we will get them started in our Youth Leadership Program to earn scholarships to Conservation Camps!! Children need to be 12 years old to do the Maritime Museum Watershed Camp.