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Dear Honorable Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson, I hope you are doing well, and I would be grateful if you would share this email with your Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors colleagues. I’m writing to ask you to please open Hales Corners Pool next summer. It has been closed for five straight summer seasons after approximately $500,000…
Happy Friday, Community Friends, I hope you are doing well. I’m writing to ask you to please consider making your voice heard and encouraging Milwaukee County Supervisors to open Hales Corners Pool next summer. Hales Corners Pool has been closed for five straight summer seasons after approximately $500,000 worth of improvements were made eight years…
United in purpose, the Hales Corners Veterans Memorial Committee met tonight to plan a powerful 13th annual Veterans Day tribute, honoring a legacy born from the groundbreaking on September 11, 2011, and to be proudly celebrated on November 10, 2024, at 11:00 am in Hales Corners Park.
Good Afternoon, Milwaukee County Parks, I hope you are doing well. A remarkable collaboration between the Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool and Milwaukee County Parks has transformed the volleyball sand court at Hales Corners Park, showcasing the power of public-private partnerships. Please see the pictures below. On Friday, September 6, 2024, this dynamic…
The Memorial Day ceremony in Hales Corners Park at the Veterans Memorial went perfectly this morning as did the flag retirement did later at the VFW in Franklin with Boy Scout Troop 531 heading this effort. Approximately 50 folks showed up at both events and I’m grateful to the Veterans for allowing me to give…
The Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool’s 21st Annual Earth Day cleanup was a shining example of what can be accomplished when a community comes together for a common goal – a cleaner, greener future for all! I’m very proud of all of you. Thank you!
The Veterans Memorial Committee, Hales Corners American Legion Post #299, and Hales Corners Franklin VFW Post # 10394 had a beautiful Memorial Day ceremony in sunny Hales Corners Park this morning. The American flag, which has flown at the Veterans Memorial since Veterans Day 2022, was presented to Caleb Meyer, veteran of Afghanistan and a…
With Steve Silverstein, Vice President, The Park People, in Hales Corners Park congratulating the Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool on our latest donation which will be put toward the Alyson Dudek International Ice Center, Reiman Rink & Veterans Family Pavilion projects. We are halfway to our fundraising goal of $400.000.00 and then we…
On behalf of the Veterans Memorial Committee, the Hales Corners American Legion Post #299, the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Hales Corners and Franklin #10394, I was honored and privileged to give my 11th consecutive Veterans Day ceremony speech this morning in Hales Corners Park since this Veterans Memorial was dedicated on Memorial Day in…
Several of us met this morning from the Knights of Columbus and the Veterans Memorial Committee to put American flags down at the graves of veterans in the cemetery at St. Mary Catholic Faith Community and at the cemetery at Emanuel United Church of Christ in Hales Corners.
