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General Community Meeting February 26, 2025

Good Morning, and Happy Sunday! The correct date for our Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool general community meeting is Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at Double D’s, beginning at 6:00 pm. We hope you can make it. Also, on December 24, 2024, our Friends group received a $5,000.00 donation from one of our long-time…

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Letter to Milwaukee County

Good Afternoon Milwaukee County, I hope the new year is going well for you. This message is just to briefly update you about our Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool; in February, it will be 22 years since we started our advocacy with your asset, Hales Corners Park & Pool. The best way to…

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Order an Engraved Brick – Veterans Memorial Hales Corners Park

Honor a Veteran with an Engraved Brick at the Hales Corners Park Veterans Memorial Now is the perfect time to start thinking about the beginning of summer and honoring our veterans on Memorial Day. The Veterans Memorial Committee will install a new order of bricks at the Veterans Memorial in Hales Corners Park by Monday,…

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Veterans Day 2024

Today, the Veterans Memorial Committee in Hales Corners, American Legion Post #299, and VFW Post # 10394 joined forces to host their 13th annual Veterans Day ceremony in Hales Corners Park. The American flag, proudly flying since Memorial Day, was presented to the Hales Corners Fire Department, honoring their selfless dedication to our community. This…

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Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors Annual Public Hearing

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…

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Critical Meeting Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors Annual Budget Meeting

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…

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Veterans Day Ceremony – Sunday, November 10, 2024

The Hales Corners Veterans Memorial Committee the American Legion Post # 299 in Hales Corners the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post #10394 for Hales Corners and Franklin You are cordially invited to a Veterans Day Ceremony Sunday, November 10, 2024 beginning at 11:00am at Veterans Memorial in Hales Corners Park

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The Power of Public-Private Partnerships: Hales Corners Park Sand Volleyball Court

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…

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Halfway to Our Fundraising Goal

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…

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Veterans Day Ceremony 2022

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…

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