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Bring Your Aluminum Cans

Another public- private partnership begins today (bring and deposit your aluminum cans) in Milwaukee County District 9 between Eagle Disposal, Inc. the Milwaukee County Parks Department, and the Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool in the Hales Corners Park & Pool parking lot located at 5765 S. New Berlin Road. Kudos to my friend,…

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Earth Day Cleanup 2021

Kudos to Mike Seavert and Bob Stollenwerk, the two chairmen for the Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool 18th Annual Earth Day Cleanup of Hales Corners Park & Pool. We had approximately 75 community volunteers who came out on this beautiful Saturday and worked very hard from 9:00 am – Noon. The majority of…

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Aluminum Cans Fundraiser 2020

Special thanks to Mike Seavert, a long time Friends Community volunteer and Friends Board member for his assistance earlier today with the Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool and our community aluminum cans fundraiser in Hales Corners Park!

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Landscape Improvements Near Hales Corners Pool House

Landscape improvements continue in front of the Hales Corners Pool house with County employee, Preston taking a quick break so I could take his picture. Meanwhile, on the other side of pool house Hales Corners Pool is full of activity on this 85 degree day. WaterStone Bank is the latest business to support the Friends…

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16th Annual Earth Day Cleanup

The Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool held our 16th Annual Earth Day clean-up today at the Hales Corners Park & Pool (33 acres) including the pool house basement. An awesome turnout today for the 16th annual Friends of Hales Corners Pool & Park cleanup. You couldn’t ask for better weather today, and were…

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Folding Up the Ice Rink for the 2018 Season

Special thanks to Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool volunteers, Don and Dave Paulus, Michael Zens, Tony Campione and Mike Jansen who met at Hales Corners Park in 30 degree weather this morning to fold up the ice rink liner and hauled to the Hales Corners Pool House basement. One of the liner braces…

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Donate Your Aluminum

Special thanks to Duane (putting the first aluminum can in) and all his colleagues at Reis Automotive in the Village of Hales Corners for allowing the Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool to put one of our ten community-wide seventy-five-gallon seventy five gallon recycling bins in their lobby area. Reis has been open for…

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Aluminum Cans Ready to Go!

It’s a sunny cold morning in Hales Corners Park for six of us guys from the Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool to be emptying aluminum cans out of the 30 yard dumpster and into trailers for the hall to West Allis Salvage. Special thanks to Mike Jansen, Rob Dudek, Don Paulus, Bruce Ranta,…

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Hales Corners Park Pool House Gets New Roof

The new seam metal roof is in the process of being installed at the Hales Corners Pool house. First roof replacement in 50 years!

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Replacing the Pool House Roof

Starting earlier today these two workers began removing the 50 year old roof at the Hales Corners Pool House. A little background for your consideration. I co-founded the Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool in 2003 after Milwaukee County had their biggest political scandal in over 100 years and they tried to close and…

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