Events and Opportunities
May 17
• Family Fun Fair & Resource Fair. Community members are invited to join Copper Shores Community Health Foundation and Keweenaw Support 4 Healthy Minds at the Family Fun Fair and Resource Fair from noon to 3 p.m.at the Calumet Colosseum. This event is free to attend and open to the public. Community members have the opportunity to connect with local nonprofits, find valuable community resources and enjoy family friendly fun with bounce houses, face painting, raffle prizes and more.
• The Keweenaw Outdoor Recreation Coalition (KORC) will hold its sixth annual Keweenaw Clean-Up and Picnic. This all-ages volunteer event will take place from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at locations all over over Keweenaw County.
• The Sherman Township Volunteer Fire Department will serve a pancake breakfast from 8 – 11 a.m. at the Fire Station in Gay. Free will donations will be accepted. A bake sale and 50/50 raffle will be held.
• Treasures to Treats Rummage and Bake Sale, 9 a.m. to 1 p..m. Saint Ann’s Catholic Church, Baraga.
• Superior School of Dance presents its annual dance performance at 7 p.m. at the Rozsa Center. The performance, in collaboration with K.C. Bonker’s Toys and Coffee, is called “K.C. Bonker’s Road to Joy.”
May 18
• Protect the Porkies Spring Gathering from 10 a.m. to noon at the Northern Waters Event Center in Watersmeet. For more information, email ProtectThePorkies@gmail.com
• Superior School of Dance presents its annual dance performance at 3 p.m. at the Rozsa Center. The performance, in collaboration with K.C. Bonker’s Toys and Coffee, is called “K.C. Bonker’s Road to Joy.”
May 19
• The regular monthly meeting of the Western U.P. Board of Health is 6 p.m. at the Western U.P. Health Department, 408 Copper Street, Ontonagon. The meeting will also be available to attend via Google Meet. Information on connecting to this meeting can be found on the health department’s website, www.wuphd.org.
May 24
• Keweenaw Support 4 Healthy Minds monthly meeting, 6:30 p.m at Portage Lake District Library Meeting Room, Houghton.
May 27
• Keweenaw Support 4 Healthy Minds monthly meeting, 6:30 p.m. Portage Lake District Library. Keweenaw Support 4 Healthy MInds is a public group, and we welcome anyone interested in our mission: “to support healthy minds through connection and community.” Our goals are to talk more openly about mental health to reduce stigma, to build a resilient community by educating the public, and to support those at risk for mental health and substance use crises. We are on Facebook and our email address is ksup4healthyminds@gmail.com.
May 28
• Copper Country Community Mental Health Services’ Board meeting will be held at 5:00 p.m. in the Boardroom at Copper Country Mental Health’s Rice Memorial Center in Houghton.