Sky’s mission is to make dogs happy with her homemade tug toys.
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Thanks to Megan Lundahl at The Pearl of Door County - Gallery & Rock Shop, Sky did a little shopping for HSHS St. Vincent Children's Hospital. Her handmade dog toys are available for purchase at The Pearl.
GiGi Haack and her Green Lake Ladies (WOW) made tie blankets for the children as well!
Happy Birthday, Megan! This fine lady at The Pearl of Door County - Gallery & Rock Shop sells my tug toys. When you purchase one of these dog toys all of the money goes to fun stuff for the kids at HSHS St. Vincent Children's Hospital.
Have a great day, Megan!
Shopping for Saving Paws Animal Rescue. Tough toys and chews to keep the rescue dogs content.
Happy Leprechaun Day from Rooster! 🌈🍀
Thank you, Ginger! A delivery to the Blue Yorkie Juicery is always a treat! The juice and muffin was delicious! And my teacher loved the Pink Lemonade!
Sky put this basket together for a classmate’s benefit.
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Down Syndrome Awareness month is March. If you are interested in purchasing a T-shirt please have your form with payment turned in to the Algoma High School office by February 15th.
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin - Green Bay Connection.
Link to the order form: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N5Ae03G3M3XTpJcXUIFTmuOKew7PlJ9DwAph2q-XA8c/edit?usp=sharing
When you sign up to play in the Algoma Venture Academy Pickleball Tournament you will receive a $5 voucher to be used at The AbiliTees Project sale that day. We will have our new design for the event plus many other past project items. Our sale will run from 9am-Noon, Sat. Feb. 3rd at the Algoma Community Wellness Center.
You can sign up to play that day or use this link: https://forms.gle/5LBRoM1RVGGd7q6Y6
Christmas shopping made easy! Many items from various projects.
Congratulations to Vonnie Haack!
Indoor Winter Market 9-noon Algoma Community Wellness Center
Self care Sunday at The Pearl of Door County - Gallery & Rock Shop
The tug toys are all made and ready for The Indoor Winter Market. $5 each and sales help the animals at Saving Paws Animal Rescue.
Saturday, December 2nd
9am-Noon
Algoma Community Wellness Center
Sky is thankful for everyone who supports her mission to help animals at Saving Paws Animal Rescue. When you visit her stand on Saturday, Dec 2nd at the Algoma Community Wellness Center be sure to enter the giveaway! The Indoor Winter Market is from 9am-Noon.
Don’t forget about your dogs this holiday season! A Tugs of Love dog toy would fit perfectly in their stocking. Sky will have toys, koozies, garden stakes, t-shirts, hats, and friendship pins available for purchase at The Indoor Winter Market. Saturday, December 2nd from 9am-noon at the Algoma Community Wellness Center. All sales benefit Saving Paws Animal Rescue.
Today we dropped off a load of goods at HSHS St. Vincent Children's Hospital. Sky chatted with a very nice nurse, Mollie, and explained how her Tugs of Love toys are sold at The Pearl of Door County - Gallery & Rock Shop.
Grandma GiGi Haack also had a very nice donation for the children and the nurses.
Time to make the tugs! Sky is preparing for the Indoor Market hosted by the Algoma Community Wellness Center. This event is Saturday, Dec. 2nd from 9am-noon.
That’s my Grandpa Roger! 😊
Alright, everyone, pass your tests to the front.
Those words were spoken by my English teacher, Mr. Schoenberger, right before the class would hear a tearing sound.
At the beginning of the school year, Mr. Schoenberger had handed us an additional book to go along with our standard curriculum called "Word Power Made Easy."
I, being a straight D student in a classroom full of high achieving, super smart kids preparing for college, did not fit in.
It wasn't just my lack of intelligence that separated me from my classmates...
...well, yes, it was.
Because I knew they were smarter and much better prepared for the next step in our young lives, I relied on my perceived notion of humor to make myself feel better.
If I acted like I didn't care and made them laugh, I felt it made up for my inadequacies.
The ripping noise my classmates heard at the end of each test was that of me tearing out the pages of the previous chapter of this additional study guide.
Mr. Schoenberger would never say anything. This book was an additional resource we had to purchase separately, so the book was ours to do with as we wished, but at the same time, he had to find my actions annoying.
At the end of the school year, as I was destroying the last few pages of this book, Mr. Schoenberger told us we would have one final test based on each of the chapters we had studied throughout the year... while looking right at me.
I let out a sigh of relief when he laughed and said he was just kidding.
Word Power Made Easy is an opuscule designed to build your vocabulary.
It delves deep into roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
Though I took pride in paying no attention in his class, Mr. Schoenberger had a way of getting me involved without infiltrating my self-conscious bubble.
Every day, he was able to get through to me, ever so slightly, by utilizing humor.
I'll never forget the words, callipygian, and cacophony solely because of his humorous antidotes.
In the years following my English 5 class at Algoma High, I was exposed to many people who possess incredible vocabularies.
There have been countless times where I would have otherwise suffered from complete and utter embarrassment had I never been introduced to this book and Mr. Schoenberger.
I first felt the full effect of this magical scroll when dealing with superiors in the Army.
I realized quickly that what little I had retained from Mr. Schoenberger's class was coming into play.
When I got to my duty station in Central America, I wrote a letter to my former mentor admitting my failure of not understanding the importance of what he was teaching, while also expressing my appreciation for what he was able to get through to me.
His response?
A new copy of Word Power Made Easy, sent directly to my barracks.
That codex was cracked open more often than I can count, and has followed me through multiple relocations.
Over the years, the pages from Mr. Schoenberger's wordy gift have deteriorated from packing, dog ears, and overuse.
I finally had to buy my own copy, though the thought of asking Mr. Schoenberger to buy it for me did cross my mind.
Soon, my book from Amazon arrived in a 4 squre foot box, submerged in 30 yards of crumpled paper, inbedded in another box the size of a skid loader.
After spending way too much time freeing this book from its cardboard prison, I held it triumphantly in my hand.
Holding this shiny new tome made me reflect back on how I felt the two previous times I grasped this very publication in this most pristine state.
The first time as a student on the 2nd floor of Algoma High School, feeling fear of ridicule by a group of college bound classmates.
The 2nd time was in the commons area of my barracks in Panama, where I felt a thirst for knowledge.
And this time, while being engulfed by enough packaging to fill a medium-sized dumpster, I relived both of those feelings at the same time.
I was sad for my high-school self and, at the same time, proud of my young adult self...
...you know...
...bittersweet
...ambivalent
...ambiguous
...ambipathic
Oh, and for the record, no one in that English class thought I was funny.
Which made me feel sad...
...embarrassed
...lugubrious
...despondent
...
When you attend the 15th Annual Down Syndrome Awareness Walk you could have the opportunity to win this basket! See you Saturday!
Rooster will have a little alone time with us going back to school tomorrow. I bet he is in the window when we pull in the driveway!
It’s that time of year again! Time to stuff Sky in my school bag. This tradition started in October of 2012 when my maternity leave came to an end. (Thought maybe I could sneak her with me.) Every year on the eve of school starting for me, we take this photo. This is the 12th year!
What a fun day helping out Saving Paws Animal Rescue!
Go Pack!
First fish!
The winner of the giveaway was Pam Jossie! Her dog, Remmy, thanked Sky for all of the goodies.
Thank you to all of the supporters who stopped by today! Sky raised over $800 for Saving Paws Animal Rescue!
We would like to give a shout out to these two. Today they stopped by and donated half of their money from their stand to Sky. Thanks for passing on the KINDNESS, Easton and Finley!
Sky is all set!
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Congratulations to Vonnie Haack!
Indoor Winter Market 9-noon Algoma Community Wellness Center
Rain or shine, the lemonade stand is on!
Sky has been busy making tugs. New toys will be delivered to The Pearl of Door County - Gallery & Rock Shop and Donuts for Dogs! Proceeds from sales benefit Saving Paws Animal Rescue and HSHS St. Vincent Children's Hospital!
When you visit Sky’s Lemonade Stand be sure to enter your name in the giveaway. Sky put this basket together which includes 2 shirts, a hat, 2 homemade dog toys, treats and more!
Sky worked on a new product for her Lemonade Stand this morning. Hats are $10 each and proceeds benefit Saving Paws Animal Rescue.
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