This week’s bouquets go to:

The Escanaba Kiwanis Club would like to thank everyone involved in making the 2025 Home and Garden Show and Pancake Days an excellent success.

This year a huge army of volunteers assisted in our set-up and tear-down, service of our pancake meal and 50/50 ticket sales. They include members of RSVP, Eskymo hockey team, Scouting America Troop 411, Gladstone/Rapid River Kiwanis Club, Aktion Club, RICC, Dennis LaMarche and his 50/50 team, along with family and friends of Kiwanis.

We also appreciate the work of Rebecca Krans of MSU Extension and the Master Gardeners for the excellent Smart Gardening presentations held throughout the weekend, and the Escanaba Key Club for the hot dogs provided for family night, and Jennie Bagley Brown of Moonlight Entertainment who provided DJ music and karaoke for our family night event. We also thank Pioneer TV and Appliance for the use of a big screen to highlight our service projects for attendees.

We always receive excellent support from local media and this year was no exception with thanks going to RRN, WYKX/WDBC, TV6, TV19, My UP Now and the Daily Press.

We also received much appreciated contributions from the following local businesses:

Escanaba McDonalds, Norway Springs, Jasper Sugar Bush, DS Tech and UP State Bank.

For the third year, Ness Contracting has sponsored a children’s scavenger hunt, providing prizes for all participants and a Razor electric scooter as a grand prize. Donations from Delta Fence and The Carpet and Drapery Shoppe, and Immanuel Lutheran Church also supported our family night events and Thrivent Financial assisted with food purchases.

Thank you also to the vendors who support our philanthropy and community members who have supported us so well for the past 68 years. We’ll see you at next year’s show April 10-12, 2026.

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Each Saturday the Daily Press salutes individuals and groups from our area who have had a very positive impact on the way we live.

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