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(Editor’s Note: The Shawano Area Community Foundation, in conjunction with NEW Media, has staged a Celebration of Giving Volunteer of the Year promotion for more than 10 years. Each year, select area volunteers are presented $1,000 cash grants for their efforts to improve the quality of life in the Wolf River Region. The awards, sponsored by area businesses, are then reinvested back into area nonprofit organizations at the direction of the award winners. This is the last in a series profiling outstanding volunteers in the community.)

It was World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) on May 13, a global biannual campaign that will be held again this fall, on Oct. 14. These two days celebrate the spring and fall migration of birds across countries and continents, spanning both the northern and southern hemispheres between which we share many of our migratory birds.

Handing children a saw near a golf course might not seem like the wisest decision in the world, but in Lakewood, it’s hands-on learning for students to understand Wisconsin’s logging history.

The Holt and Balcom Logging Camp No. 1, surrounded by McCauslin Brook Golf Course, is considered to the oldest logging camp still on its original site. Created in 1881, the logging camp was used in many different ways until 1929. The camp was given to the Oconto County Historical Society in 1949 but was passed to the McCaslin Lions Club, which restored the building and offered tours.

(Editor’s Note: The Shawano Area Community Foundation, in conjunction with NEW Media, has staged a Celebration of Giving Volunteer of the Year promotion for more than 10 years. Each year, select area volunteers are presented $1,000 cash grants for their efforts to improve the quality of life in the Wolf River Region. The awards, sponsored by area businesses, are then reinvested into area nonprofit organizations at the direction of the award winners. This is the fourth in a series profiling outstanding volunteers in the community.)