Holiday Charity Gala
2023 Holidays in Hollywood
The 2023 annual charity gala theme was deemed Holidays in Hollywood by the HCG Committee.
We had amazing support from Chamber Members and area businesses who had provided sponsorships and donations to the event in efforts to raise funds for the Chamber Foundation's Scholarship Program and Educational Workforce initiatives. We are grateful for everyone's participation and cannot wait until next year!
This year's Gala committee included: Co-Chairs, Stephanie Edge, Bay Cities Radio & Amanda Zahnow, Marinette Menominee Chamber of Commerce; Cindy Bailey, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College; Chantel Stuppnig, Farmers & Merchants Bank & Trust; Diane Mielke, St. John Paul II Catholic Academy; Kathy Springberg, Trident Maritime Systems; Madison Darling, Provident Health Foundation; Melissa Ebsch, Bay Cities Radio; Tammi Salewsky, iBeAuthentic.
Event Volunteers included: Emcee, John Hofer, Chamber Past President; Auctioneer, Nellie Beland; Santa Claus, Dr. Aaron Steuck, Chamber Board Member.
Wave Volunteers: Adam Landenberger, Wave Chair; Adam Orth, Amanda Kalkhoff, Amanda Nelson, Ashley Berken, Cassandra Brown, Cecilie Beaudo, Hilary Homa, Jeffery Mattingly, Kellie McCarthy, Kody Klumb, Kyle Klumb James Bastien, Leha Lebich.
Event Volunteers: Joshua Nerat and Nathan Zahnow.
Past Chamber Foundation Scholarship Recipient: Lauryn Albaugh
Special Performance by Theatre on the Bay.
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2022 Holiday Charity Gala: Happy Holly Days!
The 2022 annual charity gala theme was deemed Happy Holly Days by the HCG Committee in recognition of long-time Chamber employee and event coordinator, Holly Meyer.
We had amazing support from Chamber Members and area businesses who had provided sponsorships and donations to the event in efforts to raise funds for the Chamber Foundation's Scholarship Program and Educational Workforce initiatives. We are grateful for everyone's participation and cannot wait until next year!
This year's Gala committee included: Co-Chairs, Stephanie Edge, Bay Cities Radio & Amanda Zahnow, Marinette Menominee Chamber of Commerce; Ann Kresl, Bellin Health; Bethany Skorik, Fincantieri Marinette Marine; Cindy Bailey, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College; Chantel Stuppnig, Farmers & Merchants Bank & Trust; Diane Mielke, St. John Paul II Catholic Academy; Jan Allman, Fincantieri Marine Group; Kathy Springberg, Trident Maritime Systems; Madison Darling, Provident Health Foundation; Melissa Ebsch, Bay Cities Radio; Tammi Salewsky, iBeAuthentic.
Event Volunteers included: Emcee, John Hofer, Chamber President; Auctioneer, Nellie Beland & owner Jacqui Engler-Superior Auction & Appraisal; Santa Claus, Dr. Aaron Steuck, Chamber Board Member.
Wave Volunteers: Cecilie Beaudo, Wave Chair; Adam Orth, Amanda Kalkhoff, Hilary Homa, James Bastien, Leha Lebich, Michelle Hu, and Salina Hernandez.
All Around Volunteers: Joshua Nerat, Julie Hoffmeyer, and Nathan Zahnow
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Rebecca Noble, Psychology Faculty member NWTC Marinette
Kim Mech, Account Executive NWTC CTED
Cindy Bailey, Dean NWTC Marinette
Amanda Nelson, Customer Contact Marketing, NWTC Marinette](https://growthzonecmsprodeastus.azureedge.net/sites/1858/2022/12/317855378_10160560475715238_2198222755647060925_n-a8c9247c-0cf7-4414-9a67-635c57029e86.jpg)
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Hilary Homa, Aaron Steuck, Adam Orth, Leha Lebich, Chantel Stuppnig](https://growthzonecmsprodeastus.azureedge.net/sites/1858/2022/12/Wave-volunteers-4-3804053a-18ca-4917-8212-ef3c4d012e49.jpg)
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1st Row L to R: Jacque Boudreau, Madison Darling, Stephanie Edge, Melissa Ebsch
Back Row L to R: Josh Nerat, Nathan Zahnow, Amanda Zahnow, Sandy & Dr. Aaron Steuck, John Hofer](https://growthzonecmsprodeastus.azureedge.net/sites/1858/2022/12/Group-0b02c097-1028-4239-8cb0-eacca1595184.jpg)
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Front L to R: John Hofer, Chantel Stuppnig, Cecilie Beaudo, Amanda Kalkhoff, Michelle Hu](https://growthzonecmsprodeastus.azureedge.net/sites/1858/2022/12/Wave-Volunteers-1-6c767280-0a4f-4f45-942c-5f479859edc5.jpg)
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