These tickets are available at Frederick Place and at any of our brat sales. Also, watch for "pop up events" on our Frederick Place Facebook page. We will keep the running total updated on a weekly basis on our Summer Raffle Facebook Event, at the sales events, and in this newsletter.

On Sunday, June 5th, we completed the second largest annual fundraiser for NATH, "Bill Miller Memorial Golf Tournament." The event was held at Northwood Golf Club, and, as it has always been, it turned out to be a beautiful day!

Fourteen teams registered to play this year. With registrations, raffles, and sponsorships just under $5,000 was raised to help continue the operations of Frederick Place. This event is also another example of the great volunteer partners we have.

Although the hostas blooms have left us here at Frederick Place for this season we hope that you were able to see their beauty out front of the shelter. If you have enjoyed their beauty over the years you can thank Forth Foral and Hansen's Garden Center for donating the plants over the years, as well as Jim Barnes, NATH Board of Directors member and current chair of our facilities committee.

The two flowering trees out front were originally purchased from Birchwood Nursey with funds donated by Dr. Mike and Jule Henry, the late Bill Miller and his wife Carol, as well as John and Pat Larson. When trying to decide who "donated" what tree, John joked with Tammy Modic about which of the trees she could see best from the office, as that is the tree he wanted to be from Pat, Mike, Jule and himself.

If you are interested in becoming a board member or a committee member, please contact Tammy Modic at nathnorthwoods@gmail.com for more information.

This tri-fold was created to provide information about NATH - Frederick Place, as well as publicize upcoming fundraising events. Tammy Modic took the tri-fold board to Northern Advantage Job Center's recent Resource Fair, to help bring awareness tothe community about those experiencing homelessness and NATH - Frederick Place.

Guest Writer – Joy Smogor

Due to the pandemic, I had suspended my volunteer work as “Support Staff” at Frederick Place. Recently Tammy asked if I had a few hours during the month of June that I could contribute so she and Katie could have some quality administrative collaboration time. So, I returned on Tuesdays for a 4-hour shift. As “Support Staff” my responsibilities are: to answer the telephone, to answer the door bell, to help residents with tasks as able, to assist with clerical duties, to perform light housekeeping, to prepare food, etc. These are all tasks that take paid staff away from their work many, many times throughout their work day. My first day back at Frederick Place, something really remarkable happened. I

experienced 4 examples of the true “Faces of NATH.”

The front doorbell rang and I answered it. It was an older gentleman who had just returned from Europe with a suitcase full of baby formula. He had extra, so he stopped by the shelter to see if it was needed. Though there were no babies in the house at the time, Katie accepted the donation explaining to the gentleman which agencies she would contact to see if they had a need. When offered a receipt for his gift, the gentleman refused.

The telephone rang and I answered it. It was a man (who turned out to be from the mill in Rhinelander) who asked if he could donate an excess of cooked meat from a BBQ held that afternoon. When told, “Yes!” he and a buddy showed up at the door with 5 huge bags of hamburgers and 1 bag of hotdogs. When offered a receipt for their gift, the guys refused, saying they were just happy the food was not going to be wasted.

The resident doorbell rang and I answered it. It was a gentleman who was donating 6 dozen eggs to the house. It turned out that it was the man’s son who raises the chickens, and they were unable to use all the eggs they produced. When offered a receipt for this gift, the gentleman refused. He was just happy the eggs would be used.

Last, the front doorbell rang again and I answered it. There was “Jim” standing there with a homemade strawberry rhubarb pie. He said that he dropped off a pie periodically as baking was a hobby of his. When asked if he wanted a receipt for his gift, he said, “No, I only want to get my pie plate back.” As it turned out, Katie took one look at the pie and said, “Jim?” Then she immediately sliced into the beauty!

So, what do these examples all have in common? By coincidence all the gift givers were men. By coincidence they were all sharing food so it wouldn’t get wasted and others wouldn’t be hungry. All the gifts were given magnanimously.