08/28/2026
🌟 A Summer Full of Possibilities for Our Teens! 🌟
This summer, our teens had so many opportunities to learn, create, explore, lead, and have fun through Clubhouse programming and incredible community partnerships!
💙 A special thank-you to the Door County Community Foundation for providing grant funding for our Teen Summer Expert Series. This support helped us connect teens with community experts and create meaningful opportunities to explore new interests, careers, and skills.
Through the series, teens:
🔬 Explored 3D printing, design, and technology with the Einstein Project Mobile Design Lab
🦅 Learned about wildlife and conservation with Open Door Bird Sanctuary
🎭 Built confidence and creativity through improv with Third Avenue Playworks — an opportunity requested directly by our teens!
👶 Earned babysitting certifications through the American Red Cross, with 19 teens completing the course and receiving their own babysitter kits.
And that was just the beginning! Through broader Clubhouse programming, teens tackled coding and programming challenges at Club STEM, explored drone technology, and designed solar ovens to cook s’mores using the power of the sun! ☀️🍫
⛵ With the Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse Preservation Society, Inc., teens designed and built cardboard boats for the Cardboard Regatta, putting their creativity, teamwork, and engineering skills to the test.
🌿Thanks to the Friends of Whitefish Dunes State Park, teens explored nature in a whole new way — discovering how the outdoors can inspire creativity and bringing art to life through nature exploration.
👩🍳 Through Brown County Uw-Extension Foodwise, teens practiced safe culinary skills while learning more about nutrition, healthy choices, and preparing food with confidence.
From STEM and engineering to theatre, wildlife, outdoor exploration, creative arts, culinary skills, career exploration, and life skills, this summer was about helping teens discover what interests them and see what they’re capable of.
Most importantly, we’re listening to our teens and giving them a voice in shaping the programming we provide. 💙
Thank you to the United Way of Door County, Door County Community Foundation, Friends of Whitefish Dunes, UW Extension FoodWIse, and all of our amazing community partners for investing in our youth and helping make these experiences possible!