By Susan Thompson | Lake Panorama Times
Taylor and Sarah Burkhardt, Panora
The annual holiday tour of homes sponsored by Women for Panora’s Future (WFPF) will be Sunday, Dec. 8. Four homes and two businesses are participating this year. Ticket-holders will choose their own route to each of the six locations between 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Homes on the tour are owned by Bruce and Marcia Roenfeld, Paul and Sue Nagel, Jerry and Laura Poore, and Taylor and Sarah Burkhardt. Tickets must be presented at the door of each home the day of the event.
Businesses on the tour are B&B Marketplace and Twin Vines. B&B Marketplace will have Christmas decorating ideas to share, while participants can enjoy a glass of wine, or purchase wine for holiday gifts at Twin Vines. Addresses for all six locations will be printed on the tickets.
Bruce and Marcia Roenfeld, Lake Panorama
Tickets purchased in advance cost $10; tickets purchased the day of the tour will be $15. Advance tickets are available now, and can be purchased from WFPF club members, Crafty’s Coffee, Panora Library or by calling 712-249-2142.
Tickets the day of the tour will be available at the Panora Community Center 1-4:30 p.m. Holiday refreshments will be available, and club members will be selling raffle tickets for $1. There also will be a door prize drawing.
The home tour usually raises enough money to award $500 scholarships each spring to two graduating Panorama Community School students. The tour is the group’s largest annual fundraiser; other key fundraisers are an annual raffle for a monthly plate of cookies or a pie, and a can collection drive in May and June.
Jerry and Laura Poore, Lake Panorama
WFPF members help decorate the Panora town square for Christmas and run the candy cane walk and cake walk during community events. They donate cookies for Memorial Day activities and the Haunted Village; clean the roadside ditches on Highway 4 north of Panora twice a year; hold two annual blood drives; donate money to several local organizations; and purchase Christmas presents for Panora Specialty Care residents. The group meets the second Tuesday of each month, and welcomes new members.
Paul and Sue Nagel, Lake Panorama