The Wolf River Builders Association’s annual Home and Sports Show gets under way today at the Crawford Center, 990 E. Green Bay St., in Shawano.
Previously dubbed the Home and Cottage Show, this year’s show is hoping to draw in a whole new crowd of sports enthusiasts. There are more than 40 vendors signed up for the event.
The show runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $3 or three cans of food.
WRBA officials say they are hoping to have a great show with many vendors pertaining to the home show theme, but are also interested in including organizations/businesses in the sports venue.
A new addition to the show’s lineup is Marianne Huskey, recipient of the Anglers Insight Marketing Angler of the Year Award for 2012. She will be one of the seminar speakers.
Huskey will speak Sunday afternoon about her adventures and how to fish like a champion. Huskey is also a United States Coast Guard captain and a licensed Wisconsin guide offering walleye and ice fishing trips.
Diane Montour, WRBA executive director, noted that the show will also be a chance for the organization to give back to other groups in the area.
“Even though we are a nonprofit ourselves, we work hard at giving back to the community and will again be donating all funds/canned foods collected at the door to Wolf River Habitat for Humanity and SAFPARC, the local food pantry,” Montour said. “The show is an awesome opportunity to get businesses some recognition as well as to help us contribute to the community.”
Also new to the show this year is the canstruction by the Shawano Area Young Professionals. The group will gather up the canned food collected at the event and turn it into a curious looking creation. Participants in other canstruction events have made replicas of things as diverse as American flags to slices of pie.
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