Archive for July 23rd, 2010

If you are one of the lucky ones who is not stuck in a sinkhole, mourning the loss of your yearbooks, or just watching Fox 6′s live feed of the sinkhole, you should probably include helping out someone else in your weekend plans. Your neighbors need help cleaning their basements and there are tree branches all over the place. Grab some gloves and go tidy this town up! Of course, let the city deal with anything related to power lines and blown manhole covers.

The Milwaukee County Historical Society had a flooded basement and they need help moving items to new, dry boxes. They are looking for volunteers to start around 10 a.m. Saturday. Call (414) 273-8288 for more info.

And, of course, there is always financial help. German Fest vendors and the Waukesha County Fair are two high profile events that took a big financial hit by essentially closing on Thursday. The Waukesha County Fair, in particular, issued a plea asking for support to make up for yesterday’s (financial) disaster. If you go to one of these festivals, spend a little extra cash than you would normally. There, we have just rationalized your overindulgence in food and drink.

Oh, and if you didn’t get a clue yesterday, now might be a good time to considering picking up some plastic bins if you have stuff stored in your basement! Nothing like rain and backed-up poo-poo water to really screw up your old clothes and toys.