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Noteworthy at the Mills


Kristin Fleetwood, Executive Director
​We are thrilled to announce that we have
​officially hired our new Executive Director.

Kristin Fleetwood moved to the Benzie area in 2010. A graduate of Grand Valley State University, she had been working in the virtual school system since 2015 supporting elementary students and their families. The Mills has been a part of her life in Benzonia starting from her very first summer when she attended a job fair on the upper level, and
since then she and her family have continued enjoying
many of the programs offered here. 
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​Please join us in welcoming Kristin!

AND THE WINNER IS...
Mills Community House!!!

The Mills Board was thrilled to receive the winning vote at the October 6th meeting of the 100+ Women Who Care. The funds will be used to add restroom facilities on the upper level of the building. A huge THANK YOU to this wonderful group of women dedicated to helping Benzie County non-profit organizations. 10/2021
Visit our 100 + Women Who Care Page for details>
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Vice President, Steve Stephens; Director, Samantha Wolfe; Treasurer, Donna Brown; Director, Jane Sullivan; President, Jimmy McLaren; Secretary, Roger Dewey; Director, Ruth Catton; and Director, Duane Nugent. Ruth Catton, Donna Brown, and Samantha Wolfe are also members of 100+ Women Who Care.

Monarch Waystations
The Mills is thrilled to announce our gardens on the south side of the building have ​been registered as  Monarch Waystations. 

Monarch Waystations provide milkweeds, nectar plants, and shelter for monarchs throughout their annual cycle of reproduction and migration. Creating and maintaining a Monarch Waystation ​contributes to monarch conservation and helps assure the continuation of the monarch migration in North America. 

Create, Conserve, and Protect Monarch Habitats
Monarch Waystations brochure (PDF>monarchwatch.org/
Visit www.monarchwatch.org for additional details
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5/3/21
Monarch Waystations logo for www.MonarchWatch.org
Monarch Waystations logo for www.MonarchWatch.org
Monarch Waystation at Mills Community House
Monarch Waystation at Mills Community House

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Summer 2015
My name is Eryk L. Feala and I started with the Boy Scouts in September 2009 by joining Troop 10 which is chartered in Blaine Christian Church of Arcadia.  I have progressed through all the ranks and am now a Life Scout completing my requirements for Eagle Scout.  I'm graduating from BCHS this year and have also completed a 2 year course of Public Safety at TBA.  I have played football and wrestled for 2 seasons at BCHS. I am currently an officer in the Order of the Arrow, vice chief of Programs; a Boy Scouts Honor Society which helps our BSA camps.  This summer I will be working at Cole Canoe base as a Senior Patrol Leader and taking training as a River Ranger and experienced ATV rider which should be great fun.  In July I will be going on a BSA high adventure to Juneau, Alaska for 2 weeks, hiking a glacier, fishing for salmon, and doing some service work on our National parks.

I chose the Mills Community House Project because I thought it would be a challenging project that had a lot of elements to do for competition.  Painting, sanding, installation of newel posts, installation of bench, restoration of cement work, and lots of opportunity to show leadership and responsibility.  Also, the Mills Community House is a public building and would make a visible impact on the community and let them know what Boy Scouts are all about;  Service to our community.

Eryk L. Feala

A huge "THANK YOU" to Eryk Feala, BSA Troop 10, for refurbishing the front porch of the Mills Community House as his Eagle Scout project.  Eryk did a fantastic job coordinating and implementing much needed repairs and painting.  Stop by & check it out. If you see Eryk, be sure to tell him "Thanks" for a job well done!
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EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

April
11 Plant Diagnostic Clinic
​13 Academy Lecture: Hospitals of Benzie County
26 100+ Women Who Care
​27 Titanic Remembered
29 Dance Class 
​29 Community Dance

May
  9 Plant Diagnostic Clinic​
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11 Academy Lecture: Some of Benzie County's Earliest Settlers
16 Blood Drive
17 Plant It Wild

June
​
 8 Academy Lecture: 
​13 Plant Diagnostic Clinic
21 Plant It Wild​

July
​
11 Plant Diagnostic Clinic
​  3 Academy Lecture:
18 Blood Drive
19 Plant It Wild 
​26 100+ Women Who Care

Visit Events Page for details>
​Private events are not listed.

VIRTUAL TOUR 
provided by Travers City Tourism

Location


RENTALS: At the MILLS
Visit Facility Use Page for details:
Meeting Space - lower level
Mills Hall - upper level
All areas are handicap accessible with an elevator serving all three floors.
The Middle floor is NOT available as it is leased by the Benzonia Public Library.


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Mills Community House Association
PO Box 421, ​891 Michigan Ave.
​Benzonia, MI 49616
millscommhouse@gmail.com
​231-882-0591

Kristin Fleetwood,
​Executive Director
​Spring hours Mondays 10-2
or by appointment.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Donna Brown, Ruth Catton, 
Jimmy McLaren, ​Jane Sullivan,
​Colleen Swartz, and ​Samantha Wolfe.

Link to Google Map>
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Make an online DONATION to the
Mills Community House Association
using PayPal Secure Checkout.

Click on the DONATE button which
takes you to our PayPal site where you have the option of using a credit card OR your PayPal account. 
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A 501(c) 3 organization
Tax ID (EIN): 75-2977687

ENDOWMENT FUND INFORMATION

Our mission is to provide
stewardship and promotion of the
historic Mills Community House
as a venue for events and services
that enrich lives.

Land Acknowledgement
​Benzie county occupies the ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of Anishinabek people. The Mills Community house recognizes the Anishinabek of the Three Fires Confederacy, the Odawa (Ottawa), Ojibwa (Chippewa), and Bode'wadmi (Potawatomi); historic Indigenous communities in Michigan; and those who were forcibly removed from their homelands. Benzie County occupies land ceded in the treaty of 1855. We give thanks to the Anishinabek as the caretakers of the Earth and for their relationship to the land.