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2025 SUMmer FUNdraiser

Sat Sep 13, 2025 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Thatcher Woods Pavilion, 60305

2025 SUMmer FUNdraiser

Sat Sep 13, 2025 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Thatcher Woods Pavilion, 60305

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Join SUM for a new annual tradition, our SUMmer FUNdraiser! Yes, we're firm believers that September 13 is still summer these days.

SUM's mission is more people spending more time outside, and that includes at our annual fundraiser. We'll have live music, great local food and drink, and a variety of fun activities outside. With kayaking, forest therapy, hiking, art and more, our SUMmer FUNdraiser is a family-friendly event and a restorative experience outside all wrapped up in one. Plus, we'll raise critically important funds to support SUM's community programming and organizational development. 

  • Doors open at 12pm; kayaking available on the pond, great for all ages
  • Food/music/drinks/tie dying/painting/field games/mingling throughout
  • Guided forest therapy with Sarah from That Forest Feeling at 1pm; an Awe Walk with SUM at 2pm
  • Short program at 3pm

Hear directly from some of the approximately  2,500 people SUM has helped spend more time outside, mingle with our growing community and have a great Saturday afternoon in the woods! This event is rain or shine, as we have indoor space at our disposal. Chill dogs are welcome, but must be on a leash at all times and must stay outside.

Tickets are available now, both individually and in packs of 5. 

Please also consider donating a ticket for a community partner to use, and monetary donations above and beyond ticket purchases are immensely appreciated! If you wish to make a donation in lieu of attending, without buying a ticket, please click here. You have lots of options, and your support is immensely appreciated.

Thank you to our sponsors!

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Event sponsorship is available! For info contact Josh Ellis at josh@sum.fun. Learn more about SUM at www.sum.fun

Location

Thatcher Woods Pavilion, 60305