Soo Lake Bar & Grill Fundraiser Helps Support Our Purple Heart Heroes

30 October 2025

Collage of Soo Lake Bar and Grill events

Please join us in recognizing and thanking the Soo Lake Bar & Grill for hosting another amazing Labor Day Fundraiser that benefitted WWIA and our Purple Heart Heroes. It was tons of fun in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, as this 3rd annual event featured over $6,000 in available prizes, basket raffles, a pass the bucket that was generously matched by Burgers Bar & Grill Phillips and Crane Chase Bar & Grill, a silent auction, a bake sale by Soo Lake United Association, Inc., a scavenger hunt (graciously run by the Hellners), a gun raffle that featured five awesome firearms, an additional silent auction with autographed sports memorabilia, including a Jordan Love autographed jersey, a signed Green Bay Packer football, and so much more! Delicious food was available courtesy of Lola’s Lunchbox and Fat Daddy’s Ice Cream food trucks. And to top it all off, everyone danced into the night with phenomenal music courtesy of The Freezers Rock!

Thanks to the remarkable generosity of the local patrons, and the combined efforts of the Soo Lake Bar and Grill, and local WWIA Event Staff, this fundraiser raised an astonishing…..drum roll please …….$26,060!! WOW! This generous donation will help WWIA continue its mission to bring Honor, Connection, and Healing to our combat-wounded Veterans, and will go toward the 19th Annual Camp Hackett Event at WWIA’s Northern Healing Center in Phillips, Wisconsin.

This fundraising event was a stellar success and would not have been possible without the exceptional efforts of the following: Mark and Kara Mahoney (owners of Soo Lake Bar & Grill), WWIA Event Staff: Scott Prescher, Bob Bolz, Jeff & Cindy Conger, Dan Gruenke, Ernie Berger, Randy Holler, Dick Heitkemper, Pat Schultz, and Mike Reed. Additional thanks to Soo Lake United Association, Inc., and Ross’s Sport Shop and Guide Service. Special thanks to Wings Over Wisconsin (Coulee Region), Jeff and Cindy Conger, Jim Trone, and WWIA Event Staff, for donating guns for the raffle.

THANK YOU ALL for your planning, hard work, and ingenuity in making this fundraiser so amazingly successful and fun! We are humbled and incredibly grateful for your outstanding support! Last, but certainly not least, a HUGE debt of gratitude to everyone who came out to support the event: the generous sponsors, the wonderful patrons, the awesome vendors, the gracious volunteers, and the hardworking staff. This is a testament to the generosity and patriotism of the local Northwoods community! See you again next year!