Northern Door Children's Center students in Sister Bay will continue its version of "Ring Around the Rosy" next week when the facility begins the second phase of its renovation project. As a part of its $3.6 million Essential Campaign, Northern Door Children's Center is reimagining its space to expand its offerings and enrollment to satisfy the community's needs. After adding new wings to its facility as a part of the project's first phase, the second phase will include new infant/toddler classroom space, furniture, student bathrooms, a gazebo, remodeled spaces such as the offices, kitchen, pantry, laundry room, and library, and updated mechanicals such as plumbing, sprinkler, and HVAC electrical. To accommodate the changes, Karen Corekin-DeLaMer says students have been shuffled around the building to accommodate the construction. This merry-go-round will continue when work restarts on Monday. She says the Northern Door Children's Center has been blessed with a lot of community support, whether it is small donations or big ones like the $25,000 donation made by the Senior Citizens Agency of Northern Door (SCAND) Auxiliary Board earlier this month.

The organization will also donate books to the Northern Door Children's Center for its expanded children's library courtesy of SCAND's Bargains Unlimited. The Northern Door Children's Center's Essential Campaign is over 95 percent funded toward its $3.6 million goal.