No matter where you go in Door County, if there has been a way to support the Ramirez family, the community has found a way to help. Earlier this year, eight-year-old Lucia Ramirez was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, a fast-growing cancer that attacks white blood cells in a person’s blood and bone marrow. Lucia’s parents, Martin and Melanie, have had to take Lucia to and from Green Bay for treatments for at least one day a week if not more. The community has rallied behind the Ramirez family in multiple ways, including families cooking them meals, businesses like Door County Candle Company creating special fundraising products, and events like the Barney Fun Run in Sister Bay and the Sevastopol Color Run donating proceeds. It has been heartwarming to see for people like Katy Lau, who worked with Melanie at Nicolet National Bank until she had to take time off of work to help care for Lucia.

Nicolet National Bank is getting into the act on Friday with a brat fry at their downtown Sturgeon Bay office from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. You can contact the office to place to-go orders with all proceeds going to benefit the Ramirez family.