After its 14 years of a fundraising for Southern Door School’s student programs, the popular Haunted Mansion is now permanently closed due to the lack of interest from volunteers to fill their vacant core leadership team positions. Last year’s Haunted Mansion event was cancelled due to pandemic safety concerns. For the past month, organizers have been sending out requests for new community members to join the core leadership team, but unfortunately there was not enough interest to fill these volunteer roles. During its 14-year history, the Haunted Mansion raised a total of over $415,000 for various “pre-k through 12” student programs. There were typically more than 500 volunteers who annually helped run the events, but it was the core leadership team who dedicated more than 4,000 volunteer hours each year. Organizers send their thanks to all the volunteers over the years, Quietwoods, and Door County KOA for hosting and helping with the event every year. They also thank all the brave visitors who returned to get scared again and again year after year.
