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SCLA'S Website is Under Construction!

Thanks to a generous SCLA family, SCLA's communications, including this website, are being updated.
In February 2025, we will launch our new website: filled with news, events, & education
with NEW SECTIONS for SCLA MEMBERS and their families. 


MEMBER NEWS & EVENTS will be limited to ACTIVE members only. If you have not renewed for 2025, do so ASAP. 
Can't remember ...
Sign in & check Member Profile Here.
  
MEMBER pages require login! 
Login With:  THE Avatar ON DESKTOP or
With THE ARROW at Top of YOUR MOBILE Device.
         

scla VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL WORKING!

renewed YOUR 2025 MEMBERSHIP?

Renewals were due by Dec. 31, 2024 (to be voting eligible & active)!
You can renew for 2025 without voting eligibility (required to get Member Benefits like SpiderLines, monthly updates, Member News & Events)

1. Download and complete the: 2025 Member Renewal Form.

Mail your completed form with a check  to:
SCLA P.O. Box 1082, Hayward, WI 54843 

2. RENEW NOW Click the button! Login to Renew!
       

DONATIONS FUND OUR WORK!  

If you have already made your annual donation, THANK YOU!
Two types of gifts:
(1) Preserve & Protect Fund (allocated 2/3 to Endowment and 1/3 to Emergency Reserve) and (2) "Fish Member Gift" - allocated directly to operating expenses. 

Ways To Donate:

  • Online (log-in first)

  • By Check (including from Donor Advised Funds (DAFs))

  • Securities transfer (direct to SCLA account)
  • IRA qualified distribution (check with your IRA administrator)

LEARN MORE  
Online payment renewing your membership at a FISH MEMBER TIER TAKES:
TWO STEPS: (1) Donation and (2) Renewal.

“Fish Member Gifts” funded nearly 50% of the SCLA FY 2024 budget. The annual per household cost of SCLA expenses is over $400.
If you have not yet donated, please consider adding SCLA to your charitable giving to either:
(i) a Fish Member Gift or (ii) the Preserve & Protect Fund (which is allocated 2/3 to Endowment and 1/3 to Emergency Reserve).

AND WHILE you wait for the new WEBSITE...

VOLUNTEER!

Volunteer with your Spider Lake neighbors
Contact us at: SpiderChainOfLakes@gmail.com.
SCLA VOLUNTEER NEEDS: 

  • SpiderLines Editor: Coordinate authors and content, bring your style!
 Time required: 10 hours/year (5 hrs each Spring and Fall)
 Qualifications: Proficiency in MS Word or Apple Pages; great collaborator.
    • Database Managers:  3 volunteers to help manage SCLA database of members, events, emails using user-friendly Wild Apricot

    Time required: 24 to 48 hours/year. More fun & less time if two or three volunteer. 
    Qualifications: Basic spreadsheet skills; great collaborator. Training (initial and ongoing) provided.  Database is on easy-to-learn, well supported Wild Apricot platform.  Minimum 2 year commitment please.  SCLA professional consultants support this position.

    • Monthly Email Editor: Organize and create monthly emails (content mostly provided; easy peezy!)

    Time Required:  1-2 hrs/month
    Qualifications: proficient writer; MS Word or Apple Pages

    • Website Coordinator: Coordinate content updates for SCLA Wild Apricot professionals to ensure website content is updated as needed. 

    Time required:  2 hours/month (April-September).  1 hour/month (October-March) 
    Qualifications:  Love of Spider Lake; collaboration with content creators

    • Annual Member Picnic Team:  Team of two couples/partners or four friends to coordinate 2025 annual member picnic (8/31/25 at Spider Lake Town Hall).  Also need volunteers to coordinate games, set up, clean up.

    Time required:  Begin asap; this is 70th anniversary year- you decide your hours! 
    Qualifications:  Love to have fun and create environment for others to have fun too.  SCLA Picnic Handbook provided.  
    Application deadline: March 15, 2025.

    • 70th Anniversary – 2025 Celebratory Event (Date TBD) Brainstormers/Ambassadors: JOIN the TEAM to launch the 2025 celebration of the 70th anniversary of SCLA. Sunset lakeside chats with apps, music, dancing (?); Bocce Ball? Corn Hole? Sunset cruising/regatta-in-slow-or-no-motion?

    Time and Qualifications:   Negotiable :-).
    Application deadline:      February 28, 2025


    SAVE THE DATES

    2025 Wisconsin Lakes & Rivers Convention 
    March 26-28, 2025

    Holiday Inn & Convention Center, Stevens Point
    LEARN from experts, organizers, advocates
    ENGAGE in workshops
    ENHANCE your network of advocates


    60+ concurrent sessions Thurs. & Fri. morning.
    Virtual option available.
    Details:  WisconsinWaterWeek.org

    Picnic island Living Lab & Lakeside Chats
    Dates: Follow on EVENTS page

    Join SCLA members and lake specialists for Lakeside Chats and watering of native plants.  Volunteers needed to water new plants. Email SpiderChainOfLakes@gmail.com to volunteer.

    SCLA LAKE MONITOR education & refresher course
    June 28 9:00-10:30 am

    Spider Lake Town Hall

    Refresher for Lake Monitors, Training for new monitors.  Join this 1st line of defense against Eurasian Watermilfoil (EWM) while paddling!

    Check EVENTS page for updates

    Spider Lake My Shoreline Week
    June 28 - July 6

    Launch at Town Hall June 28; continue on your shoreline and other locations including "Lakeside Chats" on Picnic Island.  Check EVENTS page for details.

    NW Wisconsin Lakes Conference
    June 20, 2025

    Hayward High School
    Details: NWWiscLakesConference.org

    Check EVENTS page for updates

    Annual Meeting of SCLA Members 
    May 24, 2025

    Spider Lake Town Hall 

    4th of July Boat Parade & Decorating Contest!

    Decorate your boat, canoe, kayak, SUP & join
    the celebration on Little Spider

    S.L.E.E.K. 
    July 5, 2025  9:00-11:30 am

    For active members & their families. Location: TBD

    SCLA 70th Anniversary Celebration 
    July TBD

    Annual SCLA Member Picnic
    August 31, 2025

    Spider Lake Town Hall (4:00 - 6:00 pm)

    For active members & their families



    SCLA RELIES ON VOLUNTEERS.  
    CONTACT US TO VOLUNTEER!

    CONTACT INFORMATION:
    Spider Chain of Lakes Association
    PO Box 1082 • Hayward, WI 54843SpiderChainOfLakes@gmail.com

    DONATE 

    Spider Chain of Lakes Association is a Wisconsin 501(c)3 Corporation. Contributions are tax deductible where allowed by law. 
    SCLA Tax ID is 39-1480182.

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