The Dover-Kansasville Betterment Committee   Helen Lena - Historical Lou Maniez - Grounds Patrick Haley - Chairperson Heidi Mueller - Raffles Brian  – Raffles Maryellen Aschauer – Children Games Marie Frederick -Venetian Parade, Welcome Tent & T-Shirts Johnia Burgan – Petting Zoo James Bergles – Music   Volunteers & Contributions The Dover-Kansasville Betterment Committee always welcomes volunteers and contributions of time, talent or treasure. Contact: info@kansasvillewi.com or call Marie Fredrick at 878-5047.     Purpose The Dover-Kansasville Betterment Committee is made up of anyone who wishes to help make the Town of Dover a better place to live. Projects undertaken by Betterment Committee helps build community pride, spirit, identity and unity.   Signs, banners and the logo contest increase the community's aesthetic value and give it identity. Historical displays help citizens remember and appreciate the past but at the same time build pride in Dover's progress. The picnic, Venetian boat parade and fireworks help unite the community. Neighbors meet neighbors while together they celebrate life in the Town of Dover.   Background Kansasville is an unicorporated village within the Town of Dover. Much of Dover, in fact, has a Kansasville mailing address as Kansasville does have its own post office.   The Betterment Committee was formed in 2006 by Patrick Haley while he was town supervisor #1. Its first task was to throw the largest party in the history of Dover - "Kansasville's Sesquicentennial Hometown Picnic" - in order to commemorate Kansasville's founding in 1856. The celebration has now become the annual "Hometown Picnic".   Today The Betterment Committee and a group of community volunteers continue to stage the Hometown Picnic each August on the Saturday before Labor Day weekend. Located in Eagle Lake County Park, the celebration includes historical displays, children's games, a petting zoo, free root beer floats, music, food and other attractions. Following the picnic is a Venetian Boat Parade around Eagle Lake and fireworks over the lake, all organized by Betterment Committee volunteers.   Other Projects Other projects undertaken by the Betterment Committee are hanging decorative banners on telephone poles in the main thoroughfares and maintaining historical display cases in the town hall. In 2008, the Betterment Committee sponsored a logo contest to develop the Town of Dover's first-ever logo. A project in the works is designing and erecting the community's first "Welcome to Dover-Kansasville" signs. Additionally, we host yearly picnic festivities and Christmas tree lighting ceremony to show support and unity for our town!   Funding While the Town of Dover supports the hometown picnic financially, donations from residents and local businesses make all other projects possible.