05/25/2026
Well kids the dinner fundraisers have been completed! Thank you all so much for coming out and supporting our community and nations birthday events this year. Together, we raised $2505.25 ❤️❤️❤️
July 4 2026
America 250yrs - Paradise 100yrs
1pm Parade, Games 3-5 at WTCC
Dusk the
“ BIG BANG OVER THE BAY” fireworks show!
Game winners announced and medals given❤️ before fireworks!
Firefighter, EMS, Fireworks team appreciation after fireworks.
7052 M-123 Paradise, MI 49768
August 22 2026
Vermillion Lifesaving Station 150yrs
Public tours and refreshments! More information coming soon!
At life saving station
N. Vermillion Rd. Paradise Mi 49768
October 10 2026
House Centennial Cranberry Farm
150yrs
Jim Collins will be preparing Whitefish Chowder in the Lockner Cauldron over a camp fire! The House family will be feverishly picking this wonderful fruit and packing them up for your holidays ❤️ Many tasty gifts too! So come pick for yourself (bring a stool and bucket if you like) or purchase these beauties the easy way in the gift shop!
30935 Wildcat Rd, Paradise, 49768
Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped me do this! As I always say “Nobody lives here alone” Thank you to Cheryl Purcell from the WBF for selling pies and donating half the profits❤️also to Emmy Lucas for frosting our cakes, ❤️Jan and Curt Vogel, And Mike Hobbs for bringing the Heart and Soul information to our community and attending every benefit ❤️ also to the many others that helped in so many ways…thanks goes to all that just came and helped as if they were at home ❤️
We will continue to collect donations for fireworks this year and to keep the “Big Bang Over the Bay”continuing for years to come….
We will also continue to help Whitefish Township, Paradise Area Chamber Of Commerce and the Paradise Area Tourism Council raise funds to keep this long running event scheduled for years to come!
Always held on the 4th of July! Always over the Bay!
You can mail your donations to
WT Fireworks Fund 7052 M-123
Paradise, MI 49768 stop by the office or drop them in the donation container on the fireworks grounds.
See you there! 🧨