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2026 Events

Winter Gala

Saturday, February 7th 2026

Noon - 3pm

The Winter Gala is an annual event hosted by the Menasha Parks and Recreation, that takes place in Smith Park. What a great day to enjoy snow sculptures and outdoor activities!

DICP supports the event by donating Manderfield's cookies, Lamers Dairy hot chocolate, and Shellattes coffee. Board members volunteer their time distributing the food and drinks.

We appreciate donations we share with our Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue team.

For more information, click here.

Clean Up Day

Saturday, May 2nd, 2026

A Doty Island Community event! Every year volunteers meet at the Community Building (181 E North Water Street, Neenah) at 9am and collect debris and garbage left over from winter.

Coffee, tea, and Donuts are offered to start the day!

Volunteers receive garbage bags, grabbers, and nitrile gloves. They are assigned an area of the Island to clean. Both Neenah and Menasha cities provide dumpsters for disposal of collected trash.

History Walk

JUNE 20th - JULY 5th 2026

DICP welcomes you to the 2026 Doty Island Historic Walking Tour.

Discover or rediscover our history!

7 NEW buildings this year!

NEW QR Codes on our signs!

We invite you to take a closer look at the vibrant Doty Island Community as we journey back into time and travel from the past to the present. Thank you to these property owners who preserve and take pride in our history to the present day.

Link to 2026 Historic Walk Tour Map

Link to 2026 History Walk Page

Grunski Runski

Saturday, September 26th 2026

Join DICP as we cheer on the runners participating in the Grunski Runski 5K on Doty Island! DICP members set up a cheer tent and signs on the corner of Nicolet and Park Street. Click here for more information from Parks & Rec.

Annual Meeting

Monday, November 23, 2026

At the Annual Meeting we recap our year, celebrate, and vote for the following year's board. Dinner is provided. All paid members will receive an initiation this fall so watch your mailboxes!

Below is last year's invitation.

Doty Island Planters

Sponsorships begin on February 1st

You have the opportunity to sponsor one of the 24 planters along the Commercial Street corridor, in Neenah.

Sponsors donate funds to help alleviate the cost of maintenance, plants and watering of the planters.

The planters are part of DICP's beautification program.

We appreciate your support!

Want to become a sponsor?

Island Rummage Sales

Saturday, June 13th 2026

Have a rummage sale during our annual

Doty Island Rummage Sales!

Enjoy this Community event!

Registration is FREE! We just need to know your address and what items you are selling. We will add the sales to our map and advertise for you on social media, our website, and multiple rummage sale websites.

We do the work of advertising...

You reap the benefits!

View the MAP

PorchFest

PorchFest 2026 Update:We hope you all are doing as well as can be expected in the aftermath of the tornado. We are posting announce we are officially cancelling PorchFest 2026.

Due to the damage at Smith Park and surrounding area, including the host homes, it won’t be safe to host the event this year. We are incredibly sad to be cancelling but feel it is the best option at this time.

We have contacted all our entertainment, host homes, food trucks, and sponsors. If anyone has any questions feel free to reach out to Steph at sacheslock@gmail.com.

We will be back bigger and better next year so mark your calendars now--August 26, 2027!!

Hometown Halloween

Thursday, October 22 2026

Join the city of Menasha downtown businesses for a night of spooky fun!

Bring the kid's to trick or treat at all of our great local stores and restaurants. Don't forget to stop in the Senior Center for balloon animals and cider passed out by DICP members. We look forward to seeing all of your great costumes!