BOSCOBEL, Wis. — A small-town community in southwest Wisconsin wants to raise $100,000 to help its residents rebuild after storms devastated their streets last summer.
Boscobel is still cleaning up after a tornado tore through town in August of 2021. Houses were leveled, roads ripped up and their historic 170-year-old cemetery torn apart, where caskets of loved ones were uprooted along with the decades-old pines that line the grounds.
Weeks after that storm, local musician Doug Wayne put together a fundraiser that brought in $27,000. He wants to do it again – this time, with a goal of $50,000, and a former Boscobel native who’s willing to make that $100,000.
“Pecy Pitzer is his name, he’s a retired warden,” Wayne told us. “He called me and he said, ‘I hear you’re doing another fundraiser’… he says, ‘you hit $50,000, and I’m gonna match it.’”
The money will go toward repairs still required at the ceremony, including replacing pines and the historic fence that runs along the perimeter.
The fundraiser is this Saturday, September 17, in the village of Woodman at the park in town. Live music runs all day, punctuated by live auction items and food and drink. All the proceeds go to Boscobel’s recovery.
If you can’t make it, you can also send a check in donation to P.O. Box 215
Boscobel, WI 53805.
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