Donor Recognition

DECISIONS NEXT FALL. WELL, TOMORROW IS NOVEMBER, AND MANY PEOPLE WILL START TAKING DOWN THE HALLOWEEN LIGHTS AND PUTTING UP THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. AND THATS EXACTLY WHAT THEYRE DOING THIS MORNING AT THIS YEARS CHRISTMAS FANTASY HOUSE. 12 NEWS IS MALLORY ANDERSON JOINING US LIVE IN PEWAUKEE. VOLUNTEERS THERE PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON THE DISPLAY AND MALLORY THE DECORATIONS ARE GOING UP FOR A GOOD CAUSE. THATS EXACTLY RIGHT. SO THIS IS A 30 YEAR OLD MILWAUKEE AREA TRADITION WHERE FOR 25 BUCKS YOU CAN COME AND SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS FANTASY HOUSE. AND THEN THE PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE, WHICH REALLY HELPS LOCAL FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. JOINING ME THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT THIS HOUSE IS THE HOMEOWNER, LAURA SWANN. LAURA, THANKS SO MUCH FOR MAKING TIME FOR US. ABSOLUTELY. SO THERES BEEN 18 DECORATORS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH AND TRANSFORMED EVERY INCH OF YOUR HOUSE. WHAT HAS THAT BEEN LIKE? IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE OVERWHELMING. IM NOT GOING TO LIE, BUT THEY HAVE TRANSFORMED THIS HOME INTO EVEN MORE OF THE HOME THAT IT HAS BEEN FOR OUR FAMILY. AND WERE JUST SO HONORED TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THIS AND TO DONATE OUR HOME TO BENEFIT THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE THIS YEAR. YEAH, OBVIOUSLY, THE HOUSE LOOKS GORGEOUS AND THATS PROBABLY A BIG PLUS TO DOING THIS. BUT WHAT REALLY MADE YOU WANT TO DONATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR HOUSE FOR THIS? OUR HOUSE HAS NEVER JUST BEEN ABOUT OUR FAMILY OF FOUR. ITS ALWAYS BEEN A PLACE TO GATHER. ITS BEEN A PLACE WHERE WEVE BEEN ABLE TO HOST OTHER FAMILIES WITH THEIR OUT OF THEIR HOUSE. WE HAD TO MOVE OUT OF OUR HOUSE FOR A YEAR AND A HALF AS WE EXPANDED OUT A HOUSE FIRE THAT DIDNT DESTROY THE HOUSE, BUT IT DID DISPLACE US FOR A LONG TIME WHILE THEY WERE PUTTING IT BACK TOGETHER. SO WE KNOW WHAT ITS LIKE TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME AND TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS HOME NOW TO BENEFIT OUT THE FAMILIES OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE CARE AT THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE WHO DIDNT CHOOSE TO BE THERE IS SORT OF JUST FULL CIRCLE FOR US AS OUR FAMILY AND OUR HOME. WERE VERY INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY. I AM MRS. LAKE COUNTRY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND ILL BE COMPETING FOR THE MISS WISCONSIN TITLE IN JUST TWO WEEKS. WOW. AND THIS IS A WAY FOR ME TO CONTINUE. MY PASSION, TO EMPOWER, INSPIRE AND UPLIFT, WHICH IS WHAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SYSTEM STANDS FOR. I CANT IMAGINE A MORE UPLIFTING WAY THAN FOR OUR FAMILY TO DONATE OUR HOME FOR THOSE FAMILIES. TOTALLY A WAY TO GIVE BACK AND ALSO GETS YOU IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT. WERE STILL SEVERAL WEEKS OUT, BUT IT DEFINITELY GETS YOU EXCITED. THERES 24 ROOMS THAT HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED. I KNOW YOU KIND OF EVERY TIME YOU COME, IT LOOKS DIFFERENT. DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE YET? WELL, WERE SITTING IN MY OFFICE AND ITS THE FIRST TIME IM ACTUALLY SEEING IT ALL DECORATED. WE HAD TO MOVE OUT ON SATURDAY AND IT WAS KIND OF A BLANK SLATE AT THAT POINT. BUT IT IS VERY SPECIAL THIS ROOM SO FAR. IT FEELS LIKE ME AND IT FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAS ALREADY. YEAH, THATS AWESOME. LAURA, THANKS SO MUCH FOR TALKING TO US. LET ME GET EVERYBODY THE DETAILS ON WHEN YOU CAN COME AND SEE THE CHRISTMAS FANTASY HOUSE. SO IT STARTS ON SATURDAY. ALL THE FUN STARTS. WE HAVE THE HOURS ON YOUR SCREEN AND THERES GOING TO BE A FREE SHUTTLE THAT TAKES PEOPLE TO THE HOUSE THAT IS COMING FROM THE NAGA WAUKEE PARK AND RIDE AT HIGHWAY 83 AND I-90 OR EXIT TO 87 IN DELAFIELD. SINCE ITS A PRIVATE HOME, NO ADDRESS WILL BE PROVIDED. YOU CANT COME TO THE HOUSE BY YOURSELF. BUT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT SHUTTLE SERVICE. COMING UP IN OUR NEXT HOUR, WELL ACTUALLY BE TALKING TO ONE OF THE DECORATORS WHO HELPED TRANSFORM THIS HOUSE IN JUST A MATTER OF DAYS. THATLL BE A REAL