Donald and Carol Kress photographed on the terrace of the Kress Pavilion. Photo by Rachel Lukas.
Donald and Carol Kress named Philanthropists of the Year
Just five years after the doors of the Donald and Carol Kress Pavilion opened in Egg Harbor, it’s hard to imagine Door County without it.
Weddings and town halls. Environmental presentations and cabarets. Concerts and meditative yoga. Housing forums and writing conferences. The list of events that have taken place in the great hall is long and, more impressively, wildly diverse. And to the couple primarily responsible for making it possible, it remains a shock.
“We could never have imagined the use it gets,” Donald Kress said as he sat by the fireplace on the first floor of the pavilion with his wife, Carol. “Sometimes we drive by at night and the lights are on and we wonder, ‘What is going on…
