More than 10,000 voters from across the state weighed in on 101 things they love about Northern Michigan. Their votes determined over 300 Red Hot Best winners and 700 honorable mentions. Here you’ll find the best Northern Michigan fundraising events by nonprofit organizations.

First Place: AC PAW Adopt-A-Thon, Acme
Second Place: CherryT Ball Drop, Traverse City
Third Place: Father Fred Frostbite Food Drive, Traverse City

The remaining Red Hot Best 2016 winners for fundraising events by Northern Michigan nonprofits in alphabetical order:

• Boyne City Thunder, Camp Quality, Boyne City
• Bras For A Cause, Traverse City
• Empty Bowls, Fresh Food Partnership, Traverse City
• Floatilla, Suttons Bay
• Howl at the Moon, Little Traverse Bay Humane Society, Harbor Springs
• NMC Barbecue, Traverse City
• Swingshift & the Stars, Traverse City
• Zombie Run, Traverse City

Red Hot Best winners were originally published in the June 2016 issue of Traverse, Northern Michigan’s Magazine.

Special Subscription Offer: Get the Red Hot Best June 2016 issue + one-year of Traverse Magazine which includes next year’s Red Hot Best June 2017 issue!

[publication mode=”thumb” name=”giving” align=”right” link=”viewnow”]

More Northern Michigan Give Back

• Traverse City’s Dr. Terrie Taylor Working to Cure Malaria

• Chateau Grand Traverse Donates to Michigan State Parks

• Red Dirt Road Changes Lives in Cambodia and Northern Michigan

#2016 #Grand_Traverse_County #Acme #Traverse_City #Emmet_County #Harbor_Springs #Leelanau_County #Suttons_Bay #Give_Back