 Well hundreds of people headed to Hackensack for a winter wonderland festival and while some in the north would leave the area for the winter organizers were excited and many wanted to come back to hack. Malmyer reports. And what else do you do in the winter? Get together and have fun. It's a four-day festival full of snowmobiling, ice fishing and fishing out those who are willing to jump in the lake. This is our first time doing it and we got all of our like family members here some of them at least to come out and do it with us. Stasia Williams and her family are new to the area. They were excited to hear about the events including the penguin plunge. I've always wanted to do this so we find I was like hey they have one right up the road let's do it. Roger Jaycock stopped by the chili feed at the Legion. He says he comes every year to the festival. Come in for the polar plunge and then if the weather's decent we ride snowmobiles in and then come back for the fireworks and that. One organizer says this is exactly what back to hack is all about. I think the goal and the purpose is to bring more people to the area and it's a community event so it brings people together as a community. While the activities are fun for the entire family they're also bringing much needed funds to the area. In 2013 the penguin plunge raised nearly $11,000 for the Pines Area Medical Development Association. Bonnie DePri says the festivities work better when the area nonprofits are involved. If they want to join in to the festivities and do something we want that to benefit them as well. While the chili feed benefited the Legion when people dropped by they could put in their names for silent auction items. All of the items were donated to raise money for the 4th of July fireworks. The community has been very generous with their donations and truly appreciate every one of them. New this year was a fish fry prepared by the Cass County Sheriff Department and held at the Hackensack Firehouse. Free will donations were accepted to help buy new equipment. We need a new tender tanker truck and we're looking for money for that. Even the area businesses were helping each other such as giving away movie tickets as a kids game prize. We're totally about bringing the community together and having fun and working with everybody here. In Hackensack I'm Mal Meyer, Lakeland News. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.