Afternoon Tea August 3, 2016

SUMMER 2016 The annual Youth of the Year Dinner was held in May which celebrated and recognized dedicated and supportive Club members over the past year.

INSIDE Meet the Club’s newest board members Jake Jones and Tim Foust and learn how you can help the Club start Great Futures! BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF OSHKOSH NEWS

The Etiquette, Character & Afternoon Tea program is in its sixth year at the Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh!

The program was designed especially for young This year’s speaker is Shannon Bahrke Happe, an girls ages 6-12. It encourages them to be proud of American Olympic freestyle skier and entrepreneur. the unique people they are and helps them develop She was the silver medalist in moguls at the 2002 positive character and leadership skills. Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, the bronze medalist at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Girls in the program (last year there were over 60) completion of the classes. It’s a great opportunity to and in 2003 was the World Cup Champion. She and attend classes that cover a variety of topics. This see the difference the Club makes in the lives of youth. her husband, Matt, started up and recently sold year, the first class will be taught by Catalpa Health their company, Silver Bean Coffee. She now has time and will focus on how every person is unique and Walking into the room at the Afternoon Tea each to focus on being a wonderful Mom to her young an integral piece in life’s puzzle. Festival Foods will year, the girls are always beaming. As a part of the daughter, Zoe, and has the greatest job in the world as teach another class specific to Health & Wellness. The program the girls receive new sundresses to wear the Olympic Ski Ambassador for Montage Deer Valley. Oshkosh Area Community Foundation will teach a to the Tea. They also get their hair professionally session on understanding body language. The Oshkosh styled by local stylists. They are so proud of their If you are interested in finding out more about how YMCA will teach a class about yoga and exercise. The class accomplishments and feel so confident in their you can get involved in this event, please contact final class will be taught by the Fire Pottery Studio and dresses and special hairstyles. Development and Marketing Director, Tracy Ogden will cover having a healthy body image. at 920-233-1414 or [email protected]. In the past, the Afternoon Tea has featured amazing The finale to the classes is the Afternoon Tea event, speakers from 2012 Miss America, Laura Kaeppeler, Stylists are needed to help create simple updos for sponsored by Bank First National, which will take entrepreneur and co-founder of Culver’s restaurant, the girls the day of the Tea. If you are interested in place this year on Wednesday, August 3rd at the Best Lea Culver, local jazz music sensation, Janet Planet volunteering your time to style hair the morning of Western Premier Waterfront Hotel and Convention and most recently Sarah Schmidt, founder of Sarah August 3rd, please contact Katie Huebner at Center. The Tea brings together the girls and local Schmidt Consulting, LLC and former director of U.S. 920-233-1414 or [email protected]. women to sip tea, chat and celebrate the girls’ Venture, Inc.

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The Club’s Marketing Department won a Silver Marketing and Communication award in the Publications category which was presented at the BGCA National Conference in New Orleans in May. MESSAGE FROM THE CEO New name, same great bean bag Dear Friends of the Boys & Girls Club, toss event! The WI Cornhole Tourney will be Spring has been ushering in warmer weather back at the Leach Amphitheater on outside and it’s also been a season that’s Saturday, August 20th for the fifth warmed our hearts at the Club as well. We year in a row! You won’t want to miss celebrated the accomplishments of our Club members at our annual Youth of this ever-growing tournament which is the Year Dinner and watched so many new and longtime donors pledge their one of Oshkosh’s most unique and fun support at our WineFeast event. It was our most successful WineFeast to date summer events. Pre-registration closes August 15th, so hurry and sign up and over 900 people were in attendance! The funds raised that evening make your team today! There will be no same day registration. such a significant impact in offsetting the cost of the programs and special experiences kids get to take part in at the Club. The first place winning team will take home a top prize of $1,000 and there will be additional cash prizes awarded to the top 9 nine teams in The other way the cost of things like Homework Help, Basic Unmet Needs, the Winner’s bracket. Cash prizes will also be paid out to the four top the Wet Hair Club, Mentoring, Healthy Meals and Snacks, Mental Health teams in the Last Chance bracket including a top prize of $200. Counseling, Summer Camp, etc. are significantly impacted every year is No special skills are needed to participate, just a partner and a love for through our Great Futures campaign. If you weren’t able to make it out the game. The social tournament is double elimination, “2 out of 3” in to WineFeast, this is another great way to support the Club. By giving to the Winner’s bracket and the Loser’s bracket. All teams start out playing the Great Futures campaign, you are making an investment where kids the first round in the Winner’s bracket. The first 32 teams to fall out of constructively spend their time after school and ultimately helping change the Winner’s bracket make it into the Loser’s bracket. If your team loses their lives for the better. in the Loser’s bracket because you’re a little rusty on your game, no worries, the first 16 teams to fall out of the Loser’s Bracket will still play Help keep our Boys & Girls Club a safe, fun and ultimately life-changing place a final “2 out of 3” round in the Last Chance bracket. for kids and teens to come in the summer and after school. Fill out the card on the bottom right of this newsletter and say “YES!” to promoting Great In addition to playing the fascinating game of cornhole, three teams Futures for our community’s youth. in the tournament also will each receive a $50 cash prize for the most creatively named team voted on by fellow players and spectators.

As always, thank you for the many ways you help to There will also be music, side games, concessions, a free beer mug for improve the lives of children and families. participants and t-shirts which can be pre-ordered online or purchased at the tournament for $10 each. Marc Dosogne, CEO The cost to participate is $60 per team of 2 persons. Players must be Wisconsin residents and can only participate on one team.

100% of funds raised will benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh. Boys & Girls Clubs of Oshkosh, Inc. For more info or to register for the tournament, visit the Club online at www.bgcosh.org or contact Development & Marketing Director, Tracy Ogden at (920) 233-1414 or [email protected]. PHOTO GALLERY

Mentoring program kids recently toured the Fox Valley Tech Public Safety Training Center. As a part of police officer training, Club teens traveled to West Bend in spring Volunteers came to the Club in April as a part practice scenarios are held on site in an actual to hear mental health advocate, speaker and of the Oshkosh Area United Way’s Day of airplane. Kids were able to go in the plane and suicide survivor Kevin Hines share his message Caring event and helped kids create thank you experience being inside a real cockpit. of hope and how to live mentally well. cards for service providers in our community.

To see more photos of the exciting things taking place at our Club, please visit our Facebook page. Meet Our Newest Board Members

Tim Foust Jake Jones

Tim Foust is the camp, Camp Radford. He’s helped maintain the Jake is a Senior Director Alumni Association’s camp over the years, each season performing the of Manufacturing for new representative tasks necessary to open and close the camp and Oshkosh Defense, LLC on the Club’s Board keep it in tip top shape. and has worked at of Directors. Tim has Oshkosh Corporation since been a part of the Besides regular upkeep, he’s assisted in numerous starting as an intern in Boys & Girls Club of projects to improve the camp through the years such 2003. He has a Bachelor Oshkosh for the past as building a new bridge, cutting trails and building of Business Administration, Operations Management 35 years. He became a firewood shed. from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and a a member when he Masters of Science, Engineering Management from Tim graduated from Oshkosh North High School and was just eight years old and when he Milwaukee School of Engineering. immediately joined the workforce. He has been a graduated from the Club when he was eighteen, painter for over twenty years and is currently paint he immediately became an active member of the Jake had an opportunity to tour the Boys & Girls superintendent of the Fox Valley area at Omni Glass Alumni Association. Club of Oshkosh facility and understand the impact & Paint Inc. the Club has on children in the community. This Through the Alumni Association, Tim has been strengthened his interest in wanting to serve on the Tim has lived in Oshkosh his entire life and has a involved in a number of fundraisers over the board of directors. wife, Heather, and two daughters, Courtney (15) years, all of which benefit the Boys & Girls Club and Maggie (15 months). In his spare time he likes of Oshkosh. This includes brat fries, running the Jake is married and has two boys: Maxwell (6), Henry to relax with his family, find ways to get outdoors concessions stand at Menomonee Park, running (18 months), and is expecting another boy’s arrival in and watch the Brewers and the Packers. concessions for a local car show and making and May. Jake enjoys spending time with his family and assisting with his son’s sports teams. selling pizzas. Tim has also donated his time as “I truly feel that the Club is a great place. Without an alumnus helping with some of the Club’s own Jamie, Wally and Lori’s guidance back when I was Jake explained, “I know how important positive events including serving dinner to kids at the Club a kid, I don’t know what position I would be in experiences and mentors are in children’s lives. I am during Thanksgiving and the annual Youth of now. I’m excited to join the board. I look forward grateful for the Boys & Girls Club and their impact on the Year banquet. He’s also helped with a lot of to continuing to see the Club grow and share my young people, and I look forward to contributing to painting projects around the Club. passion for the Club with others.” their mission.” One of the biggest ways Tim has been involved over Please join us in welcoming Tim to the Boys & Girls Please join us in welcoming Jake to the Boys & Girls the years has been his work at the Club’s summer Club of Oshkosh Board of Directors. Club of Oshkosh Board of Directors.

WineFeast 2016, sponsored by FNB Fox Valley, took place in April and a record number of over 900 people gathered at the Oshkosh Premier Waterfront Hotel & Convention Center to sample fine wine and delicious food and raise funds for the Club.

YES! I WANT TO HELP ENSURE GREAT FUTURES FOR YOUTH WHO ARE AT RISK IN THE OSHKOSH AREA.

q $5,000 enables the Boys & Girls Club to provide PAYMENT METHOD Credit Card Type: 200 kids, who otherwise could not afford a q One time payment is enclosed q Visa q MasterCard q Discover q American Express membership, with a scholarship to the Club q I’d like to make a pledge, please contact me. Name on Card ______q $2,500 helps provide Club members with healthy q One time payment should be charged to my credit card Card Number ______meals and snacks for two months q I’d like to set up (ACH) regular electronic fund transfers. q $1,000 buys proper seasonal clothing for Please contact me for details. Expiration Date ______10 to 15 Club members Name ______Signature______q $500 helps provide the Club with programs As you would like it to appear on our funding highlights webpage. Date ______like Healthy Habits cooking, Money Matters E-mail Address ______and Power Hour homework help Donations can also be made online at www.bgcosh.org through a safe and secured network. q $200 helps send children to summer camp Street Address ______q $100 provides tutoring for one child for a month City ______FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS, PLEASE q $50 purchases hygiene products for a Club member State ______Zip ______CONTACT (920) 233-1414 OR [email protected]. q $______improves the lives of children and families Telephone ______Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh, Inc. I 501 East Parkway Ave I PO Box 411 I Oshkosh, WI 54903-0411 Non-Profit Organization U.S. POSTAGE PAID Oshkosh, WI Permit No. 90

Teens participated in Denim Day in April which is a day when people are encouraged to wear jeans to raise awareness of rape and sexual assault. Teens MISSION learned facts about sexual assault and how to tackle this issue in their community. Afterwards, they expressed themselves by painting a pair of jeans. To improve the lives of children and families.

VISION The Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh will be a generation-changing leading provider of programs emphasizing youth development services and family outreach support to meet the needs of young people 6-18 and their families, especially those who need us most.

Geek Squad Summer Academy is returning to Board of Directors the Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh this summer BOARD OFFICERS: John Krause I President August 25th-26th from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Matt Jameson I Vice President Stephanie Gensler I Treasurer GSSA is a community-sponsored A signed Permission Slip and Release Form along with Doug Hyde I Secretary event by Best Buy which is Payment MUST also be submitted to the Club in order unique because it brings to complete your registration and save your spot. knowledge of technology to Both of these forms can be found on the Summer Susan Ackerman Kurt Koeppler youth in their communities Services section of our website (www.bgcosh.org) or Lorie Bunke Ron Lampe rather than the other way they can be picked up from the Club’s Radford Center Glenn Curran Nicholas Lang around. front desk at 501 E Parkway Avenue. Art Dumke Mark Lasky Dave Elbing Jeff Lindemann The program teaches kids about the latest technology Now, get your geek on this summer and get to Geek Tim Foust Audra Mead in a fun, interactive environment. Sessions will Squad Summer Academy! Marlin Greenfield Colleen Merrill feature customized modules that dive deep into Heather Holly-Pinnow Julie Mosher computers, smart phones, MP3 players and other Ron Jankowski Bill Radford devices so kids will literally get into the guts of the technology they use every day. Tom Jensen Jeff Trembly Mary Johnson Vicki Updike The program is open to all kids in the community Jake Jones Pat Weston ages 10-18. The cost is $30 and lunch is included. There are limited spots available, so register soon to reserve your place!

Registration will take place for Geek Squad Summer Printing donated by: Academy online at: https://academy.geeksquad.com/ register/oshkosh/wi.

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