OUR HISTORY
Oshkosh Mid Morning Kiwanis was chartered in 1974 with 32 members as the third club to charter in Oshkosh. Our sponsoring club was Lakeshore Kiwanis, and the first President was Marty Bankert. During that same year, the club began would become our longest running service project; The Magic Shows and Food Drive.
In 1987 Kiwanis International voted to accept women into membership. Today our club is made up of about 50% women with the first woman president (Susan Steinhilber) elected in 1996.
2005 saw a new Philanthropic Partnership form when our club began collaborating with the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation to fund Education Grants in the Oshkosh Area School District. Our club has awarded well over $100,000 to teachers since the relationship began.
In 2012 Mid Morning Kiwanis established our own Foundation a 501c3 not for profit organization. Shortly after we began gifting IPads to children with Autism with over 80 given to date.
We also developed a new type of membership in 2012 when we accepted Communities School at Oshkosh North into our club as a corporate member. This allowed any student in the Communities independent learning program to attend our meetings and report to the club what they were working on. Adult club members are often tapped as an authentic audience for the students or as outside mentors for specific projects. In turn, the students have given their time and support for a number of our projects, including helping staff the EAA Water Sales.
During the COVID19 pandemic beginning in 2020 our club developed what would become our biggest fund raiser to date with NEW Top Dog. During it’s inaugural year we raised over $50,000. In year two, we widened our scope including six animal shelters and grossed over $235.000.
Past Presidents
- 1974 – 1975 Martin J. Bankert
- 1975 – 1976 Gerald Gehrt
- 1976 – 1977 Arthur Jordee
- 1977 – 1978 Rev. Fred Kruse
- 1978 – 1979 Michael Plummer
- 1979 – 1980 Marvin Knight
- 1980 – 1981 Donald Truit
- 1981 – 1982 Tim Groh
- 1982 – 1983 Ron Burich
- 1983 – 1984 Charles Stusek
- 1984 – 1985 Joseph Hough
- 1985 – 1986 William Fairbank
- 1986 – 1987 Fred Auclair
- 1987 – 1988 Ken Hoffmann
- 1988 – 1989 Thomas Last
- 1989 – 1990 Jeffery Tressley
- 1990 – 1991 Gary Konrad
- 1991 – 1992 Thomas Keller
- 1992 – 1993 Neil Anderson
- 1993 – 1994 Donald Krueger
- 1994 – 1995 Patrick Guarino
- 1995 – 1996 Nick Jensen
- 1996 – 1997 Susan Steinhilber
- 1997 – 1998 Diane Penzenstadler
- 1998 – 1999 Debi McGregor
- 1999 – 2000 Tim Groh
- 2000 – 2001 Krista Williams
- 2001 – 2002 Rev. Edward Riddick Jr.
- 2002 – 2003 Judith Haymon
- 2003 – 2004 John Krueger
- 2004 – 2005 Linda Artz
- 2005 – 2006 Michael Hert
- 2006 – 2007 Bruce Dumann
- 2007 – 2008 Daniel Morrill
- 2008 – 2009 Sandra Reeser
- 2009 – 2010 Amy Sitter
- 2010 – 2011 Travis Duchatschek
- 2011 – 2012 Janet Murphy
- 2012 – 2013 Michelle Wihlm
- 2013 – 2014 Jon Rucinsky
- 2014 – 2015 Randy Hedge
- 2015 – 2016 Colleen Harvot
- 2016 – 2017 Amy Bargenquast
- 2017 – 2018 Todd Ceman / Jodi Jensema
- 2018 – 2019 Curt Stam
- 2019 – 2020 Brittany Bartel
- 2020 – 2021 Heather Wincher
- 2021 – 2022 Art Rathjen