Boys & Girls Club Blog

April 29, 2024

{OSHKOSH, WI} On Saturday, April 27, over 500 guests gathered to support the Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh’s biggest fundraiser of the year, WineFeast.  Sponsored by Community First Credit Union, WineFeast returned to the Oshkosh Convention Center where attendees enjoyed a 5-course dinner and wine experience with proceeds going to support the 3,000 children and families the Club helps each year through services like providing healthy meals and snacks, clean clothes, mentoring and much more. Guests also heard from the Club’s 2024 Youth of the Year Representative, Mercy A, about the difference the Club has made in her life.

“WineFeast proceeds make such a positive impact on our Boys & Girls Club,” said CEO Tracy Ogden. “Every year, there are guests who come up to me during this event and tell me they are in awe of all of the things our Club does to support children and families in our community. This year, many guests have heard about the Club’s expansion and have asked to come take a tour or how they can help.”

During the Cellar Select dinner, guests enjoyed a 5-course dinner with wine, have the opportunity to win diamond jewelry from Reimer Jewelers during Heads & Tails and bid on exciting live auction packages, including trips to Hawaii and the Bahamas, jewelry from Dream Jewelers, a summer concert package, a Farm to Table dinner experience and more!

Attendees were given an opportunity to pledge to sponsor Club members and an incredible number of attendees rose to the occasion to support our community’s youth. Thank you to our friends at Oshkosh Corporation and a Friend of the Club for matching the first $110,000 in donations raised during the evening.

WineFeast featured a silent auction and several attendees walked away the winners of wine, and prizes from our Faris Gourmet popcorn, Simon’s Specialty Cheese curds and Hughes’ Home Maid Chocolates raffles. Four lucky winners won cash prizes from our Reverse Raffle, with the grand prize being $1,000. In addition, one lucky winner won a vacation to anywhere in the world as part of our Building Great Futures Raffle in support of building the Club’s second gym.

Save the date for WineFeast 2025 on Saturday, April 12!

See photos from this year’s event on our Facebook page here.

The Boys & Girls Club would like to extend its sincerest appreciation to the following 2023 WineFeast sponsors: 

Presenting Sponsor: Presenting Sponsor: Community First Credit Union
Cellar Select Sponsor: Premier Waterfront Catering, Great Futures Start Here Sponsor: Oshkosh Corporation, Dinner Sponsor: CR Meyer, Night Cap Sponsor: Bergstrom Automotive, Wine Sponsor: Baker Tilly US LLP, Mission Moment Sponsor: Marco Promos, Live Auction Sponsor: First Weber Foundation, Reverse Raffle Sponsor: Craft Coating, A Toast to our Youth Sponsor: Pioneer Marina, Glass Sponsor: Omni Glass & Paint, Entertainment Sponsor: Menasha Corporation Foundation, Wine Raffle Sponsor: Festival Foods, Raffle Sponsor: Silver Star Brands, Pub Table Sponsor: Soper Companies, Decor Sponsor: Pacur, Community Partner Sponsor: Pinnow Sheet Metal, Inc., Guest Experience Sponsor: Oshkosh Coil Spring, Inc., Media Sponsor: Cumulus WVBO, Publicity Sponsor: Oshkosh Herald, Beer Sponsor: Lee Beverage, and Decor Partner: House of Flowers.

Salute the Kids Sponsors: Brookfield Badger Insurance, CLA, Game Time Sports Bar, Landscape Solutions by Michael Kirsch, LLC, OEC Graphics, Renning, Lewis & Lacy, S.C., Rhyme, Sadoff Metal & Iron, and Sure-Dry.

Thank you to our Cellar Select partners for their in-kind support of WineFeast: Greene’s Pour House at the Granary, Parm, Premier Waterfront Catering by the Best Western, The Roxy, and Suzy’s Cream Cheesecakes.

Thank you to our Night Cap food and beverages partners for their in-kind support of WineFeast: Dublin’s Irish Pub, Festival Foods, Fifth Ward Brewing Company, General Beverage, Insomnia Cookies, LaSure’s, Lee Beverage, Mara’s Brazilian Cuisine, Sunken Paddle Ciderworks, Teriyaki Madness, and The Taqueria.

Thank you to those that generously donated to our Live and Silent Auctions.

Live Auction donors: Agea Spa, Ashley Baeten Dorn, Diamond Nails, Dream Jewelers, Brookfield Badger Insurance, CR Meyer, Fox World Travel, Island Explorations, LLC., Kwik Trip, Menasha Corporation, Oshkosh Waterfest, Reimer Jewelers (Heads & Tails), Steve Brandes, Steve Mosling, Verve, a credit union, Werner Electric, Wisconsin Herd, XRoads41 and Friends of the Club. Silent Auction donors: 4Imprint, Al Ackerman, Art Haus, Brinkley Boutique, Burleigh Blust, Copper Leaf Hotel, Cumulus, Dave Elbing, David Tice – Elite Terrain, EAA, Elsewhere market, Faris Popcorn, Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, Friar Tucks, Good Yolk, Green Bay Gamblers, Green Bay, Packers, Heather Holly-Pinnow, Karen Kennedy, Karen’s Kreations, Kurt Koeppler, Mad Chicken, Mary Johnson, Milwaukee Admirals, Milwaukee Brewers, Molly Billman, Salon 142, Omni Glass & Paint, Paine Art Center & Gardens, PRP Wine International, Quest Interiors, Revs Bowl Bar & Grill, Security Finance 1534, Shea Electric, Silver Star Brands, Sue Ackerman, Supple Group, Susan Sterns & Chris Jacobs, Tennies Jewelers, The Grand – Jessica Muller, Tim Foust, Timber Rattlers, TJ’s Highland Steakhouse & TJ’s Destination Oshkosh, Valois Brothers, Van Vreedes, Wines for Humanity, Wisconsin Herd, Work Well Hypnosis, LLC, Yetti Yums Freeze Dried Candy and Friends of the Club.

A special thank you to all of our volunteers, our Emcee, Tony Blando, Brenda Haines who worked with our Youth of the Year, Heather-Holly Pinnow, Todd Ruess, Chris Batley, Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh Alumni, Keystone Leadership Teens, UWO Football & Basketball Teams, the Oshkosh Waterfront Hotel & Convention Center staff and everyone that gave their time and talent to make this event possible!