Life Membership
When you become a Life Member of the Friends of Schmeeckle Reserve, you’re making a vital investment in the future. You join a dedicated group of people who have made a lifelong commitment to protect and enhance Schmeeckle for future generations.
Life Memberships have a positive impact that extend far beyond a single lifetime. Your donation is invested in the Friends Endowment Fund, held at the Community Foundation of Central Wisconsin, which earns interest in perpetuity for the benefit of the Reserve. This provides a sustaining source of funding to protect green space, maintain trails, and provide educational and recreational opportunities.
Benefits of Life Membership
- No annual membership renewal — Your life membership is always current!
- Donation is invested in Endowment Fund — Generates support in perpetuity
- Life Member welcome gifts — Receive a special Life Member travel mug, keychain, notebook, magnet, and tote bag
- Name on recognition plaque — Located inside the visitor center
- Friends newsletters — Published three times per year
- 10% Schmeeckle gift shop discount for life — Offering nature-themed gifts and books
- Reduced rates on Outdoor Gear Rentals — Rent canoes, kayaks, snowshoes, cross-country skis, and more
- Friends voting rights — Help set direction for the Friends
- Event and program invitations — Special Friends-sponsored field trips, workshops, and speakers
- Opportunities to meet and spend time with others who have similar interests
Life Membership Options
Individual Life Membership: $1,000
May be paid in a lump sum or over two years with annual payments of $500
Joint Life Membership:* $1,500
May be paid in a lump sum or over two years with annual payments of $750
* Joint Life Membership is defined as a couple, partners, or a household of two. Joint membership does not extend to dependents, although all members of a family unit may participate in Friends activities.
If using the payment plan over two years, a reminder will be sent when the second payment is due. For the first year, you will receive an annual membership. After the second payment, your full status of Life Member will be conferred.
Becoming a Life Member
To join:
- Download and complete the enrollment form and return with your payment, or
- Join online
Friends of Schmeeckle Life Members
A special thank you to our current Life Members of the Friends of Schmeeckle Reserve. The following donors are listed in the order that they became Life Members.
Jerry Lineberger, in memory of Susan Lineberger
Jerry Kasdorf and Myung Sun Jung
Timothy Taschwer
Dave and Karen Henneghan
Chris Schmelling
Kay Wohlbier
Tony Anday
Bob and Mary Mosier
Dallas and Edith Pankowski
Jack Hurrish and Joan Karlen
Meg Erler
Nancy Ross
Rick and Sarah Wilke
Jackie DeKay
Steve and Sue Bergin
Michael and Patricia Dombeck
James and Nancy LaMar
Marjorie “Jan” Lutz
Richard and Lois Wetzel
John and Dori Jury
Nisha Fernando
Kendra Liddicoat and Brian Barringer
Ron and Donna Zimmerman
Michael and Beverly Gross
Janet Langton
Rich and Carolyn Sommer
Santha Bickford
Betty Trainer
Marti and Greg Sowka
Dan and Donna Marx
Ralph and Marcia Locher
Connie R. Page
Jim and Susan Zach
Mitzi and Bernie Hlavac
William and Julie Hlavac
Sarah and Brad Hughes
Susan Foote-Martin
Jack and Cynny Porter
Margaret Bau
George and Sonja Kung
Joseph and Charlene Jarabek
Joe Pfiffner
Rick and Sharon Rothman
Tara Humphreys
Erik and Debbie Lacey
Vernon and Kathryn Schroth
Anthony Smith
Karin Hyler
Noah and Andrea Zimmerman
Marcus and Amy Haemmerle
Mike and Linda Orella
Chris and Kaila Thompson
Karl and Jane Wolf
James Doebereiner
Nancy Page
Dan and Tina Sivek
Bill and Kim Fisher
Jim and Sunshine Buchholz
Greg and Carla Pederson
Ann T. Lucas
Gene and June Johnson
Paul and Sandi Mroz
James and Martha Schuh
John Shippy
Richard and Lynn Wyman
Patrick and Linda Wenzl
Patricia Klug
Rick and Katie Rettler
Ronald and Sharon Omernick
Patricia Trebatoski
Chad and Rachael Zimmerman
Tom and Barb Mihm
Fran Vollrath
Christopher and Gretchen Hamp
Henryk Hamp
Greyson Hamp
Eric Marx
Dieter Marx and Nicole Garrity
Nancy Stengl, in memory of John Stengl
Mark and Karen Ilten
Jim and Barb DeWeerd
Jean Quinsey
Jacob Tepsa
Meryl Lee Nelson
Megan and Troy Espe
Magdalena Otalora and Donald Fadner
Howard and Arlene Thoyre
Dianne Meyer, in honor of Cooper & Camden Thompson
Marg Coker-Nelson
Dan Menzel
Donald and Ruth Komasa
Ward and Ramona Wolff
Ryan and Erin Andrews
Paul and Becky Otto
Bob and Paula Bell
Michael Katzmark
Brenda Lackey and Cathy Scheder
Melissa Ruether and Dezmond Revord
Gary and Kathleen Speckmann
John and Kathy Weisbrod
Jim Canales
Sherrilee Wallerman
Brandon and Amanda Loging
Jim and Kathy Buchholz
Marilyn Worth
Michael and Sara Bilbrey
Rose Jirous
Tom and Patty Dreier
Kookie Stieber
Michael and Carolyne Hovel
Janice Doxtator
John and Patricia Kedrowski
Bill and Chris Rudahl
Judith Carlson
Woody and Madge Bishop
Paul and Sue Koehl
David and Cindy Worth
Scott and Becky Henning
Aloha Daniels
Gordon L. Miller
Steve Faber and Jackie Meyers
ichael MacKenzie
Carol A. Wake
Nina Thumser
Alan Engebretson
Donald and Ruth Komasa
Joshua Ebben and Kathryn Gottwald
Jim and Nancy Jazdzewski
Robert Michitsch
Luci Liebe
Lynn Seifert
Mary and George Davidson
David Hall
Scott Adamski
Suzanne Fee
Elizabeth Gaetz
Orwoll and Lois Hagen
Helen Busch
Darrell and Laura Trzebiatowski
Jerry Blanche
Maria and Casey Trader
Jerry and Deb Jadack
Athena Meeks
Leila Meeks
Ann Kurth
Kathryn Savonne
Ann Kurth
Ronald Nitka
Judy Cable Anderson
Sarah Rous and Anders Andreassen
Dean and Gail Colrud
Jerry Kummer and Sharon Courtney
Richard and Diane Steffensen
Therese Meidl and Paul Westegaard
Patrick and Lynn Dreese
Jeff and Jill Jones
Richard Mrozinski
Sol Sepsenwol
Robert and Karen Medo
Paul Mirman
James Rogers