Board Members

The board meets on the first Monday of the month at 5:00 pm at Saint John's Episcopal Church, 320 Oak Street, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin

Ginny Steen- Founder and Director of The Neighborhood Table, serves as President of the Board of Directors. 

Todd Peterson- Vice President-Todd loves The Neighborhood Table, and we love him. His special gift is talking to people and helping them with their problems. He has organized churches and schools to sponsor meals. He feels this is his ministry. Todd teaches 6th grade at Grove School.

Dale Bikowski- Treasurer- Dale not only keeps the books and pays the bills, he applies for grants from foundations. He is employed as controller for Stora Enso North America.

Chris Grimes- Secretary to the Board-Chris is a member of the First English Lutheran Church and is chair of their Outreach Committee. In this capacity she has become actively involved with our ministry. She is a nurse at Riverview Hospital.

Monica Hass- Monica is one of our original volunteers. She has been responsible for organizing many meals and recruiting sponsors.

Angie Hill- Angie was elected to the board in 2005. She has been a willing volunteer since the beginning. She organizes the "To-Go" center, distributes donations of food, makes potato salad and does anything else that needs to be done!

Marilyn Rehberg- Marilyn learned about The Neighborhood Table from our local newspaper. She is always there to help and loves to be in the kitchen, cooking.

Rev. Paul Veldman- Pastor of the First Congregational Church. Paul is very involved with outreach in the community. Our county emergency food pantry is located in his church.

Rev. Vicki Natzke- Pastor of St. John's Episcopal Church. This is the church where The Neighborhood serves the meals. Pastor Vicki came from a parish in Waupaca where she was instrumental in starting that city's community meal/soup kitchen program.

Dale Goessl - Dale was elected to the board in 2005. Dale just began "showing up", carting items from the storage area, doing dishes, setting the table, just "doing". He is a core member, devoted to The Neighborhood Table. In his spare time he works at Domtar.

Lisa Borre- Lisa found us by being a dynamic volunteer for the dinners sponsored by St. Vincent's. She is working on her Masters degree in Education, teaches 4 year old kindergarten, has 3 children, a husband and finds time to do a lot for The Neighborhood Table!

Cathy Kuhn- Cathy recently retired from Assumption High School, where she planned all the meals for area Catholic schools. She is invaluable because of her knowledge in meal planning and preparation, and she is a fun person to work with!

The Neighborhood Table services the communities of Wisconsin Rapids, Nekoosa, Port Edwards, Wisconsin and surrounding areas