Eye on Oshkosh - MADD, taped 8-21-25

We often hear about traffic accidents where alcohol was a factor in the crash. How bad is the problem on a nationwide basis? Consider these statistics from the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration:
* Approximately every 42 minutes at least one person in the United States dies in a drunk driving crash, totaling more than 12,000 lives lost each year.
* In 2021, 13,384 people died in alcohol-impaired driving traffic crashes – a 14% increase from 2020.
* Drunk driving deaths in 2022 represented 30% of all traffic fatalities.
* Drunk driving deaths are up 22% since 2019.

These deaths were ALL preventable.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving® (MADD) is a national nonprofit leading the movement to end impaired driving for good. Since 1980, MADD has helped reduce drunk driving deaths in America by more than 40%, saved nearly 500,000 lives, and served nearly one million victims and survivors.

On this edition of Eye on Oshkosh, host Cheryl Hentz chats with Karl Krull, program manager for MADD’s Wisconsin chapter about the growth MADD has realized since it was first started in 1980 by one mom who lost a child to drunk driving, and the various services the nonprofit provides. That includes their 24-hour Victim Help Line at 877-MADD-HELP.

Later in the show, Hentz welcomes Ieva Engel, executive director of the Oshkosh Area Humane Society to discuss the shelter’s upcoming annual Walk for the Animals on Saturday, Sept. 13. They are trying to raise $65,000 this year for their medical fund. People do not have to walk – they can just raise money by getting pledges from people or by making a donation of their own to the Walk for the Animals fund.

You can see the show in its entirety here or by following this link: https://youtu.be/1w6oaXPGSvM

Eye On Oshkosh - Goodwill NCW, taped 8-7-2025

On this episode of Eye on Oshkosh, host Cheryl Hentz talks with folks from Goodwill of North Central Wisconsin to learn more about what they do. 

You may think of Goodwill as a place to buy all kinds of neat stuff at super low prices, or where you can make charitable donations when you’re doing spring cleaning and wanting to get rid of things around your house. But Goodwill is so much more than that. 

From internships to direct hires they employ people in many different capacities and have different training programs that teach transferable skills to folks who can then use them at other jobs.  

Here's something else I’ll bet you didn’t know: approximately 90 cents of every dollar generated in Goodwill stores in NCW goes right back into the Goodwill mission. 

Additionally, protecting the planet and its resources is at the core of Goodwill NCW operations. Each year, through items being donated to Goodwill NCW, they divert, on average, 35 million pounds of items from going into our local landfills. Wonder how much that is? Imagine more than 800 semis filled with items and that is a visual that’s hard to forget. 

This just scratches the surface of what these folks at Goodwill North Central Wisconsin do to help local communities and the people who live here. 

Watch this important episode here or by following this link: https://youtu.be/1USdHZSdiqw.