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2026 OHEC Volunteer Opportunities<\/sup><\/strong><\/span>

Your generous support of your time helps us fulfill our important mission. Our outdoor traditions rely on volunteers, healthy natural resources and generous donors. \u00a0 Thank you.<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

If you can assist OHEC in staffing any one or more of the following events with us – we would forever be grateful.\u00a0 Please reach out to Ruth Ann Lee, OHEC Executive Director at ruthann@ohecyes.org<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


February 27 – March 1, 2026<\/strong><\/span>
Wisconsin Hunting and Fishing Expo<\/strong>\"\"<\/sup><\/span>
Resch Center; Green Bay WI<\/sup><\/span>
Web = https:\/\/wisconsinstatehuntingexpo.com\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup><\/span>
Volunteer Tasks = OHEC will have one of the Touch of the Wild Trailers on exhibit for exploration by expo attendees.\u00a0 \u00a0Volunteers will share OHEC mission and help fundraise by selling raffle tickets for the Wall of Guns Raffle held during expo hours.<\/sup><\/span>
Show Hours = Fri 12-8pm, Sat 9-7pm, Sun 9-4pm<\/sup><\/span>
\u00a0<\/sup><\/span>
March 6-8, 2026<\/span><\/strong>
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sport Show<\/sup><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
West Allis WI<\/sup><\/span>
Web = https:\/\/jssportsshow.com\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup><\/span>
Volunteer Tasks =\u00a0 OHEC will have three (3) of the Touch of the Wild Trailers on exhibit for exploration by expo attendees.\u00a0 Volunteers will share OHEC mission and help fundraise by selling raffle tickets for the Wall of Guns Raffle held during expo hours.<\/sup><\/span>
Parking will have a daily fee.<\/sup><\/span>
Show Hours = Friday 12pm-8pm, Saturday 10am-8pm, and Sunday 10am-5pm.<\/sup><\/span>

March 27-29, 2026<\/strong><\/span>
Open Season Sport Show<\/sup><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
WI Dells, WI<\/sup><\/span>
Web = https:\/\/www.openseasonsportsmansexpo.com\/wisconsin\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup><\/span>
Volunteer Tasks = Volunteers will share OHEC mission and help fundraise by selling raffle tickets for the Wall of Guns Raffle held during expo hours.\u00a0 (no trailer(s) at this expo)<\/sup><\/span>
Parking is Free.<\/sup><\/span>
Show Hours = Friday 2-7pm, Saturday 9-6pm, Sunday 9-3pm<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

July 17-19, 2026<\/strong><\/span>
Hunt Stock <\/sup><\/span><\/strong>(three day outdoor festival)<\/sup><\/span><\/span>
Dodge County Fairgrounds; Beaver Dam, WI<\/sup><\/span>
Web = https:\/\/huntstockevents.com\/\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/span>
Volunteer Tasks = OHEC will have one (maybe two) of the Touch of the Wild Trailers on exhibit for exploration by festival attendees.\u00a0 \u00a0Volunteers will share OHEC mission and help fundraise by selling raffle tickets for the Wall of Guns Raffle held during expo hours.<\/sup><\/span>

August 14-16, 2026<\/strong><\/span>
Deer Fest<\/b><\/span><\/span>
Holiday Inn Convention Center; Stevens Point, WI<\/sup><\/span>
Web = https:\/\/www.deerfest.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/span>
Volunteer Tasks = OHEC will have one of the Touch of the Wild Trailers on exhibit for exploration by festival attendees.\u00a0 \u00a0Volunteers will share OHEC mission and help fundraise by selling raffle tickets for the Wall of Guns Raffle held during expo hours.<\/sup><\/span>

April 24, 2026<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
State FFA CDE testing – Wildlife Station<\/strong>\"\"<\/sup><\/span>
UW Madison Campus, Stock Pavilion, Madison WI<\/sup><\/span>
Time: 8am – 12:30pm<\/sup><\/span>
Web = https:\/\/ohecyes.org\/unicdn\/2023\/07\/03\/ffa\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup><\/span>
Volunteer Tasks =\u00a0 OHEC is creating and leading the wildlife CDE (career development experience) test for the annual FFA state competition. \u00a0 Volunteers will help OHEC staff lead and administer the test to visiting high school students.\u00a0 Set up & clean up. \u00a0 Supervise students while taking the tests.\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/span>
Note: Ruth Ann will be setting up at least one of the Touch of the Wild trailers.\u00a0 \u00a0In addition to students knowing their overall list of Wisconsin Wildlife, the test will focus on Bear and Waterfowl.<\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

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May 6th & 7th, 2026<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
MOHEE Poynette<\/sup><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
WDNR MacKenzie Center; Poynette WI\"\"<\/sup><\/span>
Web = https:\/\/ohecyes.org\/unicdn\/expo\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup><\/span>
Volunteer Tasks =\u00a0 At the expo, educators, conservation volunteers, and DNR professionals keep students engaged in learning stations while increasing their understanding, appreciation and sense of stewardship for natural resources, Wisconsin\u2019s outdoor heritage and related activities.\u00a0 MOHEE volunteers help assist staff in coordination, set up, clean up, and specific assigned tasks (parking, shuttle driver, lunches, etc).<\/sup><\/span>

May 13, 2026<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
MOHEE Milwaukee<\/sup><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
WDNR Havenwoods State Forest; Milwaukee WI<\/sup><\/span>
Web = https:\/\/ohecyes.org\/unicdn\/expo\/<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span>
Volunteer Tasks =\u00a0 At the expo, educators, conservation volunteers, and DNR professionals keep students engaged in learning stations while increasing their understanding, appreciation and sense of stewardship for natural resources, Wisconsin\u2019s outdoor heritage and related activities.\u00a0 MOHEE volunteers help assist staff in coordination, set up, clean up, and specific assigned tasks (parking, shuttle driver, lunches, etc).<\/sup><\/span>

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2026 OHEC Volunteer Opportunities Your generous support of your time helps us fulfill our important mission. Our outdoor traditions rely on volunteers, healthy natural resources and generous donors. \u00a0 Thank you. If you can assist OHEC in staffing any one or more of the following events with us – we<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,13,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohecyes.org\/unicdn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohecyes.org\/unicdn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohecyes.org\/unicdn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohecyes.org\/unicdn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohecyes.org\/unicdn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/ohecyes.org\/unicdn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2001,"href":"https:\/\/ohecyes.org\/unicdn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/2001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohecyes.org\/unicdn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohecyes.org\/unicdn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohecyes.org\/unicdn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohecyes.org\/unicdn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}