The Obey Center hosts classroom groups on Wednesdays and Thursdays (as scheduled). The staff seeks people to volunteer with the classroom groups throughout the school year. These visits run from 9:00 to 2:00. Time is allotted for lunch. They need one volunteer with each school group to work in the Obey Center while staff work with the students outside.

The Obey Center is open from 9:00 - 3:00 throughout the year on Wednesday through Sunday.

Volunteer work includes:

1. Staffing the front desk: greeting non-school visitors and answering their questions, selling IATA and park merchandise

2. Help with the Exhibit Search. Students are divided into 3-person teams. They receive a worksheet. They have to travel to different stations within the displays and look for answers to questions. The volunteer has an Answer Key for the worksheet, and they check the students’ answers.

3. A volunteer may be scheduled to lead a hike.

Email or call Dave Hladilek if you are interested in volunteering. He will contact you if you volunteer to find out when you are available.

Contact Dave Hladilek at Dave.Hladilek@wisconsin.gov or call him at 715-967-2800. He needs to perform a background check because you would be working with school children. He needs your name, email, and phone number.

NOTE: Volunteers for the Ice Age Trail must have a signed Volunteer Agreement from the National Park Service. If you do not have a volunteer agreement, you must get one from Dan Watson at the Wisconsin office of the National Park Service.

Renewing your Volunteer Agreements annually if you plan to do any kind of volunteer work on behalf of the Ice Age Trail. This includes trail maintenance, shuttling, event support, and other volunteer activity in support of the trail . Please use the links below for the Volunteer Agreement and the email address for sending it in to Dan Watson.

Please allow enough time between submitting your annual agreement and the activiity you will be volunteering for.

To access the new Volunteer Agreement, here is the link: https://www.iceagetrail.org/wp-content/uploads/Packet-Individual-301a-IATR-Staff_508.pdf. Please fill out the fillable form and email it to: iatr_vip_ice_age_trail@nps.gov.

NOTE: Fill in all the required boxes. The fillable boxes are on everything except the signature line. You can type your name and date in the date box next to the signature line. Save the document to your computer and then send it to Dan Watson as an attachment. Or print off your completed document, sign it, and mail it to Dan Watson. Dan’s address is on the directions page that comes with the form.
When you send in the Volunteer Agreement to Dan Watson, he will sign it and return it to you. Please print a copy for yourself or save it in your files. Email us at chippewamorainechapter@iceagetrail.org to let us know that you have received your new signed Volunteer Agreement.

Finally, mark your calendar to submit a new agreement one year from the date of your new agreement.