iVolunteer Newsletters

Summer 2012 Newsletter Highlights:

• IDNR Honors Outstanding Volunteers of the Year
• 3rd Annual Great Rock River Sweep
• Annual Kankakee River Cleanup
• Pump Up the Prairie Workday
• Support a Friend!  Attend an Event or Contact a Friend
• ICF Sportsman’s Fundraiser/Hall of Fame Banquet
• Farewell message

Spring 2012 Newsletter

• It’s Camping Season – We Still need a few Campground Hosts!
• IDNR Volunteer Opportunities Help
• Teach a Child the Fun of Fishing
• How You can Help Tornado Victims in Illinois
• Earth Day in the Parks – Locations Still Available!
• Order Your 2012 Pink Camo Big Buck, Turkey & Morel Pins
• Friend to Friend ~ Unique and Successful Fundraising Ideas!
• National Volunteer Week is April 15-21

Winter 2011 Newsletter Highlights

• Hunter Safety Education is Celebrating 35 Years
• IDNR Campground Host Program
• January is the time to sign up for Earth Day in the Parks
• You can Donate your Deer Harvest to Charity
• NEEF Seeking Grant Applications from Friends Groups
• Our Christmas Wish List
• Got Questions?  Get Answers from your Friends

Fall 2011 Newsletter Highlights

• New Friends Group – Friends of Pyramid State Park
• Veterans Conservation Corps Forming at State Parks
• Outdoor Illinois Podcast
• Volunteers Needed at Argyle Lake State Park
• Youth Conservation Congress
• Happy Anniversary to Franklin Creek Preservation Area Committee
• Your Volunteer Handbook is available online!

Summer 2011 Newsletter Highlights

• IDNR 2011 Outstanding Volunteers of the Year
• 2nd Annual Great Rock River Sweep
• It’s Our River Day September 17th
• Annual Kankakee River Clean-up
• Good Friends are always looking for more company!
• Volunteers needed to Staff events at Cache River Watershed
• Your new Volunteer Handbook is available online

Spring 2011 Newsletter Highlights

• Your IDNR Volunteer Handbook is Online!
• Five Steps to Become an IDNR Volunteer
• Campground Host Volunteer Opportunities
• Pump Up the Prairie!
• More Volunteer Opportunities
• National Volunteer Week April 10-16

Winter 2010 Newsletter Highlights

• IDNR Campground Host Program
• Grant Available to Friends Groups
• Our Volunteer “Wish List” at Volo Bog SNA; Moraine Hills SP and Hennepin Canal SP
• Find a Friend ~ On the Web!
• Kids Volunteer – Featuring Boy Scout Troop 92

Fall 2010 Newsletter Highlights:

• Volunteer Opportunities at Fort Massac; Cypress Creek & Pere Marquette
• Get Involved in IDNR programs:  Sportsmen Against Hunger; Veterans Conservation Corps; Volunteer Internship for College Credit; Kids Volunteer
• Are you Included?  Send in your Time Sheets!
• IDNR Volunteers of the Year Ceremony

Summer 2010 Newsletter Highlights

• IDNR Volunteer of the Year Award Ceremony to be held 8-21-10
• Volo Bog SNA seeks Volunteer Youth Program Naturalist
• Goose Lake Prairie SNA Needs Volunteers
• Have you visited Conservation World?

Spring 2010 Newsletter Highlights

• Mother Nature’s Friends Groups
• National Volunteer Week April 18-24
• Friends Groups Planted the Seeds; Now they need You!
• Your IDNR Volunteer Opportunities
• Kids Volunteer at Earth Day in the Parks
• The I.R.S. and Volunteers

Fall 2009 Newsletter Highlights

• IL State Museum A Place of Discovery needs Volunteers
• Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities
• Conservation Congress
• Kids Volunteer focus on Jersey County Venturing Crew #32 & #93
• 2009 IDNR Outstanding Volunteers of the Year

Winter 2009 Newsletter Highlights:

• How to “Get Involved” as an IDNR Volunteer
• Campground Host Program Volunteers Needed
• Volunteer “Wish List”
• “Get Involved” with the Chicago Wilderness/Mighty Acorns Program
• New IDNR Friends Group at Pere Marquette State Park
• Kids Volunteer focus on Sesser-Valier Outdoorsmen Club