by Aidalicia Swertfeger | Jan 2, 2025 | photo contest, photography, Photos from the Field, Uncategorized
It’s time to revisit your camera rolls to find your best Wilderness Volunteers photos for our 2024 Photo Contest! We have great prizes for the winners of some fun categories: All Things Work – Pictures depicting project work, the tools used, hiking on the...
by Carrie Henderson | Oct 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
Calling all artists & graphic designers! We are excited to announce our first-ever T-Shirt Design Contest! We are looking for a new t-shirt design for our 2025 Project Season – and we need your help! Anyone can submit their design to be featured on a limited...
by Carrie Henderson | Jul 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
Have you ever wondered what it takes to serve on WV’s Board of Directors? What kind of time commitment is it? What do you do? Is it rewarding? Fun We’re kicking off a series of interviews with our Board members to answer those questions and more! Our first...
by Carrie Henderson | Feb 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
When I was a kid, growing up in northern Illinois, most of my friends went on vacation to the Wisconsin Dells (a water park just a few hours north) or to more exotic places like Disneyworld in Florida. For me, family vacation was always South Dakota: the Black Hills...
by Carrie Henderson | Nov 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
Qualified Charitable Distributions from an IRA Did you know that, if you are at least 70½ years old, you can make tax-free charitable donations directly from your IRA? By making what’s called a qualified charitable distribution (QCD), you can benefit your...
by wilderness | Apr 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Back in December 2019, it seemed like a fine idea to sign up for a Wilderness Volunteer service trip in the Providence Mountains of Mojave National Preserve. It would be my first volunteer gig of the year, and would help get me into shape for a spring/summer of...
