National Park Service Volunteer-in-Parks (VIP) Recognition.
In 2023, a total of 220 volunteers for the Ice Age Trail earned recognition for the National Park Service’s VIP program. VIP volunteers receive recognition when they attain certain volunteer hour milestones (as long as their volunteer form is current!) Hours accrue, year over year.
100-Hour Recipients:
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Scott Allen Lee Anderson Bailey Arndt Teresa Aspeslet Joe Bauer Beth Bechtel Victoria Billings Richard Blanchard Pam Bowe Roger Briggs John Bley Kim Cooke Anna DeMers Tom Dreier Ellen Evans John Fafinski Amanda Fischer Abigail Cantor Jeff Frazer Marilyn Hafele David Haffner David Haggarty Jim Hannas Ann Hansen Larry Hendrickson Meghan Hessler Elsie Hochstedler Kathy Hutter |
Audrey Ishii
Carla Ivey Jennifer Jahnke Charles Kazik Mary Guell Alan Harper Julie Kosher Pat Kosher Ellen Kreger Janet Leedle Jim Leonhardt Janet Lohr Christopher Luhman Brenda Marquardt Priscilla Matthews Brian McNeil Linda McReynolds Noah Mentjes Gary Janssen Zak Michiels Bob Mitchell Michael Moen Gary Molz Carla Moore Sally Nash Larry Nesper Bob Oonk Janice Ketelle Sara Pitterle |
Len Punke Scott Rickert Chuck Ritger Mark Ronnie Bill Ryno Suzanne Sasso Don Saunders Nik Schauer Deborah Schmitz Amber Kraft Brad Kunze Fran Steffes Phil Stenz Kirk Lingner Laura Strelow Ben Swanson Lee Taylor Mike Thomasgard Mary Tierney Tiffany Virag Richard Wadleigh Phyllis Wattleworth Joe Welter Dan Masterpole Lara Pagel Michele Schroeder Lisa Siewert Sue Stenz Ann Thering |
250-Hour Recipients:
| Teresa Aspeslet
Steve Bauer Beth Bechtel John Bechtel Pam Bowe Maggie Carrao Raymond Disterhaft Stephanie Eastwood Ken Engel Deb Erickson Don Evans Rob Fisk Jeff Frazer Rick Gamble Steve Hall George Hendrickson Kathy Hetzel |
Cindy Hladilek
James Jacobson Tom Jones Paul Kaiser Barb Katt Bud Kehrli Lynn Larson Bob Leedle Ken Manthei Eugene Markiewicz Brenda Marquardt Dan Masterpole Michelle McArdle Colleen Mink Bill Morley Mary Nennig Maurice Plummer Carol Pope |
Kevin Quinn
Mary Retzke Mark Ronnie Dave Ross Nik Schauer Sandy Scherer Rich Schifreen Jim Schleif Deborah Schmitz Jill Schultz Mike Smaby Mary Stewart Warren Stouffer Robyn Swanson Matt Underwood Tiffany Virag Mark Walker Alice Weinert |
500-Hour Recipients:
| Bill Banks
Cindy Bredow Mike Drehobl Rob Fisk Tom Goltz Steve Hall Scott Henning Monny Hjerstedt Steve Jilk Peg Jopek Randy Kalal |
Dave Keber
Rosemary Kilbridge Holly Lorentz Rob Malewicki Doris Manthey Nina Manzi Linda McKamey David Mentjes Bill Morley Theron Nash Brian Nelson Melinda Nelson |
Nancy Peterson
Rich Roe Jeff Romagna Tom Route Tim Rutter Pam Smith-Jilk Fred Stadler Kris Van Handel Maria Verbrugge Alice Weinert Rita Wiechman |
1000-Hour Recipients:
| Gary Anders
Grant Burdick Norman Card Butch Clendenning Ellen Drought Pete Englund Mike Fischer Doug Galaszewski |
Mark Gleissner
Dave Gramling Sue Greenway Myron Hafele John Hillmer Steve Konkol Christi Lee Bob LeFevre Mark Ormsby |
Barry Owens
John Stupak Libby Stupak Randy Surbaugh Jeremy Vechinski Becky Whitmore Cory Wiese Tami Wiese Jared Wildenradt |
3000-Hour Recipients:
| Barb Ceder
Patty Dreier David Earles Ann Green Patti Herman Jerry Krause Dean Paynter Ron Schwilk |
4000-Hour Recipients of the President’s Lifetime of Service Award:
| Nanette Del Monaco
Bob Held Barbara Johnson Buzz Meyer Darrel Ruechel Bob Rusch Ruth Sommers Theresa Werner |
6000-Hour Recipients:
| Jerome Converse
Dennis James John Kolbe Bill Welch |
Ice Age Trail Alliance Years of Service Awards
The Ice Age Trail Alliance recognizes volunteers for the years of service they devote to the Trail. Volunteers receive this award at 10-, 20-, 30-, 40- and 50-year milestones.
10-Years of Service:
| Michele Amacker
Gerald Anderson Bruce Berres Lyle Buettner Dale Cardwell Barb Ceder John Elliott |
Dale Fanney
Doug Galaszewski Wendell Holl Paul Keber Rita Keber Mary Lutz Kenneth Manthei Kathleen Mcgwin |
James Mooney
Donna Piotrowski Cynthia Sesolak John Stupak Patricia Theis Mark Walker Cheryl Whitman |
20-Years of Service:
| Andrew Bent
Jon Bishop Vicki Christianson Barbara Delaney Lisa DeLaney |
Don Erickson
Sue Munger Gail Piotrowski Nancy Schulz Richard Semrow |
Mary Skalecki
Jennifer Stehley Steve White Pat Witkowski Barbara Wollmer |
50-Years of Service:
| Bob Rusch |
