SHOW YOUR SUPPORT

We could sure use your help to support Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge's 10,000+ acres.  Purchase a membership, join us for a fundraising event, purchase items from the Nature Store, donate an item listed below, donate land, volunteer your time...There are tons of ways that YOU can help!  Please give us a call at 419-898-0014 x13 or 419-707-7756.
 
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ITEM WISHLIST

Education and Interpretation:
  • ​Help us bring in the birds! Black-oil sunflower seed, niger seed, whole peanuts, and suet cakes
  • Digital Cameras and SD Cards
  • Fishing Tackle, Rods, and Supplies ✓
  • Bird feeders and stands for Wildlife Window ✓
  • Monarch Waystation Signs (Need 5, totaling $124.75)
  • Black Picture frames and white matts (9x12, x10) (13X19, x10) ✓
Visitor Center Maintenance:
  • Batteries
  • Flashlights​
Friends Group Office Supplies:
  • White Copy Paper
  • Office Depot Gift Cards
Friends Group Fundraising Events:
  • Silent Auction Items
  • Door Prizes

Fishing Access Funds

EQUIPMENT WISHLIST

Education and Interpretation: 
  • Wheelchair (Used or new!) ✓
  • Outreach banners & displays
    • ​Banner Stand ($332.00)
    • Trade Show Super Set ($1663.00)
  • Canoes (7), Life vests (50- varying sizes), Paddles (50), and a Canoe Trailer to support new programming in 2019
  • Updated AV Equipment for Multipurpose Room ✓
  • Interpretive Tour Bus ($50,000)
  • Tram ($30,000)
  • Vehicle to pull tram ($40,000)
For RV Volunteers:
  • Washer, dryer✓, and utility sink for RV Pads (Used or new!)
General Maintenance:
  • Leafblower
  • Animal-proof trash cans (Need 10 at $1,123/each)
  • Semi to haul heavy equipment ($50,000) ✓
Restoration:
  • 8x20 Greenhouse ($4,199.99)
  • 16x20 Greenhouse ($7,963.99)
Make a donation, make an impact.
Many Friends of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge give beyond their membership dues by volunteering or regularly purchasing items in the Rookery Nature Store. Others go beyond membership by making annual or monthly donations to programs they especially value. It is also possible to make a donation in memory or honor of someone special to you. 
Sponsor an intern.
​Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge interns make a huge impact for conservation at your national wildlife refuge. Most interns are college students involved with Biology, Conservation, or Environmental Studies programs. While gaining valuable work experience and assisting refuge staff with projects, refuge interns live and work at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge for 13 week terms​. Internship opportunities are offered at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge year-round as funds are available. While the refuge provides free housing for interns, they do not have funds available to pay them for their time.  Friends of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge provides living stipends for interns at a rate of $175 per week for a total of $2275 per internship. The offer of free housing, a small living stipend while learning about conservation is a huge draw for students across the country.
There is need for a total of ten, 13 week intern stipends per year.You can sponsor an intern for $175 a week, or sponsor their entire experience for $2275. 
Sponsor a field trip.
Teaching children about the environment and why we should value it is a major goal at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. The Refuge currently brings environmental education programs to about 4,500 students per year from surrounding counties. Unfortunately, many students are missed because their schools just don’t have money for field trips. Each year, Friends of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge (FONWR) provides $2,500 towards the cost of transportation grants. There is need for a total of 15 transportation grants per year.

​Please help us teach our next generation to value our environment and how to protect it. Help us teach them to become good stewards of the earth. Please consider sponsoring the visit of one or more classes each year for $250 each. Together, we can make a difference.
Want to help, but not ready to make the $250 contribution? Use the custom amount of $4.80 and set the frequency to "weekly" to make an impact a little bit at a time.
Sponsor a Project.
In 2018, we are working to raise $17,000 to enhance fishing opportunities. This project will create an ADA accessible concrete trail with benches along the pond by the Visitor Center. 

Currently, the fishing trail around the pond is grass and needs constant maintenance to be usable by children during summer camps, field trips, and special events. But the trail is not easy to access by wheelchair or walker. With your help, this trail will be converted to concrete and provide a safe experience for all.

Sponsor a bench for $1000 or a tree for $600 and have your name on a plaque showing your support for conservation.