Get Ready for EAA AirVenture 2024!

 

March 2024 – The EAA Chapters and Young Eagles staff members are excited about EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024. We would like to take this time to share the chapters and Young Eagles happenings during this great event. Here you will see a breakdown of special events for chapter leaders and members. You will also find an opportunity to pre-register for the annual EAA chapter leader social events.

Volunteer With the Chapters and Young Eagles Staff!
The EAA Chapters and Young Eagles staff is looking for energetic and passionate volunteers to help with preparations for AirVenture, staffing at the Blue Barn and Chapters Pavilion during the convention, and wrap-up activities. Blue Barn volunteering includes being on-site during AirVenture to assist visitors with learning more about EAA chapters and the various chapter-related programs and activities, especially the very popular EAA Young Eagles program. For those who wish to volunteer during the days before AirVenture, opportunities are available to assist with the final set-up in the Blue Barn or at the Chapters Pavilion located in Camp Scholler.

Note that if you volunteered for 20 or more hours with the chapters and Young Eagles teams last year during AirVenture 2023, then you have earned a free weekly admission wristband for AirVenture this year! If you volunteer with the chapters and Young Eagles teams at AirVenture for 20 or more hours this year, then you will earn a free weekly admission wristband for AirVenture next year! The volunteer sign-up form is open until July 7, 2024. Sign Up Today!

Chapter Group Camping
One of the ways to make AirVenture even more fun is to camp with your fellow chapter members. Your EAA chapter can request 2-6 sites in advance at Camp Scholler to establish a chapter base of operations. The EAA Chapters staff and volunteers will stake out your camp sites in advance. Each camp site is $324.
Chapter group camping reservations are due by June 14, 2024, so don’t delay! Register Your Chapter Today!

You are welcome to volunteer to help us stake out the chapter camp sites on July 8, 2024. Sign Up Here!

Chapter Pancake Breakfasts
Saturday, July 20, to Saturday, July 27, 2024, from 6 a.m.-12 p.m. at the Chapters Pavilion in Camp Scholler.
EAA chapters will host pancake breakfasts at the Chapters Pavilion throughout the week of AirVenture. If your chapter is interested in hosting a breakfast, then feel free to sign up! EAA will provide all the food, beverages, grills, utensils, and other supplies. All your chapter has to bring is 18-20 volunteers. Register Your Chapter Today!

All chapter members are welcome to attend at least one of these breakfasts, since all proceeds from each event will go back to the host chapter to help their fundraising efforts.

Chapters Pavilion Reservations
EAA chapters are welcome to reserve the Chapters Pavilion in Camp Scholler for a lunchtime or evening event. Perhaps your chapter wants to have a gathering for its members attending AirVenture, or maybe the chapters in your region want to have a special get-together. Register Your Chapter Today!

Chapter Leaders Corn Roast
Sunday, July 21, 2024, at 5 p.m. at the Chapters Pavilion in Camp Scholler.
Chapter leaders are welcome to attend this corn roast to kick off the start of AirVenture 2024 and to meet the EAA Chapters staff. Limited seating is available for pre-registered guests only. Register Today!

Chapters Mass Group Photo
Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at 9 a.m. at the Brown Arch.
Wear your chapter clothing and bring a chapter banner!

Young Eagles Volunteer Corn Roast Social
Thursday, July 25, 2024, at 4 p.m. at the Chapters Pavilion in Camp Scholler.
Young Eagles coordinators, pilots, and ground volunteers – and Young Eagles themselves – are welcome to attend this corn roast to celebrate their hard work and dedication. Register Today!

Chapter Leaders Breakfast and Awards Ceremony
Saturday, July 27, 2024, from 8-10 a.m. in the EAA Aviation Museum Founders’ Wing.
Join us for breakfast to celebrate EAA chapters and to recognize the recipients of this year’s Chapter Volunteer Awards. Limited seating is available for pre-registered guests only. Register Today!

Blue Barn
Find programs to support your chapters! Discover how you can:

• Attend forums about growing your chapter, engaging youth, and more.
• Learn about chapter resources and best practices.
• See EAA’s chapter youth programs, including the Young Eagles Build and Fly program, the Young Eagles Workshops program, and the AeroEducate program.
• Learn about the Ray Aviation Scholarship program, Flying Start, IMC/VMC, and more.
• Represent your chapter and place your pin on the chapter map.
• Enter for a chance to win a new Lincoln TIG welder for your chapter.
• Learn about the EAA Young Eagles program and how to become a Young Eagles or Eagle Flights volunteer.

Meet with Patti Arthur

EAA Lifetime member and tax attorney Patti Arthur is available for one-on-one consultations with chapter leaders in the Blue Barn during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024. Sign up to meet with Patti for assistance for your chapter to learn how to gain or correct your charitable status 501(c)(3), or to discuss chapter-related tax-exempt basics, including potential donations and contributions. Sign Up Today!

We will see you at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024!

If you have any questions, please contact the EAA Chapters office at 920-426-4800 or chapters@eaa.org.