Get Ready for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025!
Get Ready for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025!
March 2025 – The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration returns to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on July 21-27, 2025! EAA AirVenture Oshkosh will have a variety of opportunities for EAA chapter members to make the week even more exciting. Take a look below at what activities chapter members can engage in during AirVenture this year.
Volunteer With the EAA Chapters & 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 setup 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 2024, 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 6, 2025. 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. Campsites can be reserved between July 12 and July 27, 2025. Each campsite is $351.
Chapter group camping reservations are due by June 13, 2025, so don’t delay! Reserve Your Campsites!
The EAA Chapters staff and volunteers will stake out your campsites in advance. You are welcome to volunteer to help us stake out the chapter campsites on July 8-9, 2025. Sign Up Here!
Chapter Pancake Breakfasts
Saturday, July 19, to Saturday, July 26, 2025, from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m.Chapters Pavilion in Camp Scholler
EAA chapters can host a pancake breakfast at the Chapters Pavilion during AirVenture and then return home with the profits. If your chapter is interested in hosting a pancake breakfast, then feel free to sign up! EAA will provide all the food, beverages, grills, utensils, and other supplies. All your chapter needs to bring is at least 18-20 volunteers. Register Your Chapter Today!
All chapter members are welcome and encouraged to attend these breakfasts as all proceeds from each event will go back to the host chapter to help with their fundraising efforts.
Chapters Pavilion Social Hours
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. Reserve the Pavilion Today!
Chapter Leaders Corn Roast
Sunday, July 20, 2025, at 5 p.m. Chapters Pavilion in Camp Scholler
Chapter leaders are welcome to attend this corn roast to kick off the start of AirVenture 2025 and to meet the EAA Chapters staff. Limited seating is available for preregistered guests only. Register Today!
Chapters Mass Group Photo
Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at 9 a.m. Brown Arch
We will be taking our annual photo of chapter members at the Brown Arch, near the AirVenture flightline. All EAA chapter members are welcome and encouraged to show up. Don’t forget to wear your chapter clothing and bring a chapter banner! Save the Date!
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Chapter Leaders Breakfast and Awards Ceremony
Saturday, July 26, 2025, 8-10 a.m. 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 preregistered guests only. Register Today!
Blue Barn
Located on Knapp Street across from the Forums Plaza, the Blue Barn is the home for EAA chapters and Young Eagles at AirVenture. The EAA Chapters staff and a group of dedicated volunteers will be available to educate visitors about EAA chapters and the Young Eagles program. At the Blue Barn, you will find the following:
- Attend forums about growing your chapter, engaging youths, and much more.
- Learn about chapter resources and best practices.
- Learn about the EAA Young Eagles and Eagle Flightsprograms and how to become a Young Eagles or Eagle Flights volunteer.
- See examples of EAA’s chapter youth programs, including the Young Eagles Build and Fly program, the Young Eagles Workshops program, and AeroEducate.
- Learn about the Ray Aviation Scholarship, Flying Start, IMC/VMC Clubs, 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.
Visit the Blue Barn webpage for more information.
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 2025. Sign up to meet with Patti for assistance for your chapter to learn how to gain or correct your 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, or to discuss chapter-related tax-exempt basics, including potential donations and contributions. Sign Up Today!
The EAA Chapters and Young Eagles staff look forward to seeing you at AirVenture this year! If you have any questions, please contact the EAA Chapters office at 800-564-6322 or chapters@eaa.org.
