UW-Madison

Each spring starting on June 1, PBS Wisconsin hosts its annual Auction fundraiser. Over 800 businesses donate thousands of items to be sold online to raise funding that supports PBS Wisconsin’s programming and activities. The 2027 PBS Wisconsin Auction is scheduled for June 1-10, 2027 with volunteer recruitment beginning early 2027. To be included in our volunteer recruitment emails, please sign up for our volunteer newsletter at the following link if you are not already on our email list: app.e2ma.net/app2/audienc..2043230/16761 In the meantime, if you have not registered for a volunteer account in VolunteerMatters, please feel free to create an account by clicking “Login” and then the "Register Now" button. You will first be asked to enter your email address and name, and an email will then be sent to you to verify your email address. Once you receive the email from notifications@volunteermatters.org, click on the "Verify Email" button within that email. You will then be redirected to another page where you will finish the account registration process by setting up a password and filling out additional information. Please note that during the registration process, you will select "UW-Madison" as your campus and "Wisconsin Public Media" as the Madison/Extension Primary Volunteering Area. Please note that volunteers with PBS Wisconsin are considered UW-Madison volunteers, and therefore, must be aware of UW-5001 Volunteer Policy and agree to comply with the policy. The policy can be found at the following link: policy.wisc.edu/library/UW-5001 Once sign-up is open in early 2027, please follow the instructions in this tutorial video for how to register and sign up for available shifts using the VolunteerMatters system: mediaspace.wisc.edu/media/PBS.._301k8w4z Thanks you for supporting PBS Wisconsin!