Location & Info
NIOSA is held in La Villita in Downtown. Steer-on-a-Stick is located inside of the area called Frontier Town. The best way for volunteers to enter is at the entrance at Nueva and S. Alamo. NIOSA runs rom 5:30 to 10:30 each night. Volunteers can enter earlier.
You must have your volunteer wristband and the waiver signed before they will let you in.
You cannot bring your own coolers in. We will have beer in the booth you can donate to.
"MPV" Award
Ms. Kelly Cordova with the first award.
Mr. Wally Meeks
Dr. Anthony Fauci receiving the MPV award by Former President Bush.
Mr. Scott Adamson
Ms. Erin Horner Angle
Mr. Phillip Hample
Mr. Matt Smith
Mr. Geoff Levine
Mr. Jeremy Angle
The Wally Meeks "MPV" Award was created in 2018 to celebrate Steer-on-a-Stick's most important volunteers for the year and also lifetime achievements. In a drunken, dyslexic haze, Dingle wrote MPV instead of MVP. Instead of fixing it, we embraced it.
"MPV" Award Winners:
- 2018 – Kelly Cordova
- 2019 – Wally Meeks
- 2020 – Dr. Anthony Fauci
- 2021 – Scott Adamson
- 2022 – Erin Horner Angle
- 2023 – Phillip Hample
- 2024 – Matt Smith
- 2025 – Geoff Levine
- 2026 – Jeremy Angle