Thank you for your interest in protecting an international treasure--the magnificent waters in the Great Lakes region. There are a variety of ways you can participate and help with the Great Lakes Walk, Paddle, and Roll.

Create Your Own Great Lakes Walk, Paddle, and Roll Event
Are you looking for an easy fundraising event to bring in some extra money for your project, but don't have a lot of time to dedicate to organizing a big event? Why not join Freshwater Future in our Great Lakes Walk, Paddle, and Roll. There is still time to get organize a team to help raise funds for your cause and to help Freshwater Future's efforts to support community groups working to protect the lakes, rivers, and wetlands throughout our spectacular Great Lakes region.

You can choose the type of activity/event you want to sponsor.

• Grab your canoe or kayak and paddle on your waterway
• Oil those gears on your bike and pedal on a scenic route
• Grab a friend and go for a very, long walk
• Get outside to enjoy the beautiful natural resources and raise money to protect our waters

Participants in last year's event raised an average of $700 per person! Don't miss out on this great opportunity to raise funds for your group and help other groups that are working hard to protect the Great Lakes.

If you would like to create or host an event to raise money for Freshwater Future and your organization, click here to review our sharing agreement. Then go to www.firstgiving.com/freshwaterfuture and click on Get Started.

Volunteer to Participate in a Great Lakes Walk, Paddle, and Roll Event
There are teams already holding walking, paddling, and/or rolling events that you can participate in. To join a team, go to: www.firstgiving.com/freshwaterfuture and click on Join Team. Select the Great Lakes Walk, Paddle, and Roll event and a list of teams will be presented that you can join. It takes about 10 minutes to set up your page and you can begin raising funds immediately!

Create your own personal page to fundraise to help people protect the Great Lakes Once you have joined a team you can make your own fundraising page. If you want to start a new event that is fine too! Go to www.firstgiving.com/freshwaterfuture and click on Get Started. Select the Great Lakes Walk, Paddle, and Roll. Follow the instructions and in about 10 minutes your own page to help raise funds to protect the Great Lakes.

Register for our FREE Webinar, "Great Lakes Walk, Paddle, and Roll: Using Firstgiving" on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 12:00 pm-1:00 pm EST, to learn more about the event and how to use the online fundraising tool firstgiving. The webinar will review how the Great Lakes Walk, Paddle, and Roll event works and how to use the firstgiving website to fundraise. We will show you how to set up a team, make your own webpage, and how to send your webpage out to your friends and family. There are limited spaces, so click here to reserve your spot today.

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Freshwater Future builds effective community-based citizen action to protect and restore the water quality of the Great Lakes basin. We work toward this goal by providing financial assistance, communications and networking assistance and technical assistance to citizens and grassroots watershed groups throughout the Great Lakes basin. Through these efforts we work with over 1,800 grassroots watershed groups and citizens to protect and restore the rivers, lakes and wetlands in their communities. Freshwater Future, Inc. is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.

For more information, please contact:

info@freshwaterfuture.org
P.O. Box 2479, Petoskey, MI 49770
PH (231) 348-8200