Freshwater Future Weekly: February 21, 2025

This Week: Four Events Guaranteed to Boost Your Water Work; Request for Proposals: Freshwater Future’s Spring Project Grants

Four Events Guaranteed to Boost Your Water Work

Celebrate our Freshwater Heroes with Us: February 26, 2025 | Noon ET!

This event will definitely make you smile. Join us to honor this year’s honorees. Register for free here.

Last Chance to Register: All About Water Convening, March 27th

Join us to network, develop actions, inspire & get inspired. Register today-Deadline February 24th! Limited space and funds to assist with travel costs are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Join Us for Mindfulness & Movement on February 27, 2025 

Join Freshwater Future staff and friends for our monthly trauma-informed mindfulness and movement practice led by Jonathan Relucio. Jonathan, an expert with 20+ years of experience, will lead us through a 45-minute session tailored towards the wellness of water protectors like you. This event is free and open to the public, we hope to see you there! Register here!

Webinar: Demystifying Budgets: Gain Knowledge and Skills for Budgeting | March 6, 2025, 1 pm

Have you struggled to create a budget for a grant application or for your whole organization?  Creating budgets can seem overwhelming. Join us on March 6, 2025, for an interactive webinar to learn the basics about budgeting.  You will gain the skills and confidence to create budgets for your organization and projects. Register here.

Request for Proposals: Freshwater Future’s Spring Project Grants

Calling all water protectors! Does your group need funding to advocate for drinking water, river, lake, shoreline, wetland, or groundwater protection in the Great Lakes region? Freshwater Future’s Spring Project Grants program is accepting applications until March 31st. These grants provide financial support up to $5,000 for grassroots advocacy efforts to protect water.  For more information, including examples of advocacy projects, please see our Q&A webinar recording or contact Alana Honaker, alana@freshwaterfuture.org or (231) 348-8200 ext. 6. Learn more here!