YES! - Youth and Environment Stewardship Grant Program |
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MUSKEGON CONSERVATION DISTRICT
| Office Hours: Tuesday - Friday 7:30am - 5:30pm Due to the nature of our work, the office may be closed during regular office hours as our staff are working in the field or attending appointments with landowners. Thank You! Phone: 231-773-0008 |
Applications are now being accepted for the YES! - Youth and Environment Stewardship Grant
Program for 2012 - 2013. The deadline for submitting applications is Thursday, March 15th 2012.
This program is open to all educators and community organizations interested in raising
environmental awareness in Muskegon County by connecting youth with local organizations and
implementing hands-on environmental projects. Please apply even if you do not need funding and
are simply seeking to build a meaningful partnership to implement a project.
Projects funded in the past have included: planting native gardens, restoring natural areas for use in
future outdoor education, water quality monitoring and beach clean-ups, hosting environmental art
sculpture classes, and reinstating successful school recycling programs. Please see the YES! Flyer
below for more project ideas.
YES! grants, funded by Alcoa Foundation, are awarded up to $800 per project.
YES! Application Documents:
-- Project Criteria & Procedural Outline (151KB, pdf)
-- Project Application (172KB, Microsoft Word Document)
-- YES! Flyer (174KB, pdf)
All questions, correspondence, and applications should be directed to:
Alyssa Merten, Project Manager
Muskegon Conservation District
940 N. Van Eyck St.
Muskegon, MI 49442
PH: (231)773-0008
FAX: (231)767-1207
alyssa.merten@macd.org
Program sponsor:
Alcoa Foundation
Program for 2012 - 2013. The deadline for submitting applications is Thursday, March 15th 2012.
This program is open to all educators and community organizations interested in raising
environmental awareness in Muskegon County by connecting youth with local organizations and
implementing hands-on environmental projects. Please apply even if you do not need funding and
are simply seeking to build a meaningful partnership to implement a project.
Projects funded in the past have included: planting native gardens, restoring natural areas for use in
future outdoor education, water quality monitoring and beach clean-ups, hosting environmental art
sculpture classes, and reinstating successful school recycling programs. Please see the YES! Flyer
below for more project ideas.
YES! grants, funded by Alcoa Foundation, are awarded up to $800 per project.
YES! Application Documents:
-- Project Criteria & Procedural Outline (151KB, pdf)
-- Project Application (172KB, Microsoft Word Document)
-- YES! Flyer (174KB, pdf)
All questions, correspondence, and applications should be directed to:
Alyssa Merten, Project Manager
Muskegon Conservation District
940 N. Van Eyck St.
Muskegon, MI 49442
PH: (231)773-0008
FAX: (231)767-1207
alyssa.merten@macd.org
Program sponsor:
Alcoa Foundation
