Adopt a Beach™ Spring Kickoff May 1-15, 2010: Join the Fun!
The cold temperatures and piles of snow make the beach season seem like light years away -- yet the Alliance’s Adopt a Beach™ program is revving up for action.
It’s fun! It’s easy! Learn how to be part of the Alliance’s Adopt a Beach™ Spring Kickoff. This year Adopt a Beach™ will be announcing updates to the new data collection forms and protocol, so seasoned and new adopters should plan to attend a training session. Contact your state coordinator to find out how to get involved and about scheduled training dates in May for the program. Training dates are as follows: Illinois: To R.S.V.P. contact Frances Canonizado at 312-939-0838 ext. 228, or fcanonizado@greatlakes.org. April 6, 5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m., Friends of the Parks Conference Room, 17 N. State Street, Suite 1450, Chicago, IL 60602 April 26, 5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m., Evanston Ecology Center, 2024 McCormick Boulevard, Evanston, IL 60201 Indiana: To R.S.V.P. contact Frances Canonizado at 312-939-0838 ext. 228, or fcanonizado@greatlakes.org. April 7, 5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m., Dunes Learning Center, 700 Howe Road, Porter, IN 46304 April 13, 5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m., Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, 6100 Southport Rd., Portage, IN 46368 Michigan: To R.S.V.P. contact Jamie Cross at 866-850-0745 ext. 12, or jcross@greatlakes.org.
April 13, 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Grand Haven Community Center, 310 Columbus Avenue, Grand Haven, MI 49417 April 20, 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Saugatuck Public Schools Media Center, 401 Elizabeth Street, Saugatuck, MI 49453
April 22, 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library, 500 Market Street, St. Joseph, MI 49085 May 12, 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m., Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Philip A. Hart Visitor Center, On Highway M-72, 500 feet east of M-22 in Empire Ohio: To R.S.V.P. contact April Mather at 216-630-8140, or amather@greatlakes.org. March 18, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Lake Erie Nature and Science Center, 28728 Wolf Rd., Bay Village, OH 44140
April 7, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Arts Collinwood Community Center, 15605 Waterloo Road, Cleveland, OH 44110 Wisconsin: To R.S.V.P. contact Todd Brennan at 414-559-0317, or tbrennan@greatlakes.org. Tuesday, March 16, 5 p.m.-7 p.m., Milwaukee Environmental Consortium, 1845 N. Farwell Ave., Suite 100, Milwaukee, WI 53202 Saturday, April 17, 10:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Racine Yacht Club, 1 Barker Street, Racine, WI 53402-4993 Tuesday, April 20, 5 p.m.-7 p.m., Milwaukee Environmental Consortium, 1845 N. Farwell Ave., Suite 100, Milwaukee, WI 53213
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