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April 2019
Adopt-a-Beach at Buffalo Harbor State Park
Join the Alliance for the Great Lakes for Adopt-a-Beach at Gallagher Beach in Buffalo Harbor State Park. Every Earth Month, thousands of volunteers come together to kick off the Adopt-a-Beach season and get our Great Lakes beaches ready for the summer. Join us for Spring Kick-Off in Buffalo, NY — and bring your friends and family! Meetup Location: Gallagher Beach Pier
Find out more »Adopt-a-Beach Spring Kick-Off in Cleveland, OH
Join the Alliance for the Great Lakes and Drink Local Drink Tap for Adopt-a-Beach Spring Kick-Off at Edgewater Beach in Cleveland, Ohio. Every Earth Month, thousands of volunteers come together to kick off the Adopt-a-Beach season and get our Great Lakes beaches ready for the summer. Join us for Spring Kick-Off in Cleveland, Ohio — and bring your friends and family!
Find out more »Adopt-a-Beach Spring Kick-Off at Belle Isle in Detroit
Start the Adopt-a-Beach season off right with Alliance for the Great Lakes and the Belle Isle Conservancy. Every Earth Month, thousands of volunteers come together to kick off the Adopt-a-Beach season and get our Great Lakes beaches ready for the summer. Join us for Adopt-a-Beach Spring Kick-Off at Detroit's Belle Isle Beach — and bring your friends and family!
Find out more »June 2019
Great Blue Benefit 2019
Join us for a magnificent evening on Lake Michigan where you’ll mingle with others who care about clean water, enjoy cocktails and sustainably-sourced fare, and learn how you can protect the Great Lakes. Click here to purchase tickets. Interested in becoming a sponsor? Click here to learn about and purchase a sponsorship. Can’t make it to the event? Click here to donate.
Find out more »September 2019
Clean Lake Benefit
The Great Lakes hold 20% of the earth’s surface freshwater and provide drinking water to 40 million people. Save the date for a fun evening celebrating our work to protect the lakes. This event includes drinks and hors d’oeuvres. All proceeds support the Alliance for the Great Lakes’ work. Please contact Carolyn Rudinsky at crudinsky@greatlakes.org or 312-445-9736 with any questions.
Find out more »September Adopt-a-Beach
Thousands of people participate in September Adopt-a-Beach every year — a Great Lakes day of action, dedicated to volunteering and cleaning up our region's shorelines. Last year, Adopt-a-Beach volunteers picked up over 36,000 lbs. of litter from their local beaches. More than 85% of it was plastic. Tackling litter and plastic pollution in the Great Lakes is no small task, but together we can make a difference. Join us for September Adopt-a-Beach on September 21, 2019! Look out for cleanup events…
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