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  • Adopt-a-Beach Spring Kickoff 2022

    At your favorite Great Lakes shoreline

    Spring is just around the corner. That means Adopt-a-Beach season will start before you know it! So mark your calendar: Adopt-a-Beach Spring Kickoff is Friday, April 22 - Sunday, April 24. Every year, thousands of Adopt-a-Beach volunteers come together to keep our Great Lakes beaches clean. It’s easy to join in. Visit the Adopt-a-Beach website […]

  • Forever Great Earth Fest

    The Blue Bridge Blue Footbridge, Grand Rapids, MI, United States

    Join Forever Great and Grand Rapids as they come together to celebrate and clean up the environment! Grand River cleanup: 4:00-5:00 pm Eastern. Pop-up Market, where Alliance for the Great Lakes will be in attendance: 5:00-8:00 pm Eastern.

  • Rock the Green 11th Annual Earth Day Celebration

    Harley-Davidson Museum 400 W Canal St, Milwaukee, IL, United States

    Join Rock the Green for their 11th annual (free) Earth Day Celebration presented by Milwaukee Riverkeeper and City of Milwaukee’s Environmental Collaboration Office. Event will include a live concert, tasty sustainable fare and local beer for purchase, and eco-education from community nonprofits and organizations including Alliance for the Great Lakes. https://www.rockthegreen.com/

  • Celebrate Earth Day at Dvorak Park

    Dvorak Park 1119 W Cullerton St, Chicago, IL, United States

    Dvorak Park is hosting an Earth Day event that will showcase organizations that serve to educate people of all ages about clean air and water, as well as other environmental issues. There will be nature programs and opportunities to build a recycled art sculpture or to make a seed bomb! Alliance for the Great Lakes […]

  • Everything’s Relative Salon and Spa’s Sunday Funday

    Reggies Rock Club 2109 S State St, Chicago, IL, United States

    Everything’s Relative Salon and Spa will be hosting Sunday Funday at Reggies to raise money for the Alliance for the Great Lakes! Join them for live music (featuring Little Giant), raffles, silent auction, food, and a cash bar! A representative from the Alliance will give a brief introduction. For ages 21+. Read more and purchase […]

  • Great Blue Benefit 2022

    Theater on the Lake 2401 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL

    Celebrate communities who depend on the lakes and highlight partnerships that strengthen our advocacy across the region.

  • Adopt-a-Beach Team Leader Training

    Online

    Do you have questions or about becoming a Team Leader? Are you an experienced Team Leader who wants a refresher on how to lead a cleanup? Join us for a short Team Leader training. Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsf--qqzkrHdXd-GswXtEfSz2V_uxLLANq

  • Adopt-a-Beach Team Leader Training

    Online

    Do you have questions or about becoming a Team Leader? Are you an experienced Team Leader who wants a refresher on how to lead a cleanup? Join us for a short Team Leader training. Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwocOyhrjMiGdUOozRLp9QEmOXRc9Y0p6vP

  • Adopt-a-Beach Team Leader Training

    Online

    Do you have questions or about becoming a Team Leader? Are you an experienced Team Leader who wants a refresher on how to lead a cleanup? Join us for a short Team Leader training. Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwtc--oqz8iG9FFxUrG-gZ48bK0YAsw3m9e

  • September Adopt-a-Beach 2022

    At your favorite Great Lakes shoreline

    Join us Saturday, September 17, 2022, for a Great Lakes day of action! Thousands of Adopt-a-Beach volunteers will clean and celebrate Great Lakes shorelines as part of the International Coastal Cleanup. Volunteers on all five lakes and in each of the eight Great Lakes states will join the ranks of 16 million global volunteers that […]