Get Involved - Alliance for the Great Lakes

We can't protect the Great Lakes without your help. Each year, tens of thousands of volunteers and advocates join together to keep the lakes healthy and safe for all. Find out how you can get involved today!

Adopt-a-Beach™

Working together to protect the Great Lakes through clean-ups and community projects.

Help keep our beaches beautiful

Great Lakes Action Center

Your voice, when combined with thousands of advocates around the lakes, can make a difference!

Visit the Action Center

Great Lakes in Your Classroom

Give students a hands-on, emotional connection to nature and science with curriculum and activities for your school or student groups.

Teach students

Alliance Ambassadors

Become an Ambassador and help us spread the word about how people can help the lakes.

Learn more about the Ambassadors program

Young Professional Council

The next generation of Great Lakes leaders joined together to give back to the lakes.

Learn more about the YPC

Great Blue Benefit

Every year we hold the lakeside event of the season in Chicago!

Learn More

Aveda Earth Month

Aveda salons and stylists support the Alliance every Earth Month with fundraising events all around the Great Lakes.

Learn More

Protect the Great Lakes this Election Season

We’ve created a new toolkit to help Great Lakes voters like you stand up for the Great Lakes in the 2018 midterm elections.

Download the toolkit

Events

Find an event in your area. Get involved in protecting the lakes in your community.

Find Events