Care about the Great Lakes? Do this by April 26

NEWS RELEASE

DAVID ORAZIETTI, MPP

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Orazietti announces funding to help with Great Lakes clean up projects

Ontario Government offers grants to community groups for local stewardship activities

SAULT STE. MARIE - The Ontario government is working with communities to help protect and enhance the Great Lakes, David Orazietti MPP announced.

“I know there are many people in Sault Ste. Marie who want to protect and preserve the Great Lakes, and the rivers that flow into them,” said Orazietti. “If you would like to start a stewardship project in our area of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Basin, the provincial government may be able to help with a small funding grant.”

The Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund provides grants to community groups for grassroots activities such as cleaning up a beach or shoreline, restoring a wetland, or creating a coastal or riverside trail.

Not-for-profit groups such as service clubs, environmental groups, Aboriginal groups, and Scouts Canada troops are eligible.

Funding up to $25,000 is available through the Ministry of the Environment program.

Protecting and restoring the Great Lakes is part of the Ontario government’s plan to enhance quality of life for families and ensure a strong, green economy for future generations.

Quick facts

Applications for funding will be accepted until April 26, 2013.

The Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund, launched in 2012, provides up to $25,000 per project to restore and protect the Great Lakes and the streams that flow into them.

In 2012, 80 applicants worked on projects to improve coastal areas of the Great Lakes.

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