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<div class="yiv6754081748MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;">Apply for a grant - Be a Great Lakes Guardian</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="yiv6754081748MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Dear friends and Great Lakes Guardians,</span></div>
<div class="yiv6754081748MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25820" class="yiv6754081748MsoNormal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25819" style="font-size:12.0pt;">We share an incredible resource in the Great Lakes, one that is valuable not only for shipping, and agriculture and industry, but for our quality of life. The lakes provide
us with, drinking water, fish, a cooling swim on a hot day, or a walk along a sandy beach. They are also home to thousands of creatures; fish, birds, sediment-dwelling organisms and plants that all need to be protected. </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25821" class="yiv6754081748MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25823" class="yiv6754081748MsoNormal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25822" style="font-size:12.0pt;">That’s where we can use your help. Ontario is calling on not-for-profit community groups, youth groups, schools, First Nations and Métis communities and other local groups
to help protect and restore their part of the Great Lakes by applying for a </span>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ontario.ca/greatlakesfund"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> grant.</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:#FBFBFB;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:#FBFBFB;">The<span class="yiv6754081748apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;">fund</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">,
now in its fourth year, <span style="background:#FBFBFB;">supports community projects with a direct environmental benefit such as:
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:#FBFBFB;">planting trees
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25825" style="font-size:12.0pt;background:#FBFBFB;">creating rain gardens
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">restoring wetland habitat
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">controlling invasive species</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">cleaning up a beach or shoreline</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:#FBFBFB;">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:#FBFBFB;">naturalizing stream banks and shorelines.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="yiv6754081748MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv6754081748MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">You can get a grant of up to $25,000 for your project. Smaller projects are also encouraged.</span></div>
<div class="yiv6754081748MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">This year’s fund will award $1.5 million in total for eligible projects.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;" lang="EN">Since 2012,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">$4.5M has been awarded to 221 community-based projects.</span></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25827" class="yiv6754081748MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;" lang="EN">Projects must be completed by February 2017.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25828" class="yiv6754081748MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;" lang="EN"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv6754081748MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">I strongly encourage you or your group to apply for a grant. Be a Great Lakes Guardian. Help us restore, protect, and conserve our Great Lakes to keep them drinkable, swimmable
and fishable. Together we can make a real difference in Great Lakes communities across the province.
</span></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25829" class="yiv6754081748MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;">Glen Murray,</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25831" class="yiv6754081748MsoNormal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25830" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;">Minister of the Environment and Climate Change</span></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25833" class="yiv6754081748MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;">How to apply:</span></b></div>
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<li class="yiv6754081748MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Visit
</span><span style="color:windowtext;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ontario.ca/greatlakesfund"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">www.ontario.ca/greatlakesfund</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">
for the step by step instructions on “How to apply” and download the </span><span style="color:windowtext;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.forms.ssb.gov.on.ca/mbs/ssb/forms/ssbforms.nsf/GetFileAttach/2097E~1/$File/012-2097E.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;">application
form</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">.</span></li></ul>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25841" class="yiv6754081748MsoNormal"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25840"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25839" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;">Need more information?</span></b></div>
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<li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25844" class="yiv6754081748MsoNormal" style="color:#0F243E;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25843" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;" lang="EN">Information sessions and webinars will be held throughout September and October. If you want to take
part in an information session or webinar, </span><span style="color:windowtext;"><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:GreatLakesFund@ontario.ca" target="_blank" href="mailto:GreatLakesFund@ontario.ca"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;" lang="EN">email us</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;" lang="EN">.
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</span><span style="color:windowtext;"><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:GreatLakesFund@ontario.ca" target="_blank" href="mailto:GreatLakesFund@ontario.ca"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;">GreatLakesFund@ontario.ca</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;" lang="EN"></span></li><li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25853" class="yiv6754081748MsoNormal" style="color:#0F243E;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25852" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Call t</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;" lang="EN">he Public Information Centre 416-325-4000
or 1-800-565-4923 </span></li><li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25855" class="yiv6754081748MsoNormal" style="color:#0F243E;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25854" style="font-size:12.0pt;" lang="EN">TTY 416-326-9236 or TTY toll-free 1-800-515-2759</span></li><li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25857" class="yiv6754081748MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440674043736_25856" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0F243E;" lang="EN">If you would like to request an accessible Application Guide, email us.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"></span></li></ul>
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