Applications for the Southwest Florida Water Management District’s Community Education Grant program are now available. The grants, which offer funding up to $5,000 each, will be used for projects that provide adults with an opportunity to learn about water-related issues pertaining to conservation, protection and preservation.
Government agencies, private individuals, educational facilities, business and industry, neighborhoods, homeowner and service organizations, research and other profit and non-profit organizations are encouraged to apply.
This is the ninth year the District is offering the grants, which are funded by the District’s Basin Boards. The grant program is intended to motivate adults to get involved in water resources protection through various educational activities and programs. Projects should involve and educate on any or all of the following issues: alternative water resources, water quality, water conservation, flood protection, natural systems and watersheds. The application screening committee is looking for innovative projects that provide learning experiences that will lead to cost-effective protection of water resources.
The projects are to take place between March 1 and June 30, 2006.
Grant applications are due Oct. 14, 2005. To apply online, visit the District’s Web site at WaterMatters.org. or call 1-800-423-1476, ext. 4757 to request an application package.
In 2005, the District funded 29 grants Districtwide for a total of $107,667. These projects brought communities and neighborhoods together to share the responsibility of their local water resources through education.