FUNDING A NATIVE HABITAT

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FUNDING A NATIVE HABITAT
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Funding Resources

• Grants
• Fundraisers
• In-kind Donations
• Parent Organization
• School and District
• Corporate and Individual Donations

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Planning

• Set a realistic timetable for your project.
• Establish a committee to help work on different
  aspects of the project.
• Meet regularly.
• Communicate with the school community.
• Build support.

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Grants

• Attend workshops
• NWF
• PLT
• They offer grant and grant writing resources.
• Talk with other programs that have been
  successful.
• Once you have established a template, grant
  applications become easier.

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Fundraising Get Creative

• Anticipate the amount of work a fundraiser will
  require Is it worth it?
• Successful fundraisers at Denison include Gem and
  Mineral Sale and Mothers Day Flower Baskets.

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In-kind donations

• Look to your community for skills you will need
  for your Habitat.
• Most people enjoy the opportunity to donate their
  skills.
• Look for help with
• Design
• Landscaping
• Construction
• Materials
• Master gardener
• Grant writing
• PR and evaluation reporting

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Parent Organization

• Can they help fund your Habitat Project?

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School and District

• We found it very helpful to establish a working
  relationship with Facilities and Maintenance at
  the School District.
• We chose a company already contracted with the
  district for design and construction.
• Ask for extra materials to donate.

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Corporate and Individual Donations

• Cant hurt to ask!
• Parents can ask employers.
• Approach community.
• Offer different levels of commitment
• Grasses, shrubs and tree levels

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Plant an Idea and Watch It Grow

• Once our process started, momentum grew quickly.
  The habitat brought a sense of community to
  Denison families, faculty and staff. There has
  been an outpouring of support and this spirit has
  spread throughout the school. Denison has a
  renewed sense of what we can accomplish if we put
  our collective minds together.