Friends of Pool 2 fall fundraiser
November 1st, 2020 - December 1, 2020
Help us meet our $2,500 goal!
This year, once again, we're creating a fall fundraising campaign to help you add your voice to our advocacy efforts. As a group, we spend very little money. Our 100% volunteer Board members and Executive Director all reach into their own pockets to contribute to meetings and events across the State of Minnesota and throughout the Upper Midwest. We do this to ensure that your voice is heard by decision makers. We also spend hundreds of hours working to effectively communicate critical issues and to expand Friends of Pool 2's base of support. And we are making progress. We've witnessed dramatic growth in our social media presence, and our influence with local agencies, cities, and watershed districts becomes stronger every year. We are achieving our goal of becoming the voice of Pool 2. Your River. Your Voice.
For nearly nine years, Friends of Pool 2 has sponsored a variety of fall events to help communicate our mission and connect with new friends who share our passion for the Mississippi River. At the same time, we've used those events to help raise funds to achieve our goals of improving water quality and public safety, enhancing fish and wildlife habitat, monitoring and supporting critical dredging and other efforts to keep the channel open and safe for all, and protecting fragile shorelines and backwaters. We've encouraged research into island building, one effective method of improving habitat while reducing the growing problem of excess sediment. This sediment threatens the health of the entire river system and the viability of Pool 2 and Lake Pepin as treasured recreational and natural resources. We actively support research and testing of new ways to slow the migration of aquatic species such as invasive carp and zebra mussels. Most recently, we've voiced your collective concerns to the USACE (Corps of Engineers) regarding potential disposition of the Minneapolis Locks and Dams, and we are currently preparing to work alongside the DNR and the National Park Service regarding potential construction of new beaches and campsites in Pool 2.
Your donations through these fall fundraiser events will support new research, education and outreach efforts, water safety programs, cleanup initiatives, and many other river-related projects which will build on our past success. Applying for grants is a great way to leverage our financial impact, but applications often require a small percentage of matching funds from our organization. We are building a reserve fund that will allow us to take advantage of future grants from government agencies and/or foundations.
FOP2 strongly believes that local and regional decision makers need to experience the beauty and power of the river in an intimate and personal way, the same way our members do. This means more than biking along the river, or driving over it on their way to the capitol. Sadly, many of the agency employees and lawmakers who have a major impact on environmental and infrastructure policy have never been out on the river themselves. We must engage them personally and get them down to the water level so they can share our view from the river.
We're asking you to help us.
If you agree with our mission and want to support it, please renew your membership now, or donate just a few dollars during this campaign to keep our progress going. It's easy to donate on our website, and it's simple and painless to bid on our donated auction items, either online or in person. Any amount that you can spare will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your ongoing support!
For nearly nine years, Friends of Pool 2 has sponsored a variety of fall events to help communicate our mission and connect with new friends who share our passion for the Mississippi River. At the same time, we've used those events to help raise funds to achieve our goals of improving water quality and public safety, enhancing fish and wildlife habitat, monitoring and supporting critical dredging and other efforts to keep the channel open and safe for all, and protecting fragile shorelines and backwaters. We've encouraged research into island building, one effective method of improving habitat while reducing the growing problem of excess sediment. This sediment threatens the health of the entire river system and the viability of Pool 2 and Lake Pepin as treasured recreational and natural resources. We actively support research and testing of new ways to slow the migration of aquatic species such as invasive carp and zebra mussels. Most recently, we've voiced your collective concerns to the USACE (Corps of Engineers) regarding potential disposition of the Minneapolis Locks and Dams, and we are currently preparing to work alongside the DNR and the National Park Service regarding potential construction of new beaches and campsites in Pool 2.
Your donations through these fall fundraiser events will support new research, education and outreach efforts, water safety programs, cleanup initiatives, and many other river-related projects which will build on our past success. Applying for grants is a great way to leverage our financial impact, but applications often require a small percentage of matching funds from our organization. We are building a reserve fund that will allow us to take advantage of future grants from government agencies and/or foundations.
FOP2 strongly believes that local and regional decision makers need to experience the beauty and power of the river in an intimate and personal way, the same way our members do. This means more than biking along the river, or driving over it on their way to the capitol. Sadly, many of the agency employees and lawmakers who have a major impact on environmental and infrastructure policy have never been out on the river themselves. We must engage them personally and get them down to the water level so they can share our view from the river.
We're asking you to help us.
If you agree with our mission and want to support it, please renew your membership now, or donate just a few dollars during this campaign to keep our progress going. It's easy to donate on our website, and it's simple and painless to bid on our donated auction items, either online or in person. Any amount that you can spare will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your ongoing support!