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GRANT WINNER #13! Amalia Fernand

Amalia Fernand - THE BIG IDEA: Michigan Wildlife: A Coloring Field Guide includes 31 animals, 20 activities, Michigan species checklists, and a 150 word ecological term glossary. Animals in the book have two coloring pages that include track and scat measurements, range maps, diet, habitat, and life-cycle information. This book is designed to spread awareness about native wildlife to children … [Read more...]

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Matt Myers, M22

After college, Matt and his brother Keegan would kiteboard as much as possible, they taught it, owned a kiteboarding school, edited for a kiteboarding magazine, competed, photographed, were sponsored, and traveled, all for kiteboarding. Together, they started Broneah Kiteboarding. In 2004, M22 was established when the Myers brothers sought to bring life to a passion for northern Michigan and it’s … [Read more...]

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ELIZABETH LANDRY, Musician

Elizabeth Landry grew up in Cheboygan and Leelanau county MI. She has been writing songs since she was a child. Surrounded by music as a kid, it has been said that she has been singing since the day she was born. With sweet and smokey melodies, Elizabeth has an unmistakable folk flavor with a hint of an old blues and country influence. Here is her story from the October 2018 event. … [Read more...]

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Angela Macke, Light of Day Organics

Michigan native and Traverse area local since 1998, Angela Mary Macke RN, BS, has over 20 years of experience as a holistic nurse and horticulturalist. In 2004, she established Light of Day Organics, a popular small batch certified organic tea farm in Leelanau County.  Angela is committed to igniting inspiration and hope in our individual abilities to improve and maintain our whole-body … [Read more...]

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Fulfillament #12, October 2018

October 11th, 2018 @7pm Workshop Brewing Co, Traverse City, MI STORYTELLERS: Angela Macke, Light of Day Organics Liz Kirkwood, FLOW Elizabeth Landry, Singer/songwriter Todd Oosterhouse, Bonobo Winery Matt Myers, M22 Fulfillament is created and hosted by Chelsea Bay Dennis of The Conscious Entrepreneur  and Shea Petaja. ANGELA MACKE Michigan native and Traverse area local since 1998, … [Read more...]

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Elizabeth Kirkwood, FLOW (For Love of Water)

Liz Kirkwood is a passionate protector of water and the environment.  Inspired by the complex interaction between water, health, community, and conservation, she is an international water law expert and is executive director of FLOW (For Love of Water) – a Great Lakes water law and policy center based here in Traverse City. “Water runs through it all.  Water defines us and everything we do on … [Read more...]

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GRANT WINNER #12! October 2018

DAVID LEITH THE IDEA:  To open a Tree Tent Experience Camp in our area. To create an Eco-Retreat for people to reconnect to themselves through nature, and rediscover their playful, adventurous spirit by camping in a portable treehouse in the forest. A space for people to get out & up (in trees), and see the world around them from a new perspective. It would be the first Tentsile Experience … [Read more...]

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Fulfillament #11, May 2018

May 3rd, 2018 @7pm Workshop Brewing Co, Traverse City, MI Fulfillament is a storytelling event where five local community leaders and entrepreneurs will take the stage to tell their journey of how they found fulfillment through vocation- the inside story. Each storyteller will issue a challenge for the audience to do something to find fulfillment in their own lives. A $500 grant is awarded to an … [Read more...]

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