American Whitewater has announced that Clif Bar, Inc. will be a Contributing Sponsor of the 2003 American Whitewater River Festivals, and has joined American Whitewater to introduce the American Whitewater/Clif Bar Flowing Rivers Campaign, pledging $3,000 to American Whitewater Affiliate Clubs.
The American Whitewater / Clif Bar Flowing Rivers Campaign offers AW Affiliate Clubs the opportunity to apply for one of six $500 grants. Grants will be distributed to clubs for projects that best promote conservation, access and/or safety education on America’s rivers. This program will provide regional club affiliates with seed money to implement a critical conservation, access, and safety project on a local river or stream directly affecting their area’s rivers.
Interested AW Club Affiliates will receive 2 boxes of Clif Bar products for distribution among their members along with the grant application and again prior to the application deadline.
Applications will be accepted during the following time periods and are broken up into the following regions:
West / Mountain Regions
o Application submissions accepted March 31st – May 2nd.
Northeast / Mid-Atlantic Regions
o Application submissions accepted June 2nd – July 3rd.
Central / Southeast Regions
o Application submissions accepted July 7th – August 11th.
Once received, grant applications will be reviewed by a grant committee consisting of Risa Shimoda, AW Executive Director, Jason Robertson, AW Access Director, John Gangemi, AW Conservation Director, Major Tim Kelley, AW Safety Committee Chair, and one representative of Clif Bar, Inc.
Grant Awardees will be notified prior to announcement, and Grant Awardee Announcements will be made in the following manner:
West / Mountain Regions
o Awards announced June 7th at the North Fork Feather Festival
Northeast / Mid-Atlantic Regions
o Awards announced August 2nd at the Deerfield River Festival
Central / Southeast Regions
o Awardees announced September 20th at the Gauley River Festival
Club Affiliates can find the grant application at:
http://www.americanwhitewater.org/resources/repository/Grant%20Application.doc
or may call AJ McIntyre at 301-589-9453 if they have further questions or wish to request an application be sent via mail.
Completed applications should be mailed to:
American Whitewater
Club Affiliate Grants
1424 Fenwick Lane
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Or faxed to 301-565-6714 attn/Club Affiliate Grants