Gateway Technical College http://www.gtc.edu/
	KEEP - Wisconsin K-12 Energy Education Program www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/keep/
	KidWind http://www.kidwind.org/
	Kindred Spirit Books
	Madison Area Technical College http://matcmadison.edu/matc/
	Madison Environmental Group http://www.madisonenvironmental.com/
	Mid-state Technical College http://www.mstc.edu/
	Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) www.the-mrea.org/
	Nasco http://www.enasco.com/science
	The Nature Conservancy Web Site
	Northeast Wisconsin Technical College http://www.nwtc.edu/
	Northland College http://www.northland.edu/Northland
	Science Kit & Boreal Laboratories Web Site
	Stevens Point Area Co-op http://www.spacoop.com/
	UW-Stevens Point Environmental Council http://www.uwsp.edu/stuorg/envcon/
	UW-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/
	UW-Stevens Point Student Government Association http://www.uwsp.edu/stuorg/sga/
	Wisconsin Public Service Corporation http://www.wisconsinpublicservice.com/
Would you like to donate a door prize to the 2008 conference? Use the form below.

Sponsor Information

Need for Sponsorship
The only ongoing funding for this conference pays the coordinator’s salary. All other aspects of the conference are supported by generous sponsors. Every year we must raise enough money through grants and donations to host the event and provide participants an inspiring program. The yearly fundraising goal is $10,000. Your generous support will make a difference to the teachers and students who participate.

Use of Funds
Donations are used for every aspect of holding this conference:

• Site fees – main hall, breakout rooms, exhibit hall, green power offset
• Lunch and refreshments for participants
• Teacher substitute reimbursement – without this, some teachers must use their personal leave time
• Travel reimbursement for schools – some groups receive no support from their districts
• Services and supplies – printing and mailing conference materials, office supplies

Benefits to You

• Investing in the creation of lifelong learners capable of understanding complex systems and their relationship to the environment, communities, and the economy
• Exposing students to natural resource career opportunities
• Building leaders who can think critically and respond to today’s problem-solving needs
• Promoting responsible natural resource management involving informed and active citizens

• Donating a door prize to be given to participants at the close of the conference
• Contributing in-kind donations (pencils, notepads, other materials/resources related to the conference theme
• Volunteering for the day of the conference
• Advertising the conference in your publications, emails, on your web site, etc.
• Exhibiting at the conference