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Fundraising Opportunity for Schools07-15-15 | News

Fundraising Opportunity for Schools

An art contest put on by the Wyland Foundation and co-sponsored by The Toro Company produced a 2015/2016 calendar that schools can use to raise funds.

The Wyland Foundation's annual "Water is Life' Mural and Art contest, co-sponsored by The Toro Company, motivated over 3,500 K-12 students across the country to create murals depicting the theme, "Our Ocean". Twelve of the submissions were selected to be featured in a 2015/2016 calendar that is available to schools and students for fundraising efforts throughout the school year.

In this, yet another example of a public/private partnership involving the landscape industry, Toro provided a grant toward the purchase of art supplies that were distributed to participating schools. The release of the calendar, which includes tips each month on how to use water responsibly, coincides with July being Smart Irrigation Month.

Since 1993, the non-profit Wyland Foundation has endeavored to teach students around the world to become caring, informed stewards of oceans, rivers, lakes, estuaries, and wetlands. To get more info about the calendars, contact Michael Schultz at R R Donnelley, the printing company, at (952) 294-4031 or direct at (612) 280-7830.