Join maine lakes
Maine Lakes members care deeply about keeping our lakes clean and healthy. They understand everyone has a part to play in maintaining and improving the quality of our lakes. Join this rapidly-growing, proactive community of lake enthusiasts today.
Your financial support is vital to Maine Lakes programming across the state — LakeSmart, our Annual Maine Lakes Conference, and our advocacy work to preserve and improve lake health.
Lake Association memberships
Join the more than 100 local lake associations who are members of Maine Lakes members. We support our lake association partners by sharing information and resources, consulting on ways to improve lake health, working on local and statewide policy issues, and helping launch and sustain LakeSmart homeowner education programs on their lakes.
Benefits of membership include:
- Monthly newsletter chock full of the latest lake science and organizational news
- Listing of lake association activities, events, and job listings on the Maine Lakes website
- Technical support for Lake Association meetings and activities
- Priority invitations to Maine Lakes events, including the annual conference
INDIVIDUAL & FAMILy memberships
Individual Maine Lakes members are essential to our organization. Their interests and passions drive our lake conservation work, and their input into emerging lake issues helps guide our work. Members make a difference to the lakes they live on and visit every day, with “lake friendly living" practices.
Benefits of membership include:
- Monthly newsletter chock full of the latest lake science and organizational news
- Priority invitations to Maine Lakes events, including the annual Lake Conference Maine
business Partnerships
Partnering with Maine Lakes is an investment in the well-being of the community where you live, work, and do business.
A Maine Lakes partnership is many things.
- A Concrete Demonstration of Your Values
- Water quality is something everyone understands and depends on.
- Your customers will know how much that matters to you.
- Support for Maine's Local Economies
- Healthy lakes are part of what brings people to Maine and keeps them coming back.
- This steady flow of visitors supports local shops, restaurants, and services.
- As Involved as You Want it to Be
- Display Maine Lakes materials at your place of business.
- Host an annual fundraising event.
- Invite Maine Lakes to speak on a topic of interest to your customers.
- Sponsor a Maine Lakes program or event.
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support maine lakes
We welcome donations above and beyond membership fees. There are many ways to give. You can make a one-time or recurring donation, give through your Donor Advised Fund or retirement account, make a gift of stock or other securities, or include Maine Lakes in your will or estate planning.
Give to the Maggie Shannon fund for lake education
Maggie Shannon, long-time champion for healthy Maine lakes, dedicated over twenty years to helping people understand their role in protecting the health of Maine’s lakes. Whether speaking to homeowners, lake association members, legislators or municipal officials, Maggie’s lake education efforts focused on personal experiences, community approaches, scientific understanding, and most importantly, passion for lake protection.
Maine Lakes created the Maggie Shannon Fund for Lake Education to honor Maggie’s distinguished career and to ensure her legacy of passionate outreach about lake health continues. Managed by the Maine Community Foundation, this fund supports education and outreach programming.
Join us in honoring Maggie’s legacy. Donate to the Maggie Shannon Fund for Lake Education. To contribute, use the button below and indicate that these funds are for the Maggie Shannon Fund for Lake Education. Thank you!
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