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• Garlic Mustard "Pestival" Fundraiser - Meal Pick Up Registration

  • When
    Thursday, May 13, 2021
  •  
    (EDT)
  • Location
    Meal Pick Up at Wrought Iron Grill, Owosso

  Register

   DeVries Nature Conservancy and the Friends of the Shiawassee River are once again partnering with the Wrought Iron Grill to bring you an almost-back-to-normal Garlic Mustard Pestival for 2021!

  Click the register button to order an amazing three-course meal (with optional wine pairing) from the Wrought Iron Grill to pick up before our online event.  Full menu below!  

  Meal pickup times slots are limited, only the available time slots will be shown on registration form. 

  The virtual event will be 7pm-8pm. The link to join (via zoom) will be emailed after meal purchase is complete. 

  

  Thanks to the following generous sponsors for this event: 

  $1,000 SPONSOR

  GreenStone Farm Credit Services

  $500 SPONSORS

  Stifel | Schluckebier Hood Wealth Management Group

  Young Auto Sales

  $250 SPONSORS

  Alderman's, Inc.

  CLH Insurance Agency

  Northside Animal Hospital

  $100 SPONSOR

  VMD & Associates, PLLC

  Learn more about Garlic Mustard and why we celebrate the removal of this "pest" from the riverbanks!
  

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• Garlic Mustard "Pestival" Virtual Event Only

  • When
    Thursday, May 13, 2021
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    via Zoom

  Register

  By clicking the blue "register" button you will receive the Zoom link to the virtual fundraising event.  There is no cost to attend this online event.

  We hope you'll also consider participating in at least one of the other options below to benefit both DeVries Nature Conservancy and Friends!

  1) Click here to purchase a pickup "Pestival" three-course meal from Wrought Iron Grill in Owosso. Pickups are on May 13th prior to the virtual fundraiser. Limited slots for each pickup time are available.

  2) Click here to put a bid on some of our great auction items! Winners will be announced during the virtual event (you don't have to be present to win).

   3) Make a general donation here, if you can't attend this event, but want to support both the DeVries and the Friends, click on this link and specify that your donation is for the "Pestival".

  
  

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• SHI TRI - Shiawassee Triathlon

  • When
    Sunday, May 23, 2021
  •  
    (EDT)

  
  

  In collaboration with the Fitness Coliseum:

  Run, paddle, and bike along/in the river in this first ever Friends' event!  This event has been filled but we are still in need of volunteers and have many options available. Click here to sign up as a volunteer! 

  
  

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