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🍂 Leaf It to Us: A Thriving in Motion Hike 🍁

Growth Through Grants: 2-Day Grants Boot Camp

Develop Competitive Grant Proposals & Funding Strategies Winning grants requires more than finding opportunities, it requires a strategy. The **Growth Through Grants 2-Day Boot Camp** is an immersive, two-day training designed to help participants understand the grant process from beginning to end. You'll learn how to identify funding opportunities, develop stronger proposals, and position your organization for long-term funding success. Whether you're applying for your first grant or refining your current approach, this boot camp will equip you with practical tools and proven strategies you can immediately put into action. During the Boot Camp You'll Learn ✔ How to identify grant opportunities that fit your mission ✔ How funders evaluate applications ✔ Building a competitive grant strategy ✔ Writing stronger grant proposals ✔ Budget and narrative best practices ✔ Common mistakes that reduce funding chances ✔ Building long-term relationships with funders ✔ Preparing your organization for future funding Featured Instructors **Dr. Erika Pryor**Founder, EPIC Learning Today **Tiffany Nobles**T. Noble Grant Consulting Who Should Attend * Small business owners * Non-profit leaders * Community organizers * Social entrepreneurs * Creative consultants * Executive Directors * Program Managers **Investment: $497** **Your registration includes:** * Two full days of live instruction including breakout sessions and independent working sessions to customize your Proposal Tool Kit * Workshop and Interactive activities so you customize your Proposal Tool Kit as you go * Networking opportunities with business owners, grant makers and capital providers * Exclusive access to the invite only ***The Capital Access Mixer*** to connect with funding and capital access partners that can support your growth. **Event Details** 📅 October 23–24, 2026 🕛 12:30 PM–5:00 PM 📍 Location: **Columbus Metropolitan Library – Martin Luther King (MLK) Branch** Seats are limited to encourage an interactive learning experience. Reserve your spot today and start building a stronger grant funding strategy. **[Official Registration Site --> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/growth-through-grants-2-day-boot-camp-registration-1992583572103?aff=oddtdtcreator](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/growth-through-grants-2-day-boot-camp-registration-1992583572103?aff=oddtdtcreator)** **Join our FREE Growth Through Grants Series: Grant Makers Panel** webinar to hear from grant experts, ask questions, and continue building your grant funding strategy before and after the Boot Camp. ➡️ **Register for the FREE webinar here:** https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1992584008408?aff=oddtdtcreator Purchases are non-refundable.

Hike Sharon Woods

**Let’s meet at the Maple Grove Picnic Shelter. We’ll do the paved 4 mile loop at a 17-18 min/mile pace.**

Grants Boot Camp: Part 1

Hosted by Smashing Your Sales Goals, featuring Tiffany Nobles a 2-day interactive boot camp to get you grant ready.

Hoover Hike

Join us for two miles of beautiful hiking at the Hoover Reservoir this Tuesday at 6 pm. This hike takes us across the dam and on to the Hoover Nature trail. This is a favorite hike of many as it includes the beautiful sights of the reservoir as the colors change. Join us for this hike!

Grants Boot Camp: Part 2

Hosted by Smashing Your Sales Goals, featuring Tiffany Nobles a 2-day interactive boot camp to get you grant ready.

Ultimate Frisbee on Saturday

Blendonwood Ravine Day Hike, 10:30 am

Visit A.P.E.S. Primate Sanctuary, then hang out at NACHOFEST!

Meet at the American Primate Educational Sanctuary (A.P.E.S.), 8380 Kennedy Rd. Blacklick. A.P.E.S., the American Primate Educational Sanctuary, is a non-profit organization that cares for eight White-Handed Gibbons. Located in Blacklick, they house primates that were previously kept as household pets. They are committed to be protectors, conservationists, caregivers and educators for all primates, especially the Capuchin monkey and the endangered White-Handed Gibbon. [https://apesohio.weebly.com/](https://apesohio.weebly.com/) They ask for a $10 donation toward the care of the animals. When finished at A.P.E.S., we will head on over to Edison Brewery, 785 Science Blvd, Gahanna, for NACHOFEST for an afternoon of live music, community, and a celebration of the NACHO community (stay as long as you'd like; it's open until 6 pm). There are bands playing throughout the event, including the TBDBITL Alumni Band, Clintonville Community Jazz Band, NACHO Saxadillas, Cap City Funk, and the NACHO Street Band\*. The Taquitos Food Truck will be there. \*The NACHO Street Band is made up of Nationwide Children’s Hospital staff, family, and friends working to raise awareness and money for the hospital and the Ronald McDonald House of Central Ohio. Free to attend and donations can be made to the campaign for the Mid-Ohio Food Collective. Every dollar donated means 2 1/2 meals for those in need. Great music for a great cause, not a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon! Links: A.P.E.S. [https://apesohio.weebly.com/](https://apesohio.weebly.com/) Edison Brewery [https://www.drinkedison.com/](https://www.drinkedison.com/) NACHO Street Band [https://www.facebook.com/NACHOStreetband/](https://www.facebook.com/NACHOStreetband/)

Ultimate Frisbee at Whetstone

Ultimate Frisbee on Sunday at 4 pm

Lost After Dark 🌽🔦 Ticketed event!