Contact Us
Reach the Earth Flag Project with questions, donor interest, volunteer offers, grant inquiries, and community partnership ideas.
How to Reach Us
We welcome thoughtful questions, corrections, memories, and practical requests connected to the Earth Flag and its continuing public meaning.
For direct contact, email Director Katherine Vance at [email protected]. A clear subject line helps us route your note with care, especially when your message concerns history, education, donations, volunteer work, or grant timing.
Many people write because an Earth Flag appeared in a classroom, a family photograph, a community Earth Day program, or a local archive box. Those details matter. If you know the year, location, organization, or person connected to the flag, include that context in your first message.
We do not publish a phone number or physical mailing address on this page. Email gives us the best way to preserve context, confirm details, and reply without losing the history carried in a request.
Helpful Contact Note
When you write, please include your name, the reason for your inquiry, any relevant dates or locations, and whether your request has a deadline. If you are contacting us on behalf of a school, library, civic group, or public program, name the organization in the message.
Historical and Educational Questions
Questions about the flag’s history, symbolism, and educational use are welcome. We value careful wording and verifiable context, particularly when a request may shape a classroom handout, exhibit label, or public talk.
Website and General Feedback
If you notice a page that needs clarification, send the page name and describe the issue plainly. For background on the project before writing, you may also visit About the Earth Flag Project.
Information for Donors and Volunteers
Support for the Earth Flag Project can take more than one form: research help, educational outreach, archival leads, program planning, and financial gifts all require different conversations.
A donor inquiry should begin with the kind of support you have in mind. Some people want to help preserve historical material. Others care about public education, Earth Day programming, or access for schools and community groups. A short note that names your interest gives us a better starting point than a broad pledge with no direction.
Volunteer offers work best when they include skills and availability. For example, a retired teacher might offer to review classroom language for age-appropriate use, while a local historian might help identify the source of a flag photograph from a municipal event. Those are different gifts, and both deserve a practical match.
Because the Earth Flag carries civic, environmental, and historical meaning, we treat offers of support with care. We look for alignment with the project’s educational purpose rather than speed alone.
For Donors
Email [email protected] with “Donor Inquiry” in the subject line. Please describe the area you hope to support, such as historical preservation, educational materials, community programs, or general project stewardship.
Do not send sensitive financial information by email. We will respond with the appropriate next step for the specific inquiry.
For Volunteers
Email with “Volunteer Inquiry” in the subject line and include the kind of work you can offer. Useful details include research experience, writing or editing background, teaching experience, event support, archive familiarity, or local community connections.
We may not have an immediate role for every volunteer, but a careful note helps us keep the conversation grounded when a fitting need appears.
Before Sending Materials
If you have photographs, scans, or documents related to an Earth Flag story, contact us first and describe the item. Please do not send large files or original materials until we have discussed the safest way to review them.
Grant Inquiry Protocols and Community Partnerships
Grant and partnership conversations should begin with purpose, timeline, responsibilities, and public benefit.
Grant inquiries often arrive with urgency. A deadline may sit only a few weeks away, and the application language may already be drafted. We can respond more usefully when the first email explains the proposed scope before asking for a formal commitment.
Send grant-related messages to [email protected] with “Grant Inquiry” in the subject line. Include the grantmaker name, submission deadline, project summary, requested role for the Earth Flag Project, expected deliverables, and any public-facing use of the Earth Flag name or materials.
We review these requests in light of mission fit, historical accuracy, staff capacity, and the responsibilities attached to the award. That review is practical, not automatic. A strong proposal still needs enough time for careful reading and clear agreement on roles.
Step One: Send the Brief
Begin with a concise summary. Name the community served, the educational or historical purpose, and the reason the Earth Flag Project belongs in the work.
Step Two: Clarify the Role
State whether you seek consultation, review of historical language, program collaboration, resource sharing, or a named partnership. Specific roles prevent confusion later.
Step Three: Confirm Public Use
Tell us how the project name, flag imagery, or written materials would appear in applications, exhibits, events, lesson plans, or publicity.
Community partnerships can be smaller and more local than grant projects. A library may plan a display tied to environmental history. A school may want context for an Earth Day assembly. A civic group may ask how to present the flag with respect during a public gathering.
These requests deserve the same care as larger proposals. The symbol is simple at first glance, yet it carries decades of public feeling about Earth, citizenship, peace, and responsibility. We ask partners to approach that history with accuracy and respect.
Partnership Guidance
For community partnership ideas, include the event or project date, audience, location context, partner organizations, and the support you are requesting. If the inquiry involves privacy or website use, please review our Privacy Policy before sending personal information.