From 2016 to 2023, LEAF sponsored The Umbrella Project with the mission of teaching students that they can make a difference through art and engineering. Student artists created umbrella designs that were sold through a live auction, while student engineers created the mechanisms to hang the umbrellas for display at The Great Lakes Mall. Scholarships were awarded each year to the top artists and engineering students.
Here are some of the designs on the umbrellas from this project.