
August 2003
The
Sierra Club Marin Group invites you to participate as a sponsor for our
5th
Annual Awards Banquet to be held Friday, October 24, 2003 at the scenic
Spinnaker Restaurant in Sausalito. This year we are pleased to present Supervisor Susan Adams with our Resource
Conservation Award and Trips for Kids, a
non-profit
organization offering mountain bike trips to at-risk youth, the Hannah Creighton Environmental Justice
Award. These awards recognize excellence in service of Marin’s
environment.
We
are delighted to have Mark Hertsgaard, independent
journalist and author of five books, the most recent of which is The Eagle’s Shadow: Why America Fascinates
and Infuriates the World, to share his insights on current
environmental
and political considerations as our keynote
speaker. Pacific Sun columnist and
satirical radio commentator, Stan
Sinberg, will be our emcee for
the evening.
This
event is the Sierra Club Marin Group’s major fundraiser of the year.
Please subscribe
at one of the following levels to support our work and make this event
a
success:
Champion:
$1000 to reserve a
table for eight, featured in the Program, 8 organic cotton t-shirts,
verbal
acknowledgement at Banquet and your name in print on our web site
Steward:
$ 500 for four
tickets, recognition in the Program, 4 organic cotton t-shirts and
verbal
acknowledgement at Banquet
Guardian: $ 250 for
two tickets, your name in the
Program and two organic cotton t-shirts
Protector: $ 100 for one
ticket and your name in the
Program
In the past year, Sierra Club Marin Group: endorsed and celebrated Susan Adams’ successful election to the Marin County Board of Supervisors, which resulted in the preservation of St. Vincent/Silveira lands; supported the Tamalpais Conservation Club trails lawsuit asking the state for an environmental impact report on the effect of turning fire roads into multi-use trails on Mt. Tamalpais; successfully opposed monster homes on agricultural land overlooking Tomales Bay and worked with the Tam Gateway Coalition to support the recently approved Fireside affordable housing project. In addition to participating in the County general plan update and Community Marin, we are currently working to oppose the casino at Port Sonoma and evaluating a sales tax measure for Marin to support improved traffic mobility. For more information, visit our web site at http://sanfranciscobay.sierraclub.org/Marin/.
Please
join us on October 24th. Add your name as “Sponsor” to our
invitation and program by filling out
and returning the enclosed card by August 29th. If you would like
more
information, please call Christine at (415) 868-0310 or email
balanceact@mindspring.com.
Sincerely,
Christine
Cunha
Dotty
LeMieux
Co-Chairperson
Co-Chairperson