August 2004
Dear Friend of the Environment,
The Sierra Club Marin Group invites you to participate as a sponsor for our 6th Annual Awards Banquet to be held Friday, October 8, 2004 at the scenic Spinnaker Restaurant in Sausalito. This year we are pleased to present Priscilla Bull, inveterate environmental activist, with the Resource Conservation Award and Marilee Eckert, Executive Director of Marin Conservation Corps, with the Hannah Creighton Environmental Justice Award. These awards recognize excellence in service of Marin’s environment. A Special Recognition will also be presented to long-time Sierra Club hike leader and Activities and Outings Co-Chair, Richard Watson.
We are delighted to have Carole Migden, Chairwoman of the California Board of Equalization, to engage us with her thoughts on "Saving California's Environment: Why This Election is So Crucial" as our keynote speaker. Marin political columnist, Dick Spotswood, 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 for the next year 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: presented a well-attended public program entitled “Marin County Hiking Trails”, contributed $1500 to support trail construction at Rush Creek Preserve (Novato); continued monitoring the Bolinas Lagoon and Big Lagoon restoration plans; participated in the Southern Marin Parklands Transportation planning; and finally, monitored and commented throughout the entire public workshop series for the Natural Resources Section of the County-wide Plan update. In preparation for November 2004 elections, we have endorsed the following to date: the GMO-Free Measure and Marin Transportation Sales Tax Ballot Measure; and candidates, Charles McGlashan for Marin County Supervisor (District 3) and Alex Forman, incumbent, for the Marin Municipal Water District Board (Division 2). For more information, visit our web site at http://sanfranciscobay.sierraclub.org/Marin/.
Please join us on October 8th. Add your name as “Sponsor” by filling out and returning the enclosed card by August 17th (for inclusion in our invitation). For more information, contact Karen at (415) 435-2233, email knygren@aol.com, or Christine at (415) 868-0310, email balanceact@mindspring.com.
Thank you for your support! Your sponsorship will help protect Marin’s environment.
Sincerely,
Christine Cunha Karen Nygren
Co-Chairperson Co-Chairperson