Marin Group Annual Awards Dinner
Friday, October 10, 6 pm - no-host cocktails; 7 pm - dinner, speaker, and awards; at the picturesque Spinnaker Restaurant, 100 Spinnaker Drive in Sausalito.
Please join the Marin Group for a stimulating evening of speakers and awards, with excellent food and wine, at our Annual Awards Dinner.
The Sierra Club Marin Group is delighted to welcome our keynote speaker, Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board. Nichols has devoted her entire career to advocating for the environment and public health. In addition to her work at the Air Board, she has been assistant administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Air and Radiation program under the Clinton administration, Secretary for California's Resources Agency from 1999 to 2003, and director of the UCLA Institute of the Environment. Nichols was chosen to lead California's efforts to reduce its greenhouse gases by 25% by 2020 under an anti-global-warming law passed last year.
Please join us in celebrating our 2008 Sierra Club awardees! The Group is proud to honor Don Neubacher with our Resource Conservation Award for his longstanding personal commitment to working with the community as a leader and a strong environmental advocate. Don's day job is as superintendent of the Point Reyes National Seashore. The Hannah Creighton Environmental Justice Award is being presented to the Headlands Institute for its fantastic integrated environmental and social-responsibility programs serving young people from all walks of life and economic status. Master of ceremonies will be Dick Spotswood, Independent-Journal political columnist.
Advance reservations are required, as this popular event usually sells out! Regular tickets are $70 per person, and include soup, choice of entrée, dessert, and one glass of wine with dinner. For reservations, contact Michele Barni, (415)453-4162 or dmmes -at- sbcglobal.net
Sponsor tickets are from $125 to $1,000, with multiple seating and special recognition for your generous support of Sierra Club Marin Group!
- Champion: $1,000 reserves a table for eight, featuring in the invitation and program, acknowledgement at the Banquet, and listing as sponsor on Sierra Club web site;
- Steward: $600 reserves four tickets, featuring in the invitation and program, acknowledgement at the banquet, and listing as sponsor on Sierra Club web site;
- Guardian: $300 reserves two tickets and sponsor's name on the invitation and program;
- Protector: $125 reserves one ticket and sponsor's name on the invitation and program;
- Green Business Sponsorships are special opportunities for businesses certified through the Marin Green Business Program. Benefits: listing on invitation and program, recognized at event, name on our web site as Green Business sponsor, plus logo, if major donor!
Please make checks payable to the "Sierra Club Marin Group" and send to Michele Barni at:
P.O. Box 4
San Quentin, CA 94964.
For more information on business sponsorships, contact Elena Belsky at (415)488-9341 or Elena_scmg -at- comcast.net
More information is also available at the Marin County Group website.