Local Hero Awards Dinner 2017 -

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You are cordially invited to

The Bay Nature Local Hero Awards

5:30 – 8:30 pm

Fisher Banquet Room
Mission Bay Conference Center – UCSF
1675 Owens St. (near 6th St.)
San Francisco, CA 94158

Hors d’oeuvres Reception | Silent & Live Auctions
Hosted Bar | Full-course Dinner

Presentation by Sam Schuchat of the California State Coastal Conservancy

2017 Award Recipients

Conservation Action: David Lewis, Save The Bay

Environmental Education: Rebecca Johnson & Alison Young, California Academy of Sciences Citizen Science Program

Youth Engagement: Uriel Hernandez, Canopy
Learn more about our winners.

$175* per person

Proceeds support Bay Nature Institute

Honorary Committee
Steve Abbors, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senate (retired)
Deb Callahan, Bay Area Open Space Council
Grant Davis, Sonoma County Water Agency
Robert E. Doyle, East Bay Regional Park District
Anna Eshoo, U.S. House of Representatives
Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senate
Larry Goldzband, Bay Conservation and Development Commission
José González, Latino Outdoors
Jared Huffman, U.S. House of Representatives
Amy Hutzel, State Coastal Conservancy
Barbara Lee, U.S. House of Representatives
Zoe Lofgren, U.S. House of Representatives
Andrea Mackenzie, Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
Dave Pine, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
Joe Simitian, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
Nancy Skinner, California State Senate
Jim Wunderman, Bay Area Council

In-kind Sponsors

California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance / Clif Family Winery / Commerce Printing

Hafner Vineyards / Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant /McEvoy Ranch

Purchase tickets here.

For more information about sponsorships, contact:
Development Associate Laney Ennis (510)528-8550 x103, laney@baynature.org

Click here for photos of the 2016 event.

*$75 of the price of each ticket can be considered tax-deductible.