Hey Houston!
Please join Conservation Chair Evelyn Merz, Wednesday, September 23, at the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center for a special evening to benefit the Sierra Club's Lone Star Chapter and Houston Group. Enjoy appetizers, desserts, displays, and optional short hikes/walks led nearby from 6 to 7pm.
Our featured guest will be Dr. Larry McKinney, Executive Director of the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
Dr. McKinney will share updates on Gulf Coast restoration efforts five years after the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster and what he sees ahead. He has worked on issues as diverse as restoration of the Aral Sea in Central Asia and Gulf hypoxia driven by Mississippi River outflow.
Dr. McKinney chairs the Ecosystem Assessment and Integration Team of the Gulf Alliance; the Flower Gardens National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Committee; and the Texas Sea Grant Science Advisory Committee. Prior to joining the Harte Research Institute, he was a firm voice in defense of the environment and wildlife at the Resource Protection Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife and directed marine fisheries programs. He will be introduced by Ken Kramer, retired Director of the Chapter.
If you cannot attend, please consider donating the price of a ticket or sponsorship.
Your purchase of tickets or a sponsorship of the evening supports our environmental work. Sponsors will be acknowledged at the event.
Single tickets for $30 or Couples for $50
Or choose a Sponsorship Level:
Defender of Texas Sponsor (incl. 2 tickets): $100
Protector of Texas Sponsor (incl. 2 tickets): $250
Guardian of Texas Sponsor (incl. 4 tickets): $500+
Please purchase online here or mail your check with the enclosed donation form in the enclosed return envelope so that it is received no later than Monday, September 21. Your RSVP will help us prepare food and beverages for our guests. Tickets may also be purchased at the door.
How to Purchase Tickets or Sponsorships
If you do NOT require your donation to be tax deductible, you have TWO options. Please make out your check to:
HOUSTON SIERRA CLUB or go online to purchase here.
If you wish your donation to be tax deductible, please make out your check to SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION, leaving the memo line blank (It's important!).
Please direct any questions to our treasurer Lorraine Gibson at raineygib@aol.com or 281-384-4104.