2012 New York Spring Dinner

Honoring Ted Turner for his Lifetime Commitment to Conservation

Thursday, May 3, 2012
Central Park Boathouse
East 72nd St&Park Drive North
New York, NY 10028
www.thecentralparkboathouse.com [1]

6:00 pm - Cocktails and Silent Auction
7:15 pm - Dinner and Program

Guest Speaker and Honoree: Mr. Ted Turner, Conservationist, Philanthropist, and Businessman

For more information about Trout Unlimited’s Spring Dinner in New York, please contact Nancy Bradley at nbradley@tu.org [2] or (208) 339-2566.

Registration for this event is now closed. For more information please contact Nancy Bradley at (208) 339-2566 or nbradley@tu.org [2]
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Silent Auction Preview [5]
Live Auction Preview [6]

Ticket Price:

$50,000 Lead Sponsor – two tables of ten, listing by sponsorship level in event program and evening remarks, complimentary TU and CCF membership for each table guest, and recognition on tu.org and publications.

$25,000 Conservation Sponsor – one table of ten, listing by sponsorship level in event program and evening remarks, complimentary TU and CCF membership for each table guest, and recognition in TU publications.

$10,000 Benefactor Sponsor – one table of ten, listing by sponsorship level in event program and evening remarks, and complimentary TU and CCF membership for each table guest.

$5,000 Patron Sponsor – includes five individual tickets, listing by sponsorship level in event program and evening remarks, and complimentary TU and CCF membership for each guest.

$2,500 Supporter – includes two individual tickets and complimentary TU and CCF membership for each guest.

$500 Friend – one individual ticket and complimentary TU membership.

Auction items include trips, fishing gear, artwork, wine, etc.

All donors of $1,000 or greater will be welcomed into Trout Unlimited’s Coldwater Conservation Fund (CCF). CCF members enjoy special membership benefits as well as the satisfaction of knowing that their generosity keeps TU on the ground and in the water for trout and salmon.

Register today [3]

On May 3, 2012, TU is hosting its annual Spring Dinner in New York at the beautiful Central Park Boathouse. Each year this evening honors the contributions of conservationists, financial leaders and internationally-recognized figures including Robert Rubin, former Secretary of the Treasury and Mike Kowalski, CEO of Tiffany&Co., and celebrates our shared passion for angling and conservation. This year we have the great pleasure of celebrating the lifetime achievements of Ted Turner whose conservation impact on native trout had been extraordinary.

Throughout his career, Ted Turner has received recognition for his entrepreneurial acumen, sharp business skills, leadership qualities, and his unprecedented philanthropy. Whether in billboard advertisement, cable television, sports, environmental initiatives, or philanthropy, Turner’s vision, determination, generosity and forthrightness have consistently given the world reason to take notice.

Turner is chairman of the United Nations Foundation, co-chairman of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, chairman of the Turner Foundation, Inc., and co-founder of Ted's Montana Grill. It is through his numerous foundations that Turner has advanced his conservation and philanthropic efforts. Perhaps most notably, since the 1990s the Turner Foundation, Inc. has given over $352 million to programs for improving air and water quality, developing a sustainable energy future to protect our climate, safeguarding environmental health, protecting wildlife and habitats to maintain biodiversity, and fostering sustainable practices and policies to curb population growth rates. Turner’s commitment to the environment is reflected in the foundation’s support of Trout Unlimited. To date, the foundation has donated over $1 million to Trout Unlimited’s various initiatives.

In addition to his philanthropic endeavors, Turner also serves as chairman of Turner Enterprises, Inc., which manages his business interests, land holdings, and investments. Turner is the second largest individual landholder in North America, with 2 million acres in 12 states and Argentina. His ranches are home to more than 55,000 bison and host a variety of environmental projects, including reforestation, renewable energy, water resource management, and reintroduction of native species. Additionally, out of concern for the health of his land and its species, Turner established the Turner Endangered Species Fund in 1997 to conserve biodiversity by emphasizing restoration efforts of endangered or imperiled species on Turner ranches and in partnership with state and federal natural resources agencies.

We hope that you will join conservationists, anglers and philanthropists from the greater New York area to celebrate TU’s work for North America’s trout and salmon and their habitat.

Host Committee:
Kai Anderson
James Asselstine
Phillip Belling
Jon Christiansen
Charles Gauvin
Jennifer Grossman
Wallace Henderson
Hamilton James
George Jenkins
Richard Johnson
Fernanda Kellogg
Stephan Kiratsous
Robert Kleinschmidt
Steve Moss
Valerie Ohrstrom
Steve Renehan
Mark Rey
Pete Ruggiero
Dwight Scott
Leigh Seippel
Richard Stanton
Thomas Stoddard
Robert Strawbridge, III
Oakleigh Thorne
Thomas Walek