Nisqually Land Trust 2018 Conservation Dinner & Auction
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Welcome Nisqually Land Trust 2018 Conservation Dinner & Auction A fundraiser to protect land, water, and wildlife forever Heads or Tails Tickets: $10 per person Join us for this fun game and a chance to win half the pot. When it’s time, our auctioneer will ask all Heads and Tails participants to stand up and raise your tickets high. Before each coin flip, select either “heads” or “tails” by putting your hands on your head—or your tail! Watch the coin flip on the screen to see if you picked correctly. Keep playing until you make the wrong choice. We’ll keep flipping until only one player is left standing. This person is the lucky winner. Raffle: Win a One-Night Stay at Alderbrook Resort for 2 (value $285) Tickets: $5 each or 5 for $20 The winner will enjoy a one-night stay in a luxurious room overlooking the Hood Canal. We will draw the lucky number at the end of the live auction. The winner must be present to win. Program 2018 Conservation dinner and auction An evening to protect land, water, and wildlife forever 4:30 p.m. Check-in and Silent Auction Purchase raffle and Heads or Tails tickets Hors d’oeuvres served Taylor Shellfish Oyster Bar open Bars open 5:45 p.m. Green tables close 6:00 p.m. Blue tables close 6:15 p.m. Super Silent tables close Buffet dinner served 6:30 p.m. Welcome - JW Foster, Emcee Conservation Highlights - Joe Kane Heads or Tails 7:00 p.m. Live Auction - Cindy Schorno, Auctioneer Forever Fund “Raise the Paddle” Raffle drawing If you have already registered your card you do not need to check-out, simply pick up your items and head home. We will mail your receipt to you. Thank you! Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors Lead Sponsor Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors Alex B. Young, CRPC® Vice President Senior Financial Advisor Merrill Lynch Klein Family Foundation “Buy land—they’reWelcome not making it anymore.” —Mark Twain Dear Friends of the Nisqually Land Trust: Welcome to our 26th annual Conservation Dinner & Auction, our main fundraising event of the year. Your support tonight is the foundation for everything we do. Our goals for the next twelve months: • Habitat Protection: We’ve targeted nearly 1,000 acres of superior wildlife habitat for permanent conservation. This includes continued expansion of the Nisqually Community Forest – the first of its kind in the state. • Puget Sound Protection: Our new Marine Conservation Initiative is pursuing shoreline protection projects that, mile for mile, are among the most ambitious in Puget Sound. Keep an eye on Anderson Island! • Stewardship and Restoration: Once again, we’ll plant tens of thousands of native trees and shrubs, with the help of more than 1,000 students and 400 volunteers. • Extending the Yelm Prairie Line Trail across the Nisqually River: Our next Great Adventure! We’re helping Yelm connect trail networks in Thurston and Pierce counties with the first hike-and-bike bridge across the Nisqually River. • Carbon Sequestration: We’re working with Microsoft and others to expand our Nisqually Carbon Project, still the only successful car- bon-credit project in the Pacific Northwest. Again, welcome to the night’s festivities. We hope you enjoy yourself. And thanks for helping to conserve our shared natural legacy forever. Joe Kane Executive Director Live Auction Olympia Symphony Orchestra 1 Season Tickets for 2 Fill your year with beautiful music! These season tickets are for Orchestra Section II seating for regular concerts during the 2018-2019 season at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts. Thank you: Olympia Symphony Orchestra Value: $500 2 Just Call Me Sam Artist Marion Pollmann loves to capture the beauty of the elements and local surroundings to make one-of-a-kind pots that can withstand exposure to cold, hot, dry, and tropical climates. This fish sculpture is an original ceramic vase that is designed for indoor or outdoor placement. Fired at over 2200 degrees, it will withstand winter frosts and hot summer days. Thank you: Marion Pollmann Ceramics and Fred & Mary Gentry Value: $380 University of Washington Game Day 3 Package Here’s a package that any Husky fan will enjoy: four tickets to the 2018 home game of your choice along with sideline passes and Husky gear sized to fit. Thank you: University of Washington Athletics Value: $600 4 “Eclipsed” by Doyle Fanning Doyle’s art has been described as an alchemy. She layers and combines photographs in a process that seems to have more to do with magic than with digital manipulation. On her website she says, “I found myself looking for ways to bring traditional printmaking and graphic arts into my digital photography. I take pictures of things that catch my eye...I use Photoshop to trans- form images and then layer them together to make a digital print. I’ve created filters and other tools to add texture. I use archival pigment inks on rag paper for the final prints. Truthfully I just play around with the images until they tell me what they want to be.” Thank you: Doyle Fanning Value: $485 Studio Tour with Nikki McClure 5 and Jay T. Scott Renowned local artists Nikki McClure and Jay T. Scott are opening their studio and workshop on the eastern shore of Budd Inlet to the lucky high bidder and five guests. Nikki is an internationally-known artist, author, and illustrator. Visit her studio and take a peek at her current work and watch a paper-cutting demonstration. Jay is a fine-woodworker with furniture in public and private collections. Watch his process with hand tools and see samples of his furniture. Your group will also tour their custom green-built home designed by Roussa Cassel, a local award-winning architect, with landscaping that features a native forest and shoreline restoration. Take in all of the beauty while enjoying tea and cookies. Thank you: Nikki McClure & Jay T. Scott Value: $600 Coffee for 4 with Washington State 6 Attorney General Bob Ferguson Bob Ferguson is an interesting man! Did you know that before attend- ing law school at New York University, he and a college friend spent six weeks driving around the country with the goal of seeing a game at every Major League Baseball stadium? Or that he spent time on the professional chess circuit in Europe playing under the clock? The attor- ney general has stories to tell! There’s also the fact that last year, in the space of a few days, Ferguson went from unknown state attorney general in the far corner of the country to making national headlines. Have your questions ready when you and three friends join him for coffee. Thank you: Attorney General Bob Ferguson Value: “Priceless” Handcrafted Side Table by Harts Lake 7 Pioneer Lumber Own a piece of the Nisqually: Harts Lake Pioneer Lumber specializes in making beautiful live-edge custom furniture from timber grown on the Wilcox Family farm, on the banks of the Nisqually River, where they have been growing trees for over a hundred years. Katie Wilcox, a member of the Nisqually Land Trust Board of Directors, and her dad and business partner, J.T. Wilcox, have lived on the farm for nearly their whole lives. Katie is also our first second-generation director! Her dad was a found- ing board member and served from 1990 through 1992. Thank you: Harts Lake Pioneer Lumber Value: $300 Westport Charters Salmon Fishing Trip 8 and One Night Stay for 2 Chinook and Coho salmon will be the top prize for your day on the water! New to fishing? The skipper and deckhand will gladly show you what to do because they want you to have a great time and catch lots of fish. This trip includes an overnight stay at Chateau Westport, which features spectacular ocean views and miles of uninterrupted solitude where you can comb for sea treasures. Top off your trip with a meal at Bennett’s Fish Shack. Thank you: Jack Jones and Westport Charters Value: $505 9 “The Flow of Energy 2” This print, #19 of 100 signed and numbered copies, is a depiction of salmon coming together and departing as we do in everyday life: We come and we go. The artist, Chief Rande Cook (K’alapa), was born and raised on north- ern Vancouver Island. His cultural heritage is in the Namgis, Maam- tagila, and Mamalilikala tribes. He inherited his chieftanship from his grandfather, who also taught him the essential elements of art. Rande is a master artist who has explored woodcarving, mask making, box design, and numerous other forms of coastal First Nations art. Last year, he was an Artist in Residence at both the Museum of Glass in Tacoma and the Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle. Thank you: Mike & Ann Ryherd Value: $500 Oyster and Paired Beverage 10 Tasting for 8 at Chelsea Farms Oyster Bar, Olympia Gather your friends for a delicious night out! Guided by the restaurant staff, your group will enjoy four pairings of local oysters, clams, and geoduck with wine, beer, or cocktail pairings to suit your preferences. Thank you: Chelsea Farms Value: $950 Aerial Tour of the Nisqually 11 with Pilot Judy Scott for 2 Enjoy a 1.5 hour flight with Judy Scott. Take in the beauty of the Nisqually River in a way that few people have— from the air! Judy, a private pilot with over 1,000 hours of flight time,will take you on a tour of the Nisqually River in her personal aircraft.