(The e-mail address previously listed for Rex B. has expired - the correct
address is listed in this announcement - Apologies!)
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The Iowa Sierra State Chapter Annual Dinner is less than a month away -
please order your tickets now! http://iowa.sierraclub.org/2002awdinner.html
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This year's dinner will feature an excellent menu of locally grown and
organic food prepared by chefs from three outstanding Iowa City restaurants;
The Red Avocado, Devotay & Adagio - and guest speaker Ronnie Cummins,
National Director of the Organic Consumers Association. Please join us for
our annual Iowa Chapter Sierra Awards ceremony, a Silent Auction fundraiser,
local food & farmer educational displays - and great environmental activist
comraderie!
Our event will be held on Saturday, October 12th, in Iowa City at the Wesley
Center Foundation,120 N. Dubuque St., (near downtown). Festivities begin at
6 pm. - ticket ordering, guest speaker & silent auction information is
below.
RED AVOCADO - http://www.theredavocado.com
The Red Avocado Chefs, Derek Roller & Dave Burt, use all vegetarian organic
ingredients, support local farmers and organizations, grow their own
specialty produce, re-use, recycle and compost their restaurant wastes, and
actively participate in their community.
DEVOTAY - http://www.devotay.com
Devotay & Adagio are a small, locally owned, family operations. They know
how important it is to support the community around them. Chef Kurt Friese
has made "buying local" a priority from the start and their menu often lists
the Iowa producers that supply the ingredients for their specialty dishes.
In September of 2001, Devotay had a little sister, Adagio. Chef Kurt went to
cook there, and his long time Sous Chef, Rick Woodard, became Executive Chef
at Devotay. Today Devotay features a full menu, based on the flavors of the
Mediterranean, with occasional influences from other ethnic cuisines.
RONNIE CUMMINS, National Director of the Organic Consumers
Association - http://www.organicconsumers.org, editor of the electronic
newsletter BioDemocracy News and author of "Genetically Engineered Food: A
Self-Defense Guide for Consumers" will be our lively & charismatic guest
speaker, who will travel from Minnesota to enjoy an Iowa-grown harvest
dinner with us this coming October. His book will be available for purchase
and signing to benefit our State Sierra Chapter.
A large and interesting variety of donated Silent Auction items will be
displayed for your perusal and bidding before and during the event, along
with displays & educational materials featuring our local Iowan food
farmers, growers and producers. For more information on our Silent Auction -
if you'd like to donate or bid on items - see the article below for details
and please visit http://www.sierraclub.org/chapters/ia/ for updates.
Dinner tickets are $30. per person - please order yours now by sending a
check to:
Sierra Club Iowa Chapter
c/o The Leopold Group
Att.: Jack Eastman, Annual Dinner Co-Chair
P.O. Box 1192
Fairfield, IA 52556
See you there!!! If your company or organization would like to help sponsor
this fundraising event, please contact the Co-Chairs - contact info. below.
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SILENT AUCTION: Going, going, GONE!
We won't hear those words at this year's annual dinner because the auction
will be silent. Help us raise money for the Iowa Chapter, working to save
Iowa's natural areas so they are not GONE FOR GOOD.
We are holding this statewide silent auction at the chapter's annual dinner
(see details page one) because it gives us a chance to celebrate the many
Iowans who are doing their share to save wildlands.
How can you help? Donate and/or bid. Use your imagination!
If you are not sure you will be attending the dinner, you can still take
part. Volunteers needed to help set up at the event!
For more information on auction items and possible e-mail bidding, see the
chapter calendar webpage: http://iowa.sierraclub.org/chapcaln.html
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Types of items we are interested in include:
Memorabilia, Autographed pictures, books, shirts, etc.
SAMPLE: Autographed copy of Fragile Giants: A Natural History of the Loess
Hills by Cornelia Mutel
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Other Donation Possibilities (just a few!) - Fresh or canned Garden Produce,
Baked Goods,
Farm Tours, Local Foods Catered Dinners, Organic Gardening/Prairie
Restoration Classes, Newsletter & Magazine Subscriptions, Community
Supported Agriculture Memberships, Plants - Native Prairie or Vegetable
Seeds, Bulbs, Specialty Farm Products - honey, soaps, dried arrangements...,
Gift Certificates for just about anything! - Bat houses, Bird Nest Boxes,
Feeders & Baths, Binoculars, Nature Identification Books - birds, insects,
rocks & plants..., Yard Decorations (flower pots, decorative trellises),
Gardening Tools, Camping Gear, Outdoor Adventures & Vacations, Services...
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Annual Dinner Co-Chair Ericka Dana, 319-685-4270, has volunteered to receive
and store items until the auction (please send to Catnip Farm, 2702 B. Ave.,
Guernsey, IA 52221 with contributor contact info., retail value & minumum
bid information) OR contact Interim Silent Auction Chair Jim Redmond
712-258-8303 OR Erin Jordahl at the chapter office, 515-277-8868;
[log in to unmask] (more Silent Auction info. & forms are below)
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If your company or organization would like to help sponsor
this fundraising event, please contact the Iowa Sierra Chapter Office, 3839
Merle Hay Road, Suite 280, Des Moines, IA 50310, (515) 277-8868
<[log in to unmask]> or Ericka Dana, Annual Dinner Co-Chair
(volunteer coordinator, sponsor & donations contact) c/o Catnip Farm,
2702 B Ave., Guernsey, IA 52221 (319) 685-4270 <[log in to unmask]>.
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!
Please contact Ericka Dana <[log in to unmask]> if you'd like to volunteer
your time or assistance with any aspect of this year's Annual Dinner. Thank
you in advance for your participation!
There is a nice list of donated Silent Auction items on our website already,
thanks to the hard work of Iowa ExCom member Jim Redmond -
<[log in to unmask]> and our dear friend Rex Bavousett -
<[log in to unmask]>.
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Iowa Sierra Chapter Silent Auction - Item Donor Form
http://iowa.sierraclub.org/2002awdinDonorForm.html
Item: (brief title of 3-5 words - see "View Donations" above for examples)
Description: (A more detailed description of your donation. If you have a
thumbnail picture, send it along. Limitations. Remarks of past recipients.
Unique qualities.)
Donor:
Name:
Address:
E-Mail Address:
Pone #
Sierra Club Group (where applicable):
Value: (A generous approximation something this side of priceless)
Minimum Bid:
If minimum bid is not met, item is to be retained for future Sierra Club
auction_____; item is to be returned to donor_______.
Attending the Dinner October 12:
I will be attending the annual dinner and will bring the item by 6
pm.________
I will NOT be attending the dinner, but will mail or drop off the item at
the Iowa Sierra Chapter Office, 3839 Merle Hay Road, Suite 280, Des Moines,
IA 50310, (515) 277-8868 <[log in to unmask]> or mail the item to
Ericka Dana, Annual Dinner Co-Chair (volunteer coordinator, sponsor &
donations contact) c/o Catnip Farm, 2702 B Ave., Guernsey, IA 52221
(319) 685-4270 <[log in to unmask]>._________
OR I will get the item to the dinner in the following manner___________.
Please cut and paste and send this form to Jim Redmond at
[log in to unmask] . He will acknowledge receipt of your form.
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Iowa Sierra Chapter Silent Auction - Item Bidder Form
http://iowa.sierraclub.org/2002awdinBidderForm.html
To view the donations (check in often for updates!) -
http://iowa.sierraclub.org/2002awdinViewDonations.html
To submit this form, please copy and paste the following information into an
e-mail and send to Jim Redmond at [log in to unmask]
BIDDER:
Name:
Address:
E-Mail Address:
Phone #
Sierra Club Group(where applicable)
Item #:
Item Name:
BID: (You are welcome to place an initial bid, incremental bids, and a
maximum bid-as ebay operates; EXAMPLE I want to place an initial bid of $75
on item #xxxx, $5 incremental bids, up to $130)
DELIVERY: While Sierra Club/Iowa Chapter can send the winning bidder items
such as certificates, pick-up of other items is the responsibility of the
e-mail bidder.
____I will pay shipping/handling costs
____A friend or contact will be attending the dinner and can return the
item.
____I can pick up the item by arrangement at the Chapter Office in Des
Moines.
Please cut and paste and send this form to Jim Redmond at
[log in to unmask] . He will acknowledge receipt of your form.
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THANKS AGAIN, everyone!!!
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