BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Evelyn Ballard de Ghetaldi, M.D., Chair
Beryl C. D. Kay, President
Shimon Schwarzschild, Founder
Jean Barish, Esq.
Seth Bramble
Adrienne Scroggie
BOARD OF
ADVISORS
Albert Baez, Ph.D
Science Educator
Shirley Richardson-Brower
Executive Director, YMCA
South Berkeley, California
Marisa Cohen
Muralist, President
Assisi Nature Council/Europe
Jerome L. Dodson
President & Chief Investment
Officer, Parnassus Investments
Mary (Mimi) Griffin-Jones, M.D.
Physician, Retired
Ruth Gottstein
Publisher, Volcano Press
Sidney Holt, Ph.D
Biologist, Marine Conservationist,
Animal Protection
Huey Johnson
Founder, President
Renewal Resources Institute
Alan Scroggie
Educator, Retired
Kimmie Weeks
Co-founder, Youth Action
International
Scott Bowling, Web Master
Hoi Poon, Media Outreach
Kirsten Sims, Graphic Designer
Kaer Soutthard, Newsletter Design
Special guest, the Honorable Yoriko
Yoshimoto, Mayor of Palo Alto, and AFN
Board Members Adrienne Scroggie and
Evelyn Ballard de Ghetaldi at Crissy
Field reception.
THANK YOU
We extend our heartfelt thanks and
gratitude to those who make it possible
for us to continue our programming.
Individuals without each of you we
could not continue.
Corporation/Foundations
Garrison Properties, Pfizer Corporation,
Parnassus Investments, Weiner Nusin
Foundation, Jane, Stacey & Scott Miller
Foundation.
In-Kind Donations
Trader Joe's, Marina Super.
Pro bono
Bregante & Co (Accounting)
Dayle Henshel (Editing & Marketing)
Laura Jason (Development)
Linda Kulik (Exhibit Design)
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Dear Friends of Action For Nature,
This has been a wonderfully successful year for Action
For Nature. Once again the applications submitted for
our 2007 International Young Eco Hero Awards were
amazing in the high standards that were reached and
the wide range of environmental issues tackled. The
world-wide applications reminded us that environmental protection has no
boundaries. We are filled with hope and confidence that the rising generation
of young people on our planet will truly steward the natural world with
knowledge and caring.
We were delighted to be invited by the Golden Gate National Park Service to
stage an exhibit featuring our 2007 Eco Heroes at the Crissy Field Center in
San Francisco's Presidio, within sight of the beautiful Golden Gate Bridge.
The exhibit panels tell the story of each 2007 International Young Eco Hero,
adding "Interesting Facts" and "What You Can Do" educational information.
The exhibit will be on view during October and November.
AFN had information tables during the year at the Society of Environmental
Journalists and Board Match (we need some additional board members!). We
also gave two workshops at the California Teachers Association conferences.
Media coverage in newspapers, radio and TV has been excellent. Stories
have appeared in National Geographic for Kids, the Miami Herald, the
Republic in Turkey, India West, and local newspapers in the areas in which
our winners reside.
We urgently need your continued financial contributions, whether you are a
past or a new supporter. Please tell everyone you know about AFN, our Eco-Hero
Awards Program, and our remarkable book Acting for Nature. Young
people are our future. Particularly at this time in human history, the natural
world, on which all life depends, needs all the understanding, care, and help
it can get.
Our Board extends to each of you the greetings of the season, and a wish for
Peace and Environmental Progress in the year ahead.
Warmest regards,
Evelyn Ballard de Ghetaldi, M.D.
Chair, AFN Board of Directors
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AFN Hosts Young Eco-Heroes Exhibit In San Francisco
Action For Nature mounted an exhibit this fall featuring its 2007 International
Young Eco-Heroes at the Crissy Field Center (part of the Golden Gate
National Parks Conservancy) in San Francisco. The exhibit was a terrific
success, and has generated a great deal of interest in AFN and the Eco-Heroes Program.
AFN hosted a reception in conjunction with the exhibit, at which the
Honorable Yoriko Kishimoto, Mayor of Palo Alto, presented Young Eco-Heroes
Caroline Hodge, of Palo Alto, CA, and Hee Jeong Kim, of Seoul,
Korea, with their award certificates. Caroline had inspired her high school
classmates to "green" her school. Hee Jeong Kim was recognized for
researching how to turn ash from incinerated garbage into a usable
commodity.
AFN was delighted to be able to highlight its outstanding Eco-Heroes. For
more information about the exhibit, including presentation opportunities,
please contact us at mail@actionfornature.org.
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