{news} Fw: Sierra Club Annual Dinner

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This was sent to the Connecticut Green Party website.  Note the panel 
discussion/Q&A with invited Congressional Representatives Courtney, Shays, 
Larson, and Murphy.  I have no further information about this event.
--Ed
----- Original Message ----- 
From: [R. Jackson Stanley] [e-mail address deleted  --Ed]
To: <undisclosed-recipients:>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 9:09 PM
Subject: Sierra Club Annual Dinner


> Help make our annual dinner a great success! We hope to see you at
> this exciting event.
> Thanks,
> Rich Stanley
> Vice-Chair
> Greater Hartford Group
>
> You are cordially invited to
> The First Connecticut Sierra Club Annual Dinner
> Saturday, October 20, 2007
> 5:30 to 9:30 pm
> Pequot Museum
> Mashantucket, CT
>
> $40.00 per person includes:
>
> ¡ñ Hors d'oeuvres, buffet dinner, coffee and dessert, plus cash bar
> ¡ñ Musical entertainment by the nationally acclaimed folk duo ¡°Magpie¡±
> (http://www.magpiemusic.com/)
> ¡ñ A guided tour of the Native American Village at the Pequot Museum
> (5:30 ¨C 6:15 pm)
> ¡ñ Keynote address by Gina McCarthy, Connecticut Department of
> Environmental Protection Commissioner
> ¡ñ Global Warming Panel Discussion and Q&A with Representatives Joe
> Courtney, John Larson, Christopher Shays*, Chris Murphy* (* Invited
> at time of print)
> ¡ñ Chance to participate in the evening's raffle for an Energy Star
> Maytag dishwasher
> ¡ñ Complimentary compact fluorescent light bulb to take home
>
> Contact Molly McKay at: 860-536-5480 or
> mollymckay at nationalcorridors.org to reserve your seat on our
> chartered bus from West Hartford!($10.00 p.p.)
>
> Event proceeds will benefit awareness campaigns of the Connecticut
> Sierra Club:
>
> Sprawl Prevention,
> an awareness campaign to teach Connecticut citizens to be responsible
> stewards of the land, and to work collaboratively with local
> government to establish policies and regulations preventing further
> sprawl into green fields, forests, and open spaces.
>
> And
>
> ¡°Cool Cities,¡±
> a major grassroots effort of the Sierra Club to curb global warming.
> Through the ¡°Cool Cities¡± awareness campaign, local communities
> commit to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 7% below 1990 levels
> by 2012, by implementing ¡°smart energy¡± solutions.
>
> Please send reservations and check by Monday, October 8th, 2007 to:
> CT Sierra Club
> 645 Farmington Ave.
> Hartford. CT 06105
>
> If you have any questions or need additional information, please
> contact John Calandrelli , State Program Director, at 860-236-4405 or
> email:  connecticut.chapter at sierraclub.org