Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center
12805 St. Croix Trail      Hastings, MN 55033      (651)437-4359      www.CarpenterNatureCenter.org

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Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center’s

Autumn in the Valley

Dinner Cruise

 

Please join the friends and family of Carpenter Nature Center for an evening of fun on the Wild & Scenic St. Croix River aboard the beautiful Avalon Riverboat with the Mouldy Figs.

 

When? September 21st, 2006

Where? The Stillwater Boarding Dock

Why? To support a Great Cause

 

Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center encompasses over 720 acres of scenic natural habitat. This refuge for wildlife is also a classroom for 10,000 school children every year. The Nature Center provides outdoor experiences for K-12 students from Minnesota and Wisconsin, which shapes and strengthens their connection to nature. In order to ensure access to all there is no admission fee to the site and 4.5 miles of trails are paved. Please help us continue the great work that we do by attending this spectacular evening cruise. Tickets are $60 per person or $325 for a table of six. If you cannot attend, please consider making a donation to the Nature Center’s environmental education program.

 

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Sponsorship Opportunities

“Autumn in the Valley”

September 21, 2006

 

Bald Eagle Dinner Co-Sponsor                    $3,000

  •  Extensive recognition throughout evening as major contributor

  • Advertising space to display your company banner or materials

  • Opportunity to hand-out materials at event (previously approved)

  • Twelve tickets to the event

Golden Eagle Boat Sponsor                         $2,500

  •  Extensive recognition throughout evening as major contributor

  •  Advertising space to display your company banner or materials

  •  Ten tickets to the event

Osprey Sponsorship                                       $2,000

(Includes up to eight guests and CNC Donor Membership)

Great Blue Heron Sponsorship                    $1,000

(Includes up to six guests and CNC Donor Membership)

Snowy Egret Sponsorship                             $500

(Includes four guests and CNC Donor Membership)

Wood Duck Sponsorship                               $250

(Includes two guests and a CNC Family Membership)

 

Donation Sponsor – in kind contribution of goods and services

 

All our sponsors will be recognized in our printed program. Sponsors of $1,000 and above, who have committed to a sponsorship by July 15th will have the opportunity to be acknowledged as a sponsor on the Autumn in the Valley Dinner Cruise invitations.

 

The Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center is a non-profit nature preserve and an environmental education facility that serves over 26,000 people annually, including 10,000 school children who come to us to learn about the natural world around them. The success of this event supports the expansion of this experience. Sponsorship allows us to significantly increase the benefits of this event to the program expansion at CNC.

 

Call or email Jennifer at 651-437-4359 for more information