Arthur R. Marshall Foundation Welcomed
More than 100 Adventurous Supporters at
SUNSET SAFARI
Award-Winning Artist Bruce Helander
& Gallery Owner Paul Fisher Hosted Event at the
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
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Shelly
Pearson
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Nancy
Marshall |
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Christopher
Twardy,
Ava
Roosevelt,
Paul
Fisher
and
Helene
Barre |
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Bruce
Helander,
Lisa
Goldstein
and
James
Loeschen |
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Andrew
Kahn and
Dot
Engberg |
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(West
Palm
Beach,
FL –
March
31,
2010) Nancy
Marshall,
President
of
the Arthur
R.
Marshall
Foundation,
which
champions the
restoration
and
preservation
of the
greater
Everglades
ecosystem,
today
announced
that the
nonprofit
organization
recently
welcomed
more
than 100
supporters
for
a SUNSET
SAFARI at
the Arthur
R.
Marshall
Loxahatchee
National
Wildlife
Refuge.
Award-winning
artist Bruce
Helander and Paul
Fisher,
a
private
art
dealer
and
owner of
the
celebrated
Fisher
Gallery
in West
Palm
Beach,
hosted
the
“friend-raiser.”
SUNSET
SAFARI
included
a
delicious
picnic
dinner
and
cocktails
at
sunset,
a
special
VIP Tour
of the
Wildlife
Refuge,
a visit
to the
new
$1-million
state-of-the-art
Everglades
exhibit,
an
exciting
airboat
or canoe
ride and
a
relaxing
nature
walk.
VIP Pond
Apple
Patrons
for
SUNSET
SAFARI
included Doris
Hastings,
John &
Nancy
Marshall,
Barbara
& John
McDonald,
Joan &
Kim
Sargent,
Paul
Suschak and Jimmy
Cates,
Kathe
Thompson,
Phyllis
Verducci,
Jurate
Kazickes and John,
Karolyn
& Katie
Neat.
Attendees
included Cheryl
Gowdy,
Will
Buckley,
Dot
Engberg,
Andrew
Kahn,
Erik
Brown,
Marcia
Kay,
Stephania
Conrad,
Mireille
Gerard,
Philipe
Fontaine,
John
McDonagh,
Shelly &
John
Pearson,
Ava
Roosevelt,
Donna
Long,
Roberto
Flamenco,
Barbara
& Alan
Lindsay,
Mary
Thurwachter,
Alex
Green,
Sally
Alice
Unkles,
Richard
Ray,
Lily
Capehart,
Marilyn
Tully,
Justine
Postal,
Regina
Bland
and Val
Wynne,
Joan
Waitkevicz,
Betsy &
Jeffrey
Begens and Marina
& Jorge
Pesquera.
Also
on
hand
for
SUNSET
SAFARI
were
Marshall
Foundation
Board
and
Advisory
Board
members Newton
Cook,
Bobbi
Horwich,
Tom
Poulson,
Peggy
&
Joel
VanArman and Gisa
Wagner.
About
the
Arthur
R.
Marshall
Loxahatchee
National
Wildlife
Refuge:
Located
at
10216
Lee
Road,
seven
miles
west
of
Boynton
Beach,
FL,
the Arthur
R.
Marshall
Loxahatchee
National
Wildlife
Refuge was
established
in
1951
and
covers
more
than
221
square
miles
of
natural
habitat,
the
largest
northernmost
portion
of
the
unique
Everglades.
Home
to
the
American
alligator
and
the
critically
endangered
Everglades
snail
kite,
as
many
as
257
species
of
birds
may
use
the
Refuge's
diverse
wetland
habitats
in
any
given
year.
The
Refuge
was
established
under
the
authority
of
the
Migratory
Bird
Conservation
Act
of
1929.
For
more
information,
please
call 561.732.3864 or
visit www.fws.gov/loxahatchee.
About
the
Arthur
R.
Marshall
Foundation:
Founded
in
1998,
the
Marshall
Foundation
strives
to
educate
young
people
and
the
public
about
Everglades
ecology
through
science-based
outreach
programs,
and
restore
original
plant
life
and
water
flow
patterns
to
the
greater
Everglades
ecosystem.
In
recent
years,
the
Marshall
Foundation
has
planted
nearly
100,000
native
Florida
trees
in
wetland
areas,
awarded
over
$350,000
in
scholarships
and
internships,
and
involved
more
than
5,000
volunteers
in
hands-on
restoration
projects. For
more
information
about
the
Marshall
Foundation,
please
call
561.805.8733
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