Friends of Hurricane Creek, one of the most effective environmental organizations in the state and the country, will hold the group’s annual dinner and fundraiser on Nov. 19 at Capstone Village in Tuscaloosa beginning at 6 p.m. at the Capstone Village dinning room.

John Wathen

From about 6:30 to 7 p.m. Hurricane Creekkeeper John Wathen will give the year-in-review report to the membership, “with many photographs of both pretty stuff and the ugly side of the job,” he said in a press release.

The keynote speaker this year is Andy Willner, Executive Director, New York/New Jersey Baykeeper, and a former researcher for the American Littoral Society. Willner has been a city planner, furniture designer, sculptor, boat builder, environmentalist, story teller and photographer.

He was the NY/NJ Baykeeper for 19 years and retired in April 2008. He has started a consulting firm, Andrew J. Willner, Inc. is exhibiting and published a book of his photographs, was a visiting public scholar at Monmouth University’s Urban Coast Institute from 2008-2009. He is a founding member and continues to serve on the international Waterkeeper Alliance Board of Directors, and has traveled nationally and internationally to speak on behalf of the Waterkeeper model of water and habitat protection.

Mr. Willner is a sought after speaker on a wide variety of subjects including environmental advocacy, habitat restoration and sustainability.

There will be a silent auction as well for many of Creekkeeper’s photo prints as well as art works from around the area. A $25 per plate donation is required. Please send RSVP to hccreekkeeper@hughes.net before Nov. 14.

Tags: Friends of Hurricane Creek, Hurricane Creekkeeper, John Wathen

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