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New York City Young Professionals to Make a Splash, Raise Funds for Freshwater Conservation

Live Auction to be Hosted in Partnership with Christie’s

New York, NY — February 27, 2007 — The Nature Conservancy’s Young Professionals Council will host their annual benefit, Make a Splash, on Thursday, March 29, 2007 at the popular nightclub CAIN, which will be closed to the public during this private event.  The proceeds from the event will support The Nature Conservancy’s work in the Delaware River Basin Watershed, one of the leading freshwater conservation programs in the country.

The Young Professionals are pleased to partner with Christie’s to host a live auction during the evening, featuring a wide range of high-end items from both local and national businesses, including many from environmentally-friendly companies.  In addition, there will be a silent auction taking place throughout the night.

The benefit will also feature a top-shelf open bar provided by CAIN, hors d’oeuvres, and music by DJ Kai. 
 
All proceeds from the event will benefit The Nature Conservancy’s Delaware River Basin Watershed project, located in New York’s Catskill region.  In addition to providing habitat for numerous rare species, the watershed includes the Neversink River, considered the purest source of drinking water for New York City.  Previous Young Professionals benefits have netted over $26,000 for the Conservancy’s work across the state.

The Young Professionals Group brings together a cross-section of the city’s brightest working men and women who share a love of nature, a concern for the environment and a belief that hope and action are indispensable to make a difference.  The group is comprised of architects, attorneys, musicians, bankers, painters, ad execs, writers, hedge fund managers, web designers, reporters and many others, all working to ensure that our peers and the next generation of New Yorkers learn and participate in conservation activities at a local, regional and global level. 

To find out more about the benefit on March 29th, please contact Anna Wilson at anna_wilson@tnc.org or (212) 381-2198. 

To find out more about the Young Professionals or to join, please contact Evelyn Chen at echen@tnc.org or (212) 381-2192.  Visit us online at nature.org/ypg.

The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working to protect the most ecologically important lands and waters around the world for nature and people. To date, the Conservancy and its more than one million members have been responsible for the protection of more than 15 million acres in the United States and have helped preserve more than 102 million acres in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific. In New York, The Nature Conservancy has helped to preserve more than 500,000 acres. Visit us on the web at nature.org/newyork.