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Hartford Audubon’s Centennial Is Taking Shape!

The Centennial Committee* has been very busy planning some exciting events for this important milestone in the history of the Hartford Audubon Society. And we’re now ready to share the upcoming festivities with you so you can reserve these dates on your calendars now!

(*Mona Cavallero, Fran D’Amico [chair], Frank Haviland, Gil Kleiner, Fred Nowak & Anthony Zemba)

Date:	Event:	Facts Regarding:	Chairperson/Team:
May 13, 2008 Location: The Pond House West Hartford	Annual Meeting and Banquet	Centennial Year Kickoff	Fred Nowak, Donna Nowak, Denise Jernigan Maggie Peretto, Sara Zagorski, David Zomick
October 5, 2008 Location: Northwest Park Windsor	Fall Field Day – Fun for the Whole Family	Programs under consideration: raptor rehabilitation, birds of prey show, reptiles and amphibians, bird banding, & bats. Activites: bird walks, butterfly walks, an owl pellet lab, and information booths.	Fran D’Amico, Adrian Nichols, Beth Nichols, Paul Cianfaglione, Larry Lunden, Jill O’Hagan, Lisa Peterson, Judy Witzke, and Patrick Comins (ad hoc)
March 1,2009 to April 9, 2009 Location: Wood Memorial Library So. Windsor	Bird Art Show	The opening day and reception of the art show will be Sunday, March 1, with a speaker (TBD) presentation from 3 to 4 pm, and refreshments from 4 to 6 pm.	Patrice Favreau, Jeff Feldmann, Sally Markey
May 8, 2009 Location: The Pond House West Hartford	Annual Meeting and Banquet-Centennial	Centennial “Celebration”	Fred Nowak, Donna Nowak, Denise Jernigan Maggie Peretto, Sara Zagorski, David Zomick

Also, throughout the year:

· The Trip Committee: (Paul Cianfaglione, chair; Paul Desjardins, Ernie Harris, Patsy Mason, Adrian Nichols, Beth Nichols, Louise Tucker) In addition to our usual popular trips, the committee is planning to resurrect birdwalks to locations that were popular hot spots during the history of the club, including a “lethal tour” to try and find 100 species in one day in May!

· HAS History Committee, (Frank Haviland, chair; Joe Budrow, Mona Cavallero, Carl Ekroth, Jeff Feldmann, Gil Kleiner, Stephanie Lovell, Alberta Mirer, Adrian Nichols, Roger Preston, Jane Ricci, Jon Smalley, Tom Yanik) Volunteers are busy pouring through old records and trip reports gleaning interesting facts for presentations about the activities and people who helped form and shape the club we know today as well as data about the birds that were popular during the first 100 years.

· The Wildlife Series, (Fran D’Amico, chair; Jayne Cowl, Deb Pankonin) is planning to bring in some prominent speakers on some hot topics!

· The Publicity Committee, (Maggie Peretto, chair) Maggie is gearing up soon to spread the word to the media via newspaper, public radio and brochures and flyers about our events.

Gil Kleiner is working on a memorable cover for our Centennial Program Book.

The next year promises to not only be informative, but entertaining and inspiring as well!! If you’d like to be a part of this historical celebration, it’s not too late to sign up for a committee and take part in the planning activities (see Volunteer Opportunities).

Update on Volunteer Opportunities:

More details to follow very soon!


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