Order Tickets Sponsor Donate to Auction Donate Thursday May 27, 2010 Skirball Cultural Center 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049 6pm Cocktails and Silent Auction 7pm Dinner and Program Business casual attire ~ Tickets held at door Join us as we celebrate The Children's Nature Institute's  25th Anniversary Gala Dinner with our Inspiring Honorees fire: CATALYZING ACTION Anna Getty, Director of PureStyle Living, Founder of Pregnancy Awareness Month, Eco-Editor Pregnancy Magazine, Author of children's book I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas, and cookbook Anna Getty's Easy Green Organic. earth: CREATING ACTION Wendy Abrams, Chairwoman & Founder of Cool Globes, Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet Katherine Belgrad, Cool Globes Youth Leader air: INSPIRING ACTION   Girls Gone Green: Alexx Jae Monkarsh, Green Clothing Designer, Alexx Jae and Milk Sara Laimon, Green Ambassador Founder & Director, Environmental Charter High School Jordon Howard, Green Ambassador Youth Leader, Environmental Charter High School Noa Lewis, Green Youth Leader water: REVITALIZING ACTION Jeff Pantukhoff, President & Founder of Whaleman Foundation COMMUNITY PRIDE AWARD Audrey Schumacher Moe, author of Dessertwalk and Beachwalk     Past Recipients of Awards Libbie Agran, Wendy Chang, Patricia Hunter McGrath, 2009 Doug Dutton, Rafer Johnson, Mel Kay, 2008 David Cranston, 2007 Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Eli Stein and Dr. Ted Stein, 2005 Ed Begley, Jr. and Gail Brodsky, 2004 Laurie David, 2003 Nancy and Bob Berk, 2002 Mike Feuer, 2001 Paul Foster (in memoriam), Milt McAuley, Kelly and Allan Brown, 2000 Judy Burns Fishman, 1999 Cynthia Cleveland, 1998

The Children's Nature Institute's mission is to educate young children through interactive experiences with nature, and to inspire a sense of respect and responsibility for the natural environment. With a small staff and the help of 300 volunteers every year, CNI has served more than 250,000 young children since 1985.

Proceeds from the Benefit Dinner will support CNI's Outreach Discovery Program.

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