Chair of Conservation Dinner 2024 is Chris Keller
Chair of gala dinner and auction encourages you to save the date for Conservation Dinner on Thursday, April 11, 2024
The Conservation Dinner Committee Chair for 2024 is Chris Keller of the Exeter Lions Club. The Chair of this gala community auction fundraiser encourages people to ‘save the date’ for this popular community event on Thursday, April 11, 2024.
“It is an honour to be a Chair of this committee and to be part of an event that has done so much for the local community over 33 years,” he said. “I encourage everyone in the area to mark their calendars for April 11, 2024 and to save the date.” The 34th Conservation Dinner, in 2024, promises to be another great event for fun, fellowship, and community betterment, according to this year’s Committee Chair.
The Conservation Dinner takes place at South Huron Recreation Centre at 94 Victoria Street East in Exeter. Tickets are to be available starting on December 21, 2023. Tickets are $100 each and patrons receive a charitable gift receipt, for income tax purposes, for a portion of that amount. To buy tickets to the Conservation Dinner, or to donate, phone 519-235-2610 or toll-free 1-888-286-2610 or email info@abca.ca or visit the Ausable Bayfield Conservation office east of Exeter at 71108 Morrison Line (just south of Highway 83). Find out more at conservationdinner.com and the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation’s Conservation Dinner web page.
The Conservation Dinner auction event has raised more than $1.335 million for the community over 33 years. The Exeter Lions Club has been co-partner, with Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation and the watershed community, on the Dinner, since 1991. Net profits are split 50-50 between community conservation projects of the Conservation Foundation and community conservation projects of the Exeter Lions Club.
The Conservation Dinner gala charitable auction and dinner supports projects that include accessible nature trails in Bayfield, Clinton, Parkhill, Lucan, Arkona, Exeter, and Varna; making it possible for more students to experience outdoor nature education; a $1,000 student environmental bursary benefitting students in local communities; a summer job at Ausable Bayfield Conservation for a senior secondary school student; turtle monitoring and events in Port Franks and Ailsa Craig; aquatic habitat studies in Old Ausable Channel, Grand Bend; and projects like nature day camps, fishing derby and Owl Prowl, and parks and conservation areas.
The annual charitable event features live and silent auctions of art and other distinctive items including travel packages and sports and entertainment memorabilia. The Dinner also includes special raffles, general raffles, appetizers, wine tasting, fun and fellowship, and a wonderful meal.