This year we will celebrate the accomplishments of some local heroes with a Birding and Brunch event. The 2022 Chicago Audubon Society Environmental Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday September 24th at the Mathew Bieszczat Volunteer Resource Center in the Forest Preserves of Cook County overlooking the Edgebrook Golf Course. Mathew Bieszczat Volunteer Resource Center is located at 6100 North Central Avenue Chicago, IL 60646.

Schedule as follows; program and silent auction items are here:

8:00 am - 9:15 am Optional Bird Walk along the lower North Branch Forest Preserves. Meet in the Mathew Bieszczat Volunteer Resource Center parking lot.

9:30 am Registration & Silent Auction open. Buffet Brunch to be served. (Vegan and Gluten-free options available)

10:15 am CAS Environmental Awards presentation.

11:00 am Program presented by Debra Shore, Regional Administrator, EPA Region 5.

Chicago Audubon Society Environmental Awards will be presented to:

̈ Excellence in Environmental Reporting – Broadcast: Bob Dolgan

̈ Excellence in Environmental Reporting – Print: Patty Wetli

̈ Protector of the Environment – Educator: Birds in My Neighborhood, Openlands

̈ Protector of the Environment - Political Advocacy: Southeast Environmental Task Force

̈ Protector of the Environment - Political Service: Alfred Saucedo

̈ Protector of the Environment - Single Act (Individual): Tamima Itani

̈ Protector of the Environment – Avocation: Dennis and Linda Marton

̈ Protector of the Environment - Avocation (Group): Piping Plover Monitors

̈ Protector of the Environment – Vocation: Louise Clemency

̈ First Friend of Chicago Audubon: Nancy Bradt and Laury Lewis

̈ Young Environmentalist: Simon Tolzmann

Program and silent auction items are here.

If you have suggestions for 2023 awardees, please contact Alan Anderson at casresearch@comcast.net.

For event registration questions contact Monica at officemanager@chicagoaudubon.org.

The brunch and presentation will be indoors in a well-ventilated building. Casual attire.