| Share this: | ||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
ClearWater Conservancy For Love Of Art And Chocolate Draws Crowd, Raises Funds
|
|
ClearWater Conservancy’s 12th Annual For the Love of Art and Chocolate event drew more than 500 people and yielded $32,000 to support natural resource conservation efforts in central Pennsylvania.
Held at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on January 28, the event raised $8,000 more than in any past year and offered guests more chocolate than they could eat: take-home containers were necessary. In addition to the sweet treats, attendees enjoyed live jazz, raffles, and a silent auction of fine art inspired by nature and goods and services from area businesses.
The 73 items up for auction sold for $10,574, another record by $2,000.
Three special raffles were a hit at For Love of Art and Chocolate this year. A Persian rug donated by Desert Rug Company of State College was won by Talley Fisher, and Katie Mann won a weekend retreat at the C. Barton McCann School of Art in Petersburg, including lodging, a cooking class and a massage.
Janet Pontius won the fourth in a series of commemorative works by Boalsburg artist Jennifer Kane depicting lands conserved by ClearWater Conservancy. This year’s painting captures a view of the recently protected Barrens to Bald Eagle Wildlife Corridor.
|
|
2/14/2011 |
| Go To Preceding Article Go To Next Article |