The Pennsylvania Environmental Council will hold its Harrisburg dinner on November 16. The theme for this year’s dinner will be “Innovative Environmental Solution: Harnessing the Market Place to Improve Water Quality.”

The Council will present a number of awards to recognize individuals and organizations for their work to protect Pennsylvania’s environment in the Central Pennsylvania Region.

The keynote speaker for the dinner will be Donald Welsh, Administrator for Region 3 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, who oversees all EPA environmental programs in Pennsylvania and a five state area.

The Council, founded in 1970, promotes the protection and restoration of the natural and built environments through innovation, collaboration, education and advocacy with the private sector, government, individuals and communities as partners to improve the quality of life for all Pennsylvanians.

The Council serves the entire state through offices in Meadville, Franklin, Wilkes-Barre, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and Philadelphia.

For more information and tickets, contact Leanne Beck at 717-230-8044 x 15, visit www.pecpa.org or call 717-230-8044.

9/30/2005