Patty Dreier will deliver the keynote address featuring content from Empowered: One Planet at a Time at the 2021 Annual Harvest Dinner for the North Central Conservancy Trust on Thursday, October 7, 5 - 8 p.m. at Bukolt Park Lodge in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Her address is entitled, “Our Greatest Hope for Tomorrow: Change Makers Who Love the Earth.”

“How much better can it get than to be invited to share such an important message with an audience of conservation-minded people—including students—as they gather at sunset in a city park along the Wisconsin River?” said Dreier.

The North Central Conservancy Trust (NCCT) is a non-profit organization dedicated to conserving the natural heritage of Central Wisconsin through land protection in coordination with landowners who desire to preserve the conservation values of their properties. In existence since 1994, NCCT now manages over fifty easements protecting over 4,400 acres in eight counties. It also owns three properties in Portage and Marathon Counties.

Also speaking at the event is Kevin Thusius, Director of Land Conservation for the Ice Age Trail Alliance (IATA), the non-profit organization and accredited land trust that partners with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the National Park Service to conserve, create, maintain and promote the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, a thousand mile trail in Wisconsin which passes through six of the eight counties in NCCT’s service area. Thusius will speak about the importance of volunteerism to conservation organizations in Wisconsin. Dreier is current President of the IATA. Musical entertainment at the event will be provided by a trio of students from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point music program, Kadin Yach, Mathew Chapman, and Carly Behrens.

Dreier will sell and autograph books at the event. “I will dedicate a significant portion of book revenues and my honorarium for this presentation back to the worthy mission of the North Central Conservancy Trust,” she said.

The event is a major fundraiser and “friend-raiser” and is open to the public. For more information and to register for this event, click here.