EVERGLADES
FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES EVENT HOST
BRYANT
GUMBEL AND SPECIAL GUEST SUSIE ESSMAN FOR
10th
ANNUAL FOREVERGLADES BENEFIT
Palmetto Bay,
Florida (January 14, 2015) –
The Everglades Foundation announced today that award winning television
journalist Bryant Gumbel will serve as host for the 10th Annual ForEverglades Benefit at The Breakers Palm Beach on Saturday, February 14, 2015.
Adding to Gumbel as the evening’s emcee, special
guest and comedian Susie Essman, known to audiences as Susie Greene from Curb Your Enthusiasm will provide supporters
with laughs prior to Steven Tyler’s taking the stage to perform alongside
backing Nashville based band, Loving Mary.
“We are grateful to all of those who support
our ForEverglades Benefit which
contributes significantly to our ongoing mission to restore and protect
America’s Everglades,” said Eric Eikenberg, Everglades Foundation CEO. “We are
thrilled to have Bryant, Steven and Susie lend their exceptional talents in
bringing attention to our efforts.”
One of television’s most accomplished broadcasters,
Bryant Gumbel is the host of HBO’s acclaimed Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel, a show he has
shepherded since its inception in 1995. Prior to that, he was at CBS News
as host of Public Eye With
Bryant Gumbel as well as The
Early Show. And for 25 years he was at NBC, hosting
its TODAY program for
15 of them. A multi Emmy award winner in both news and
sports, as well as numerous other accolades for his work, Gumbel
has covered foreign wars, elections, international summits, and
Presidential inaugurations as well as hosted Super Bowls, World Series,
NCAA Championships and the 1988 Olympics from Seoul, South Korea.
Susie Essman is an American comedian, actress,
writer, television producer, and voice artist on HBO. Essman has also performed
on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and
on film with several comic cameos including
Crocodile Dundee II, Baby Boom, and
Punchline. She has also provided the voice for characters in Disney
animated films Bolt and Super Rhino.
The ForEverglades
Benefit raises over $2 million annually to support restoration science to
protect and restore this fragile ecosystem that provides fresh water for nearly
8 million Floridians. The Everglades Foundation board of directors supports all
of the Foundation’s administrative and fundraising expenses, allowing 100
percent of the funds raised at the benefit to directly support these programs.
Chairmen for the 10th Annual ForEverglades Benefit include: Mary Barley, Claudia and Carlos de
la Cruz, Jr., Eva and Glenn Dubin, Jamee
and Marshall Field V, Beryl Lacoste Hamilton and Rex Hamilton, Fenia and Carl
Hiaasen, Sonia and Paul Tudor Jones II, Elaine and Ken Langone, Kathy and Paul
Leone, Michele Henry and Garrison duP. Lickle, Mary Morse, Thalia and Tommy
Mottola, Barbara and Jack Nicklaus, Ashley and Mike Ramos, Lia Reed, Alita and
Nathaniel Reed, Diana Barrett and Robert Vila, and Toni and Andrew Wilshire.
The evening is generously sponsored by LACOSTE.
To purchase tickets, contact Debbie Fife or
Samantha Miller at (212) 245-6570, ext. 20 or email
everglades@eventassociatesinc.com. Individual tickets start at $1,000, with
preferred seating available at $2,500. Tables range from $10,000 to $100,000.
All tickets include cocktails, dinner, musical performance and donor recognition.
About Florida’s Relationship with the Everglades:
More than eight million people live in the
Everglades watershed and depend on its natural systems for their livelihood,
food and drinking water. Florida’s agricultural, boating, tourism, real estate,
recreational and commercial fishing industries all depend on a healthy
Everglades ecosystem, supporting tens of thousands of jobs and contributing
billions to our economy. The America’s Everglades includes, among other
attractions, Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Park, the Big Cypress
National Preserve and the Ten Thousand Islands. Together, these parks draw
several million visitors each year contributing hundreds of millions of dollars
to Florida’s tourism economy.
About the Everglades Foundation:
The Everglades Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3)
not-for-profit, charitable organization, with offices in Miami and Naples, is
dedicated to protecting and restoring one of the world’s unique natural
ecosystems that provides economic, recreational and life-sustaining benefits to
the millions of people who depend on its future health. Since 1993, the Everglades Foundation has
played a leadership role in advancing Everglades restoration through the
advancement of scientifically sound and achievable solutions. The Foundation
seeks to reverse the damage inflicted on the ecosystem and provides
policymakers and the public with honest and credible resource to help guide
decision-making on complex restoration issues. For more information, please
visit www.evergladesfoundation.org.
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