Summer Party in the Concrete Jungle

View a slideshow of our favorite photos from our Summer Party in the Concrete Jungle, and read on to learn more about the Junior Board’s inaugural event!


 Photos courtesy of Jennella Young. Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

On Wednesday, July 27th ARC’s Junior Board and Event Host Committee – a combined group of forty-one young professionals – hosted a party at Greenhouse, New York’s first eco-friendly nightclub, to raise funds for and build awareness for the need to conserve Tanzania’s Eastern Arc rainforests. Over 150 guests came out to show their support, while enjoying organic cocktails, beer, and wine, sampling mouthwatering hors d’oeuvres, and trying their luck at coveted raffle prizes.

Funds raised at the event will allow ARC to plant 22,000 trees – nearly the same number of trees found in NYC’s Central Park. In partnership with the Earth Day Network and the UNEP’s Billion Tree Campaign, ARC has pledged to plant one million trees during the next year with its field partner the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group. Stay tuned for more campaign highlights throughout the coming months.

A special thank you to…
ARC’s Junior Board
Nikki Breedlove, Scott Brzezinski, Crystal DiMiceli, Jane Johnson, Meaghan Kimball, Christine Lackowski, Nekenasoa Randresihaja, Flint Reilly, Keenan Reilly, Chris Smajdor, Erick Volp, Sam Wathen, and Lori Weitzel

Event Host Committee
Jennifer Bayard, Faith Botica, Tyler Brock, Stephanie Clark, Gwen Cruz, Jessie Goldberg, Becky Habib, Nicholas Hemmerly, Hulya Israfil, Allison Joe, Samantha Kingsley, Maribelle Kwong, Kristen Lyndaker, John McLaughlin, Eleanor Morison, Lydia Morrison, Mary Olushoga, Justine Platt, Tess Rafferty, Kyle Ridaught, Zachary Sadow, Erica Shapiro, Leslie Steele, Allison Strasenburgh, Dunham Townend, Timothy Valz, Bill Weitzel, and Katherine Wilson

Event Sponsors
360 Vodka
Brigit True Organics
Fairway Market
Greenhouse
Peak Organic Brewing Company
Romero & Miller, Earth 3.0
Santa Teresa Rum
Volvic Natural Spring Water

And thank you to Cameron Smalls for keeping the evening going with great beats, and to Jennella Young for her awesome photographs.

Learn more about the Junior Board and how you can get involved.