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The Neighborhood Network's
Gala 2008
Honoring Edward Thompson,
For 15 Years of Service as Chair of
the Neighborhood Network Board

Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Riverview Restaurant, Oakdale, NY
Directions

Cocktails at 6:00, Dinner at 7:00

Business Attire
Tickets $150

RSVP by June 16th to

the Neighborhood Network
7180 Republic Airport
Farmingdale, NY 11735

For further information or
to purchase tickets by phone,
Please call the Neighborhood Network at
(631) 963-5454

To purchase tickets or make a contribution online, click here.

Sponsor the Gala
or Advertise in the Gala Journal

Gala Sponsor — $15, 000
(exclusive sponsorship)
Two page centerfold ad in Journal
Two Tables of 10
Prominent name display on signage throughout event
Press release acknowledgement
Name on mailings

Benefactor — $10,000
Prominent full page ad in journal
(inside front or outside back cover )
Table of 10
Prominent name display on signage throughout event

Friend of the Environment — $7,500
Full page ad in journal
Table of 8
Name display on signage throughout event

Champion — $5,000
Full page journal ad
Table of 8
Name display on signage throughout event

Patron — $3,000
Table of 8
Half page journal ad
Name display on signage throughout event

Steward — $1,500
Four tickets
Half page journal ad
Name display on signage throughout event

Advertise in the Gala 2008 Journal
Gold Page (7.5" horizontal x 10" vertical) — $3,000
Silver Page (7.5" horizontal x 10" vertical) — $2,000
Full page (7.5" horizontal x 10" vertical) — $1,000
Half page (7.5" horizontal x 4.875" vertical) — $500
Quarter page (3.5" Horizontal x 4.875" vertical) — $250

To sponsor the Gala, or take an ad in the Gala journal,
call us at 631-963-5454
or click here.

Our Honoree

ed at podeumEdward Thompson is the Vice-President for Advancement at Molloy College, responsible for all fundraising, marketing and government relations activities. Since coming to Molloy in 1998 as one of the youngest senior college administrators in the country, Ed has spearheaded a fundraising and marketing transformation at the College.

Ed is currently directing the College’s first successful capital campaign, having raised $16,000,000 – far exceeding the campaign goals. During the campaign, Ed’s leadership has led to the largest corporate gift, the largest alumni gift, the largest foundation gift and the largest government grant in the school’s history. Ed leads a robust marketing effort that has significantly raised the institution’s public profile in recent years. He and Molloy President Drew Bogner co-founded the Energeia Partnership, the Academy for Regional Stewardship at Molloy College This year marks Ed’s 15th anniversary as Chair of the Board of the Neighborhood Network. Ed’s “career” actually began at the Neighborhood Network working on the telephone outreach staff in order to help put himself through law school. After graduation, he served as staff attorney and was involved in some of the Network’s early legal and legislative victories Ed also serves on the board of Vision Long Island, a smart growth advocacy group, the Board of the Energeia Partnership, and the advisory board on the Institute for Interfaith Dialogue at Molloy College.

Ed received his B.A. in History and Economics at the College of the Holy Cross and his J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law. He studied comparative law at the London School of Economics and completed the Institute for Educational Management program at the Harvard University School of Education. He lives in Ft. Salonga with his wife Eloise, and sons Peter and Daniel.

In 2008 the Neighborhood Network is enjoying a series of profound program successes and press recognition.

As a result of our Energy Star Homes Campaign, more than half of the 13 Long Island towns have now adopted higher energy efficiency standards for new home construction. If every town on Long Island adopts these measures, the emission of 371,000 tons of greenhouse gases will be avoided, and between $100 million and $200 million would be saved in the local economy. We intend to get all 13 towns on board and to make Long Island a national leader in energy efficient home building.

This initiative grew out of the work with municipalities that have been participating in our Clean Energy Leadership Task Force , a project that works with local governments to help them lead by example – by renovating government facilities and fleets with clean energy improvements.

The Long Island Interfaith Environment Network has also expanded faster than could have been expected. Program director, Beth Fiteni, started meeting with a few representatives of places of worship in the fall of 2006, and the second annual seminar on “Energy Efficiency for Religious Congregations” drew more than 100 participants.

Our public education campaigns teach thousands of Long Island residents about environmentally preferable choices they can make in their own homes. For 15 years, we have compiled and distributed a list of landscapers who can provide 100% organic services.

We invite you to come join us at our Gala 2008, to help celebrate these and our many other achievements. With your support, you will help ensure the Neighborhood Network continues to be here every day to promote environmental awareness and develop innovative, proactive strategies to protect Long Island.

 
 

Neighborhood Network
7180 Republic Airport, East Farmingdale, NY 11735 Tel: (631) 963-5454
Advocates for Long Island's Environment