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  • Tuesday, November 30, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Friends of the Boston Park Rangers Benefit

    Please join The Honorable Thomas M. Menino and the Friends of the Boston Park Rangers Mounted Unit for Cocktails in Support of the Boston Park Rangers Mounted Unit on Tuesday, November 30, from 5:30 – 7:30 pm at Parkman House, 33 Beacon Street in Boston.  Hear remarks by Henry Lee, President of the Friends of the Public Garden, and by Julie Crockford, President of the Emerald Necklace Conservancy.  Please respond by November 16 to Ashley Helie at 617-522-2700, or email her at ahelie@emeraldnecklace.org.  Tickets are $500 each.  If you cannot attend, donations in any amount will be gratefully accepted.  Checks may be made payable to the Justine Mee Liff Fund for Friends of the Boston Park Rangers Mounted Unit, and mailed to the Friends c/o The Emerald Necklace Conservancy, PO Box 300699, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130.

    Your contributions will benefit Mystic, Jake, Liberty, Winston, Baron, and Fred.  Fred has been an honored guest as past Garden Club of the Back Bay benefit events, although his presence was limited to an “outside role.”

  • Tuesday, June 15, 11:30 am – 2:00 pm – Charles River Conservancy’s 10th Anniversary Event

    Celebrate the Power of the Parklands at the Charles River Conservancy’s 10th Anniversary event on Tuesday, June 15, beginning with a reception at 11:30 am, followed by a luncheon at 12:30 pm, at the Washburn Riverfront Pavilion at the Museum of Science in Boston.  This year the Conservancy will honor Henry Lee, Founder of the Friends of the Public Garden, and Conservancy supporters Carolyn and Peter Lynch.  Guest speakers include Tom Ashbrook, host of National Public Radio’s “On Point,” and Fred Salvucci, former Secretary of Transportation.  The Conservancy gratefully thanks its principal supporters InterSystems, Fidelity Investments, and Bank of America, for their help with this event, as well as Equity Office, Harvard University, Polaris Public Relations and Novartis.  For tickets ($150 per person) and sponsorship information ($500 and above), call 617-608-1410, or email crc@thecharles.org.  You may also find details on the Charles River Conservancy’s website, www.thecharles.org.  Photo by Tom Christiansen.

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