Heart of the Rouge: a Benefit on the Banks
Wednesday, August 7 at HopCat Livonia
You are invited to celebrate your Rouge River as you support its better future!
Your evening includes live music, interactive river experiences with FOTR staff and naturalists, great food, drink tickets, a nature-themed art room with online auction and 25 local participating artists, meet your new Executive Director, and enjoy a live fish passage & “salty” River demonstration.
Experience your Rouge River. Enjoy a wonderful evening with your Friends.
Let your heart create a better world.
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
6 – 9 PM
Location: HopCat Livonia
Address | Google Map: 17800 Haggerty Rd, Livonia, MI 48152
Dress | Summer Casual – khakis, dresses, jeans – dress for your comfort!
Explore the Heart of the Rouge Art Auction
your tickets – on sale now through August 5
$60 member
$75 general public
$30 nonprofit employee
$250 – “Neighbor” individual sponsor (includes 2 tickets)
$500 – “Friend” indvidual sponsor (includes 4 tickets)
YOUR IMPACT: Did you know? Your support of the annual Friends of the Rouge fundraiser makes it possible for over 8,000+ Friends like you to take action for a cleaner River through: frog, toad, bug, invasive species monitoring; trail building; hands-on student River science; new tree & rain garden planting. You make all the difference!
Not sure if you are a member? Contact Elizabeth at elewandowski@therouge.org.
Your Heart of the Rouge Event Partners
Your 2024 Sponsors
Advocate Sponsors
Dr. Orin & Char Gelderloos
Rouge Sponsors
River Sponsors
Friend Sponsors
Barton & Judy Lessin
James Murray
Neighbor Sponsors
4545 Architecture
Aaron Contracting Inc
Christine & Mike Allen
Suzanne & Kevin Cassady
Jessica Eiland Anders
John & Pat Hartig
Frog Friends, Sue Dorr & Debbie Hoenscheid
Green Knight
Steven Jinks
Michiganense Natives
ProCom, LLC
Jim & Cris Sunstrum
Paula Trilety
VanAcker Family
VanKerckhove Family
Participating Artists
Jocelyn Anderson
John Barker
Jodi Lynn Burton
Tori Clawson
Paul Draus
Yevgeniya Gazman
Carla Gonzalez
Jaclyn Heikkila-Stafiej
Ann Ivory
John Jaranson
Kim Jones
Mary Lane
Jennifer Lanzilotti
Elizabeth Lewandowski
Elizabeth Lurie
Chris Pray
Marie Rust
Jennifer Rutherford
Nelly Saavedra
Chuck Schroeder
Jasmine Souchuk
Hannah Tizedes
Sally Wenczel
Casey Williams
Jette Wooten
Erica Zador
Your 2024 Host Committee
Jessica Eiland Anders
Cara Beld
Mike & Nancy Darga
Ashley Flintoff
Paul Draus & Carla Gonzalez
Bill Eisenman & Susan Guenther
Orin & Char Gelderloos
John Hartig
Samra’a Luqman
Marie McCormick
Mike McNulty
Samantha Pickering
Kathleen Rossie
Brandy Siedlaczek
John & Beth Stewart
Carol Snodgrass
Mary Kathryn Trezciak
Gerry VanAcker
Al & Peggy Vankerckhove
Sally Wenczel
Vonn Willis
Become a Sponsor – power year-round River action for a clean water future!
Yes! I want to pay for an event sponsorship – PRESS HERE
Please include the name of the sponsor as it should appear in all acknowledgments in the comments box.
Yes! I want to be invoiced for an event sponsorship – PRESS HERE
What questions may we answer? Contact Lara Edwards at ledwards@therouge.org
