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We can’t wait to celebrate the river with you!
Time goes by quickly when you are restoring the Bronx River! Believe it or not, it will soon be fall, so we are gearing up to make the 2022 Soirée a truly special night.
The gala will take place at the Bronx Zoo—the largest zoo in the metropolitan United States and a long time partner of the Alliance. With incredible views of the Bronx River, amazing scenery, and delicious food and drinks, this gala will be FUN!
Celebrate with us!
General Tickets
$200
Patron Tickets*
$275
*Patron ticket holders are invited to join a reception with honorees starting at 6:00pm.
Your support powers our work to protect, improve and restore the Bronx River and Greenway so that they can be healthy resources for the communities through which the river flows.
We look forward to commemorating the Bronx River with you.
Join us as we honor these amazing leaders at An Upstream Soirée in 2022!
Long known as a company “in business to serve our home planet,” Patagonia inspired the world this fall, after an unprecedented announcement from the company’s Founder Yvon Chouinard that “Earth is now our only shareholder. He continues “instead of ‘going public’, you could say we’re ‘going purpose’. Instead of extracting value from nature and transforming it into wealth for investors, we’ll use the wealth Patagonia creates to protect the source of all wealth.” The Bronx River Alliance is honored to be one of the organizations consistently supported by Patagonia and its local employees. We salute Patagonia for its visionary leadership that puts the planet over profits and for its support of local efforts to protect ecosystems and environmental health in communities like the Bronx.
Olga has recently launched her private consulting business, O Communications & Solutions, as a public relations, community engagement, economic development and relationship building agency. Previously she served ten years as the executive director of The Bronx Tourism Council (BTC), a division of the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation. Throughout her career, Olga has promoted the best of the Bronx, including the Bronx River. The Alliance honors her legacy of Bronx pride and her assistance in helping us reclaim the Bronx River for the communities through which it flows.
Madhur came to New York City from Mumbai, India, in 2015 to study Economics and Environmental Studies at New York University. For more than three years she has been volunteering with the Alliance as an unpaid Development and Communications intern. In that time, she has worked with organizing Soirees and Flotillas, taken the lead on social media, and has generally been an outstanding support to the entire Alliance team.
Historical Video from our friends: Mags Harries and Lajos Héder
On April 22, 1999 (Earth Day) the gilded ball first floated down the Bronx River from suburban Bronxville to inner-city South Bronx. The ball acted as a Pied Piper, with people from the Bronx to Westchester County encouraged to follow the Ball and walk the 10 mile route to learn how the River connects their homes. The voyage revealed the prime places for social gatherings along the River as well as access problems to be addressed. The event took place on Earth Day the following year and in 2001. Residents continue to celebrate the Bronx River by recreating the voyage every Earth Day. The events have raised money to make permanent improvements along the River.
To donate or for more information, you can also email soiree@bronxriver.org
Linda R Cox and John G Robinson
Kathryn and Vincent Heintz
Julie Robbins
Martha and David Schwartz
Alfred C. Finger
Elizabeth Bennett
Liam Kavanagh
Michael Max Knobbe
Robert DelTorto
Camelia Tepelus
Carolyn McLaughlin
Carrie Elston
Dart Westphal
David Kvinge
David Simone
Dawn Marrie Berry
Eliot Nagele
Elisabeth Pillsbury
Elizabeth Bennett
Elizabeth Figueroa
Ethan Strell
George Torres
Greg Kiss
Jay Rook
Jeremy Greenfield
Joan Byron
Julie Robbins
Liam Kavanagh
Linda R. Cox
Maarten De Kadt
Marcos Crespo
Marit Larson
Martha Schwartz
Michael Brady
Michael Max Knobbe
Nicole Perrino
Nilka Martell
Paloma McGregor
Paul Lipson
Paula Luria and Bill Caplan
Peter Kohlmann
Raji Kalra
Veronica Vanterpool
The Bronx River Alliance serves as a coordinated voice for the river and works in harmonious partnership to protect, improve and restore the Bronx River corridor so that it can be a healthy ecological, recreational, educational and economic resource for the communities through which the river flows.
The Alliance works in close partnership with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and with over one hundred other partners to reclaim the Bronx River.
