The Kiwanis Club of Palo Alto is pleased to announce that Allan Berkowitz will receive the third annual Kiwanis Angel Award at a public reception on Thursday, October 23, 5:30–7:30 PM, at the Sheraton Palo Alto, 625 El Camino Real, Palo Alto.

Read about Allan and the award evening in the Palo Alto online edition of the Palo Alto Weekly.

You can register for the event using the Register Now link above. Tickets are $50 each through October 16, $55 afterwards or at the door. Or if you prefer to register by mail, please send your name(s) and a check made out to Kiwanis Club of Palo Alto Charitable Foundation to Kiwanis Club of Palo Alto, P.O Box 149, Palo Alto, CA 94302-0149.

You may also purchase a glass of champagne with a $25 Diamond-in-a Drink opportunity. Gleim the Jeweler will be providing a 3/4 carat diamond to be found in one random glass of champagne, with the rest of the glasses holding a cubic zirconium.

Allan Berkowitz is being honored for his work as Executive Director of Environmental Volunteers http://www.evols.org Founded in 1972, Environmental Volunteers (The EV) provides hands-on science and nature education through classroom-based programs, summer camps, and the EcoCenter at the Palo Alto Baylands. The organization’s goal is for children to learn about and be inspired by the natural world so that they will become responsible stewards of the Earth.

Allan’s leadership has resulted in an expansion of the numbers of schools and students reached, the transformation of the abandoned Sea Scout building to a vibrant EcoCenter open to the public, and the development of a resource web site for teachers, called Science by Nature.

The Kiwanis Angel Award is given to an individual in the Palo Alto area who has had a significant positive impact on children and youth. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Kiwanis International/UNICEF initiative, the Eliminate Project, to eliminate the tetanus that kills mothers and 60,000 newborns in the developing world.

Proceeds from the Kiwanis Angel Award benefit Kiwanis International’s Eliminate Project

Email to Rick Stern with any questions.