The WildLife Guards program trains and pays local high school students to protect beach-nesting birds. This work is supported by the Jeniam Foundation. Photo: Luke Franke/Audubon

The Environmental Leadership Awards Benefit honors teachers, business leaders, biologists, photographers, and overall visionaries who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and commitment to protecting birds and the places they need. 

From spearheading community planting projects to writing books about biodiversity, awardees pass along their admiration and wonder for the outdoors to their friends, family, and local communities. Together with our flock, we celebrate their life work and their contributions to conservation.

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Please join us in celebrating...

CAROLE CLARKSON 
and
THE JENIAM FOUNDATION

Recipients of the 2024 Environmental Leadership Award.

EVENT DETAILS

Thursday, April 25, 2024
Wee Burn Country Club
410 Hollow Tree Ridge Road
Darien, CT 

6:30 p.m. — Cocktail Reception 
7:30 p.m. — Dinner and Program featuring bird trivia

 

ABOUT THE HONOREES

When Carole Clarkson was growing up, her family spent three memorable winters and summers camping on an uninhabited island in the Bahamas. By the age of 12, Carole had learned how to scare off a boa constrictor, fish for grouper, and appreciate the wonders of the natural world around her. 

Today, Carole and her family’s Jeniam Foundation generously help many local organizations to protect and restore our own beloved ecosystem, the Long Island Sound. They have been especially supportive of projects which place young people at the forefront of conservation. 

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