PRESS RELEASE: ORK to hold virtual annual meeting

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
11/9/20
Ogeechee Riverkeeper
Contact: Meaghan Gerard
Communications and Administrative Director
meaghan@ogeecheeriverkeeper.org

OGEECHEE RIVERKEEPER TO HOLD VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING
Program will feature updates, raffle, and nature photography

Ogeechee Riverkeeper (ORK) will hold its annual meeting virtually on Friday, November 13, 2020. The live stream will begin at 6:45 p.m., with speakers starting at 7 p.m.

The free program will include gorgeous footage from the most beautiful spots in our watershed, a special message from Georgia Writers Hall of Fame member Janisse Ray, updates on the basin from the ORK board chair and the Riverkeeper, and a raffle full of amazing donated prizes.

Raffle items include an original artwork by Betsy Cain, a private tour of Bootleg Farms, a prize package from the Botanic Garden at Georgia Southern, a handmade wooden cricket box, an adventure from Wilderness Southeast, a custom pet portrait, a two-night stay in downtown Savannah,  a handcrafted wooden paddle, a guided paddle trip, and more. 

Sponsors of the event include Queensborough National Bank and Trust, Advanced Metal Components, Chatham Steel, and Green Truck Pub. Riverrat Productions and Ogeechee River Boat Company are in-kind sponsors.  

Additional information, a link to purchase raffle tickets, and free event registration is available ogeecheeriverkeeper.org/annual-meeting.

About Ogeechee Riverkeeper: Ogeechee Riverkeeper 501(c)(3) works to protect, preserve, and improve the water quality of the Ogeechee River basin, which includes all of the streams flowing out to Ossabaw Sound and St. Catherine’s Sound. At 245 miles long, the Ogeechee River system drains more than 5,000 square miles of land. More at ogeecheeriverkeeper.org.

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