{"id":324,"date":"2010-05-25T20:12:03","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T00:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/?p=324"},"modified":"2010-05-25T20:12:03","modified_gmt":"2010-05-26T00:12:03","slug":"blue-frontier-campaign-invitation-to-bfc-benchley-ocean-awards-june-25-2010-san-francisco-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/2010\/05\/25\/blue-frontier-campaign-invitation-to-bfc-benchley-ocean-awards-june-25-2010-san-francisco-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Frontier Campaign: Invitation to BFC \/ Benchley Ocean Awards &#8211; June 25, 2010, San Francisco CA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/us1.campaign-archive.com\/?u=fb7357aafe4ce51894c41682b&amp;id=19f37e162a&amp;e=1c101f3bc0\">http:\/\/us1.campaign-archive.com\/?u=fb7357aafe4ce51894c41682b&amp;id=19f37e162a&amp;e=1c101f3bc0<\/a><\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"600\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluefront.org\/wordpress\/?p=768\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"20\" width=\"600\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>About the Awards <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Blue Frontier\/Peter Benchley Awards recognize outstanding achievements leading to the protection of our coasts and ocean and the communities that depend on them. In addition they provide an opportunity for leaders and innovators in different aspects and sectors of ocean work to meet and acknowledge each other, and to celebrate what we have accomplished and the wonders of our blue world.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n2010 Recipients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Science: <strong>Jesse Ausubel<\/strong>, Program Director, Census of Marine Life<br \/>\nPolicy: <strong>Dr. Jane Lubchenco<\/strong>, Administrator, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)<br \/>\nExploration: <strong>Don Walsh<\/strong>, Ocean Explorer<br \/>\nMedia: <strong>Louie Psihoyos<\/strong>, Director, The Cove, 2010 Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary<br \/>\nFoundation Spirit Award: <strong>Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation <\/strong><br \/>\nHero of the Seas: <strong>Cynthia Sarthou<\/strong>, Executive Director, Gulf Restoration Network<br \/>\nYouth: <strong>Kyle Thiermann<\/strong>, Surfer, Activist, ClaimYourChange.org<br \/>\n<strong>Third Annual <\/strong><strong>Blue Frontier Campaign \/ Peter Benchley Awards <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friday, June 25, 2010<br \/>\n6 PM &#8211; 10 PM<br \/>\nCalifornia Academy of Sciences<br \/>\nSan Francisco, California<br \/>\nGolden Gate Park<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Ceremonies<\/strong><br \/>\nPhilippe Cousteau<\/p>\n<p><strong>Music by <\/strong><br \/>\nThe Kapalakiko Hawaiian Band<\/p>\n<p>Dinner, dancing, and an albino alligator host at the premier science and marine museum<\/p>\n<p>For individual sponsorship information click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluefront.org\/wordpress\/?p=978\">here<\/a><br \/>\nFor corporate sponsorship information click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluefront.org\/wordpress\/?p=1105\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Purchase tickets online using our secure server by clicking on the image below<br \/>\nPlease enter your sponsorship level amount and select <em>BFC \/ Peter Benchley Awards<\/em> from the dropdown menu<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.groundspring.org\/dn\/index.php?aid=1422\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please purchase tickets early as this event has limited seating and will sell out. Parking available at Museum.<\/p>\n<p>Event Chairs<br \/>\nWendy Benchley\u00a0\u00a0 Randall Hayes \u00a0 David Helvarg<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluefront.org\/wordpress\/?p=1016\"><br \/>\n<strong>Host Committee<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/us1.campaign-archive.com\/?u=fb7357aafe4ce51894c41682b&amp;id=19f37e162a&amp;e=1c101f3bc0 About the Awards The Blue Frontier\/Peter Benchley Awards recognize outstanding achievements leading to the protection of our coasts and ocean and the communities that depend on them. In addition they provide an opportunity for leaders and innovators in different aspects and sectors of ocean work to meet and acknowledge each other, and to celebrate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/2010\/05\/25\/blue-frontier-campaign-invitation-to-bfc-benchley-ocean-awards-june-25-2010-san-francisco-ca\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blue Frontier Campaign: Invitation to BFC \/ Benchley Ocean Awards &#8211; June 25, 2010, San Francisco CA<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}