Sponsorship opportunities are also available for the event set for Sunday, March 30, at The Yards in Ponte Vedra Beach
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 5, 2025 – Tickets are now on sale, and sponsorship opportunities are available for North Florida Land Trust’s annual meeting on Sunday, March 30. The event, held this year at The Yards in Ponte Vedra Beach, is an opportunity for the community to come together to reflect on the work of the nonprofit land conservation organization dedicated to protecting natural landscapes and to celebrate the conservation milestones it has achieved during its 25th anniversary year. The annual meeting will begin at noon and includes a Mimosa reception, brunch, and a program.
The keynote speaker for this year’s event is Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, an author, anthropologist and educator who served as the director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and was the first African American female president of Spellman College. She is also a great-granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln Lewis, Florida’s first black millionaire and the founder of historic American Beach, which he established in 1935 to give African Americans access to a beach during segregation. Dr. Cole is also a descendant of Anna Kingsley, the African wife of plantation owner Zephaniah Kingsley who owned Kingsley Plantation.
General admission tickets to the annual meeting are $150 per person. Sponsors will receive tickets to the event as part of a sponsorship package, along with other benefits. Available sponsorships range from the $25,000 Roseate Spoonbill level to the $500 Marsh Rabbit level. For more information on sponsorships or to purchase tickets to the event, visit nflt.org/2025/01/01/2025-nflt-annual-meeting-sunday-march-30/ or contact Lee Anderson Louy at LAndersonLouy@NFLT.org or Brenda Lynch at BLynch@NFLT.org.
About North Florida Land Trust
North Florida Land Trust is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing the quality of life by protecting North Florida's irreplaceable natural environment. Founded in 1999, NFLT has preserved tens of thousands of acres of land through the donation or purchase of land as well as conservation easements. NFLT is funded largely by private and corporate contributions and works closely with willing landowners and public agencies at all levels of government, not-for-profit partners, and foundations. For more information, visit nflt.org.