Irvine Nature Center

A heartfelt thank you to all who supported the 16th annual Pumpkins on the Green benefiting Irvine Nature Center. The success of Pumpkins on the Green fuels our work and directly supports Land Stewardship, Animal Care, and Environmental Education. To view event photos from the evening, visit: https://lnkd.in/ep_fdjZ3 Thank you to our corporate sponsors and VIP guests. Thank you to our event chairs and host committee. Thank you to auction participants. Thank you to our staff and volunteers - especially the décor team! Thank you to the hundreds of attendees that showed up and helped celebrate the importance of providing experiences in nature for all. Save the Date for the 17th Pumpkins on the Green: Friday, October 24, 2025

📢📢📢Calling all friends of Irvine near and far...the 2024 ONLINE AUCTION is now open! VISIT >>> POG2024.cbo.io We invite you to BROWSE & BID on over 100 items -- including travel destinations, entertainment packages, dining experiences, wine baskets, and one-of-a-kind nature outings. Consider this your chance to shop for a cause! All auction proceeds support Environmental Education, Land Stewardship, and Animal Care at Irvine Nature Center. ⌚ Set your watch - auction closes at 10:45PM on Friday, Oct 25. 🔎 Preview the many items - more will be added daily! 👭 Invite your friends and family to participate in the fun.

Woohoo! PUMPKINS ON THE GREEN benefiting Irvine Nature Center is now sold out! We anticipate a limited number of tickets may become available in the next few days. Please contact the development office at 443-738-9236 to join our waitlist. We are grateful to our members, donors, sponsors, and guests for the early support - and can't wait for next Friday! Katie Remenapp Brooks Paternotte Courtney Sagal

Just two weeks from tonight, Irvine Nature Center will welcome over 650 people for the 16th Annual PUMPKINS ON THE GREEN! Have you secured your tickets yet? Your support of our signature fundraiser benefits Irvine’s efforts to increase access to nature for all on our 211-acre property and in the community. Need another reason to attend? With seasonally-inspired food & spirits from ACE Catering, Chesapeake Beverage and The French Paradox Wine Shop & Wine Bars, there will be many delights during a night celebrating environmental education in nature! For tickets, tables, and underwriting opportunities, visit: https://lnkd.in/esRwmGrf As we approach our largest fundraising event of the year, we extend an enormous thank you to our sponsors for their visionary leadership! https://lnkd.in/eXrEHWUT Brooks Paternotte Katie Remenapp Courtney Sagal

Calling all area business owners & friends with connections! Irvine Nature Center is seeking auction items for its 2024 Online Auction. Do you have gift items, gourmet food and spirits, travel, or unique experiences to donate? All auction descriptions will prominently display the donor’s name online and in-person at our annual gala - Pumpkins on the Green. Please contact Courtney Sagal with donations or questions at SagalC@ExploreNature.org ***************************** Irvine’s Online Auction - one of Irvine’s largest fundraisers of the year - will take place at the end of October. All proceeds from our Online Auction benefit Irvine's environmental education programs, 211-acre property, and 50+ animal ambassadors. With over 90 items to explore and bid on, this is a great way to win incredible items while supporting our organization. Bidding opens Monday, October 21 and ends at 10:45pm on Friday, October 25. #SilentAuction #PumpkinsOnTheGreen #IrvineNatureCenter Katie Remenapp, Brooks Paternotte

Three weeks from tonight, Irvine will welcome over 650 people for the 16th Annual PUMPKINS ON THE GREEN! Have you secured your tickets yet? Your support of our signature fundraiser benefits Irvine’s efforts to increase access to nature for all on our 211-acre property and in the community. Join event chairs Annie & Teddy Lewis and Katie & Pat Miller, and the rest of the host committee, for a night celebrating environmental education in nature! For tickets, tables, and underwriting opportunities, visit: https://lnkd.in/esRwmGrf As we approach our largest fundraising event of the year, we extend an enormous thank you to our sponsors for their visionary leadership! https://lnkd.in/eXrEHWUT

Four weeks from tonight, Irvine will host the 16th Annual PUMPKINS ON THE GREEN! Have you secured your tickets yet? Your support of our signature fundraiser benefits Irvine’s efforts to increase access to nature for all on our 211-acre property and in the community. This is one you do not want to miss... For tickets, tables, and underwriting opportunities, visit: https://lnkd.in/esRwmGrf An event of this nature would not be possible without the support of our Corporate Sponsors, VIP Underwriters, and Host Committee. We are grateful to our 2024 Corporate Sponsors: ARBOR VALLEY TREE SERVICE LLC Jeremy Batoff CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Constellation Bolton M&T Bank Chevy Chase Trust The Cordish Companies Eisenbrandt Companies GWWO Architects Charles H Hodges & Son Obrecht Properties, LLC. Pinkard Properties Venable LLP Whit Harvey A. R. Marani, Inc. Baltimore Ravens BITHGROUP Technologies Cigna Healthcare David S. Brown Enterprises, Ltd Flowers by Chris Greenberg Gibbons Properties MileOne Autogroup Integris Knott Mechanical, Inc Lumina McCormick & Company Maury Donnelly & Parr Inc Merritt Properties, LLC T. Rowe Price William Blair (list continued in comments) If you would like to join this exceptional group of supporters, please contact Katie Remenapp or Brooks Paternotte.

Welcome, Mack! Irvine's leadership and staff couldn't be happier to welcome Mack McGee to Irvine's Board of Trustees. With many alignments professionally and personally, we are excited about all the valuable insights that Mack brings to our team as we continue to make access to nature a top priority. Brooks Paternotte, Katie Remenapp, Courtney Sagal David Dardis, Harry Holt Jr., Leah Maddox

Volunteers Needed! A fact of life is that every great party must come to an end. The Irvine team will need help with event cleanup the morning after PUMPKINS ON THE GREEN - our biggest event of the year - Saturday, Oct 26, 11AM-2PM. This is a great group activity and requires some muscle. If you are part of a group or team and interested in supporting the mission of environmental education, while getting some heavy-lifting exercise, we would love to hear from you! Contact our Manager of Volunteer Services at SparksR@ExploreNature.org THANK YOU!

Irvine Nature Center is HIRING! We're looking for a few exceptional people to round out our team of mission-driven, nature lovers. (Full-time and Part-time roles available.) ***HIGHLIGHTED JOB OPPS: Manager of Public Programs, Early Childhood Educator, Professional Fundraiser, Operations Manager*** If you know someone who has an interest or background in natural sciences and believes in the importance of environmental education, please share this information. 🌿 🌿 🌿 🌿 🌿 LEARN MORE: https://lnkd.in/ej3wSq3U Irvine Nature Center is a non-profit educational organization that offers programs of environmental studies and natural science to children and adults of the greater Baltimore area. Our mission is to educate and inspire current and future generations to explore, respect and protect nature. _______________ Irvine is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by federal state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. #hiring #developmentopportunity #nonprofitfundraising #explorenature #baltimorejobs #environmentaleducation #sciencejobs