2022 Annual Dinner

Please join us for an evening celebrating Minnesota's parks and trails and our work to support them.

Wednesday, September 28

5:30 pm – Social Hour

6:15 pm – Dinner & Program

Registration is now closed

Photos from the 2022 Annual Dinner

Jay McLaren and Joel Dunnette receive the Friends Group Partner Award from Parks & Trails Council President Brett Feldman.

Three people posing for camera at an outdoor pavilion

Social Hour (2023 will be at new indoor location)

Four people posing for camera at an outdoor pavilion

Socializing at the Annual Dinner

Four women and a man posing for camera at an outdoor pavilion

Social Hour (2023 will be at new indoor location)

Socializing at the Annual Dinner

Two people posing for camera at an outdoor pavilion

Jan Lasar, the editor/owner of Minnesota Trails Magazine with his guest.

A woman and man holding an award with a wooden carving of swans

Senator Carrie Ruud accepting the Reuel Harmon Award from Parks & Trails Council President Brett Feldman.

SILENT AUCTION

Online Auction is Now Open

Sept. 19 – 27 at 8 am

After the online auction closes, leading bidder notifications will be sent to the highest bidders informing them bidding continues at the live Annual Dinner event (note: registration is now closed for this event). If no more bids are made during the live auction, then the highest online auction bid wins.

lodging * art * gear * experiences * food & drinks * etc

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Emily Ford

Duluth resident Emily Ford is the first woman to hike the entire 1,200 miles of Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail in winter, a feat she accomplished in 2021. Since then, she has become an ambassador for inclusivity in the outdoors. Emily has been featured in Outside Magazine and has gone on to other impressive outdoor adventures in Minnesota.

Sen. Ruud at podium with Legacy Amendment sign and capitol in background

REUEL HARMON AWARD

Sen. Carrie Ruud

Appointed three times to lead the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance Committee, she has championed parks and trails as well as other environmental issues at the state capitol.

View past award recipients in our
Reuel Harmon Award Hall of Honor.