Annual Benefit

Annual Benefit registration is open now. Purchase your tickets to this year’s Benefit via our Benefit Auction site: bidpal.net/acadia.

Individual Benefit Tickets and Young Friend Tickets are available. The Patron Program is now fully subscribed. To be placed on the wait list, contact Marisa Marinelli.

Benefit Patrons who help to underwrite the cost of the event are invited to the Patron Preview Party hosted on the Wednesday evening prior to the event. Learn more about the Benefit Patron Program and the Patron Preview Party.

If you do not plan to attend in person, but still wish to bid in the online silent auction, you will also register via the Benefit Auction site: bidpal.net/acadia.

Need help registering? See step-by-step instructions on registration, whether you’re paying with a credit card or via check, stock gift, grant, or DAF.

For questions on registration, contact Marisa Marinelli, Senior Development Officer, Major Gifts and Events at marisa@friendsofacadia.org

Thank you again to all who contributed to the planning of this revised event. We are excited to kick off another successful year!

Opens Friday, August 5 through Sunday, August 14, 2022

Like last year, the silent auction will open bidding one week prior to the event on Friday, August 5, and close on Sunday, August 14, the morning after the Benefit. The auction will feature long-time Benefit artists, experiences, and other unique offerings.

Items are hosted online HERE and at the Asticou for your viewing starting Friday, August 5. You can also view the Benefit catalog [PDF].

Check out some of the silent auction highlights.

Note: Items will not be displayed or auctioned under the tent at the Annual Benefit.
Create an account to view and bid online at bidpal.net/acadia
Note: You do not need to purchase a ticket to the Benefit to participate in the online Silent Auction.

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Saturday, August 13, 2022
Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor

6:00 pm Cocktails & Hors d’ouevres

7:30 pm Dinner, Live Auction & Paddle Raise

9:00 pm Dancing with the Jon Bates Band

The live program will feature Christie’s auctioneer, Lydia Fenet.

Absentee bids can be placed by contacting the Friends of Acadia office. If you have any questions about the Benefit or would like to contribute an item to the silent or live auctions, please contact Marisa Marinelli at marisa@friendsofacadia.org.

Check out the auction items in the Benefit catalog and on the auction website!

A highlight of every Benefit is the Paddle Raise.

This year’s Paddle Raise will support Friends of Acadia’s Wild Acadia 2.0 initiative with a new focus on investing in our natural resources and preparing for future conditions given climate change. Wild Acadia 2.0 is helping to restore important park habitats, but with an innovative forward-thinking approach of managing for future expected environmental conditions rather than looking to the past.

Your gift to the Wild Acadia 2.0 Paddle Raise in 2022 will help Friends of Acadia contribute to the long-term resiliency of park ecosystems. Learn more about Wild Acadia 2.0 and why it’s so important.

If you are able to attend the Benefit we hope you will raise your paddle. If you cannot attend, you can make a contribution online at bidpal.net/acadia.

Great appreciation goes to Chilton Trust Company, the Annual Benefit Presenting Sponsor for the ninth year.

Appreciation to Friends of Acadia’s Benefit Committee, Honorary Host Committee, Gail Clark, Donna Eacho, Lydia Kimball, Lynne Wheat and Host Committee, Bob Bell, Katie & Hamilton Clark, Lesley Draper & Bob Stolar, Aubin Dupree, Anne & Jim Green, Laura & Dave Katona, and Kathleen & Duncan McIntyre, for making this year’s Annual Benefit possible.

And a very special thanks also to this year’s Annual Benefit Patrons.