First Posted: 3/19/2014

North Branch Land Trust will hold its 15th annual dinner and auctions on Wednesday, May 14 at The Westmoreland Club, Wilkes-Barre.

The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with music, cocktail hour and bidding on a vast array of silent auction items. A dinner follows with a live auction.

The Land Trust is honoring the Forest Echo Bird Sanctuary and the donors who made the purchase and conservation of it possible with its 2014 Community Stewardship Award. The donors are Frank and Carol Bevevino, Terry and Wendy Casey, Bob and Nancy Edgerton, Dominic and Ruth Fino, William and Patricia Johnson, Melanie Maslow Lumia, Robert and Ruth Post (posthumously) and Steve and Paricia Ubaldini.

Co-chairs for the event are Mike and Greg Weaver.

For tickets, to place a sponsorship or a, or to donate to the silent and live auctions, contact the North Branch Land Trust office at 570-696-5545 or by email at Romanansky@nblt.org.