Tickets Available for SSMC's Awards Celebration

Tickets are now on sale for Sustainable San Mateo County’s 25th Annual Awards Celebration, which will honor five local sustainability champions and two green building projects with a hosted reception, dinner, live auction and awards program filled with inspiring stories about local sustainability heroes. It will take place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, at the Embassy Suites in Burlingame.

Tickets are available at https://bit.ly/SSMCAwards2024. Individual tickets cost $200; a table of 10 costs $1,850. Sponsorships range from $500 to $10,000 and include benefits. Visit sustainablesanmateo.org/sponsorship-opportunities for details. For more information, visit sustainablesanmateo.org/awards2024, email event@sustainablesanmateo.org or call 650-918-1992.

There is no charge to register for Sustainable San Mateo County’s (SSMC’s) 5th Annual Virtual Auction, which will kick off on April 3 and conclude on April 14 at 5 p.m. All online bids will be silent. Registration is on the same website at https://bit.ly/SSMCAwards2024.

Recipients of SSMC’s Sustainability Awards will be Byrd’s Filling Station, San Mateo County’s first and only grocer focused on the sustainability of each product and the supply chain; Samuel Herzberg, a 33-year public servant of the Parks, Public Works and Planning Departments of San Mateo County; and the Youth Climate Ambassadors Leadership Program, a rigorous training program for 9th-12th graders in San Mateo County to become climate leaders of the future. The first-ever Youth Sustainability Award will go to Kayla Ling, a 10th grade award-winning filmmaker who leads her school and community in climate action. The Ruth Peterson Award, established in memory of a dedicated SSMC leader, will be presented to longtime SSMC volunteer Bernard Bruand for his invaluable work on SSMC’s Indicators Report and Awards Celebrations.

SSMC, the American Institute of Architects’ San Mateo County Chapter and Peninsula Clean Energy, will present the Green Building Award to The Nueva School’s Science and Environmental Center in Hillsborough. They will award a Green Building Honorable Mention to The Bay Meadows Urban Village in San Mateo.

For the past 25 years, SSMC has been recognizing San Mateo County pioneers who have had a significant impact on the sustainability of our county. A total of 174 individuals and organizations have received awards. Each of these awardees has improved the sustainability of their communities by addressing environmental, economic and social equity issues.

Founded in 1992, Sustainable San Mateo County is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to a vision of a sustainable future for everyone in the county.