San Francisco Zen Center

2009 Annual Benefit Event and Auction
Honoring
Angeles Arrien
and Huston Smith

Sunday, April 19, 2009 | Greens Restaurant

Please join us in celebrating Angeles Arrien and Huston Smith in an evening overflowing with great food, lively conversation, enticing auction items, and best of all, good friends, old and new.

Co-Abbots Ryushin Paul Haller and Myogen Steve Stücky co-host the evening.

5:00 – 6:30 pm Sunday Supper with
Angeles Arrien and Huston Smith
in the Greens private dining room
6:00 – 9:00 pm Wine & hors d'oeuvres Reception & Auction
6:45 pm The Most Important Thing
Award Presentation
7:30 pm Live Auction
8:30 pm Desserts
Sunday Supper

The Sunday Supper will be an intimate sit-down dinner for 50 in the private dining room of Greens, prepared by Greens Executive Chef Annie Somerville. Ticket cost for the Supper, including admission to the Reception and Auction, is $350/person.

Reception

The Reception will include wine and an array of hors d’oeuvres from the kitchen of Greens and wine. Peter Coyote will serve as Master of Ceremony. Co-Abbots Ryushin Paul Haller and Myogen Steve Stücky will present Huston and Angeles with The Most Important Thing Award. A silent and live auction will follow. Coffee and a sampling of desserts conclude the evening. Ticket cost of the Reception is $200/person.
 
Tickets can be purchased for both Sunday Supper & Reception or Reception only.

Purchase tickets on-line or print a response card and mail to 300 Page Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. Or consider becoming an event underwriter or sponsor. Your generosity is deeply appreciated!

Fund-A-Need

Proceeds from this year’s Fund-a-Need will help support a program called Walking the Path of the Warrior on the Journey Home, a retreat and support community for returning veterans. Led by Lee Klinger Lesser and Chris Fortin, these retreats are designed to build a welcoming community and a safe base for returning vets to learn tools for walking the path of the warrior in daily life. The retreats will be held at Green Gulch Farm and City Center and are non-denominational and open to all veterans free of charge.

Lee Klinger Lesser has led workshops in Sensory Awareness for over 35 years. She has been a Zen student for 30 years. She has studied with Jim Gordon and the Center for Body-Mind Medicine based on their work of healing with people who have suffered from trauma in war zones around the world.

Chris Fortin is a licensed Marriage Family Therapist in private practice and a Buddhist priest. She has 30 years of experience in helping to heal the wounds and trauma of body, mind, and spirit. Her commitment is to meet each person and experience with honest and alive attention and respect.

For more information about the Benefit Event,
e-mail auction@sfzc.org or call 415-354-0445.

Huston Smith 2009 Honorees
Angeles Arrien
and
Huston Smith