Your participation in this annual fundraiser supports the preservation of the 446-acre park and our environmental education programs.
About the Event
17th Annual Fall Fling: Sunday, November 2nd at 3:30pm
This year’s Fall Fling Fundraiser will begin at 3:30pm on Sunday, November 2nd at Gustavus Adolphus College’s Jackson Campus Center in Saint Peter, MN. Event attendees can look forward to a social hour, a virtual silent auction, a keynote speaker, and raffle prizes. Every donation we receive throughout this event helps us ensure that Ney continues to fulfill our mission to inspire appreciation and respect for nature.
Click here to purchase tickets to our 17th annual Fall Fling Fundraiser. For more information about the event, continue down this page.
Meal
During social hour, guests can purchase drink tickets and enjoy the Fling’s signature drink or mocktail. Additionally, appetizers including a cheese tray and dips will be set out.
For the main meal, guests can select from three delicious options: beef tri-tips with a savory red wine sauce, soy ginger salmon, or the vegetarian option, stuffed portobello mushrooms with wild rice and gouda cheese. Sides include a spring mix salad, garlic mashed potatoes, grilled asparagus, and artisan breads.
Finally, the decadent dessert options are a layered carrot cake, a chocolate velvet mocha torte, or a caramel apple cheesecake.
Silent Auction
The online auction is now live! Make an account and begin bidding here: https://givebutter.com/fling17
Raffle Tickets
Purchase raffle tickets for your chance to win the top prize of $1,000.00 or the second or third prizes of $250.00 each. You can purchase your ticket by stopping into the Ney Education Building or contacting a Ney Board Member. Tickets cost $20.00 each. Participants must be 18 and older to win and do not need to be present at the time of the drawing.
Keynote Speaker
This year’s featured keynote speaker is Dr. Mark Seeley, former Extension Climatologist and Professor Emeritus of the Department of Soil, Water, and Climate at the University of Minnesota from 1978 to 2018.
In his role as Extension Climatologist and Meteorologist, Dr. Seeley managed the Weather and Climate Education Program, as well as doing research and teaching. He has served as a weekly commentator on Minnesota Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” news program and written the weekly newsletter (blog) “Minnesota WeatherTalk” since 1992. Dr. Seeley has helped Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) produce award-winning documentaries on Minnesota’s most memorable historical weather events, and on how climate change is affecting the state’s infrastructure and natural resources. He is author of Minnesota Weather Almanac (1st edition published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press in 2006 and second edition published in 2015), and co-author (with Don Breneman) of Voyageur Skies: Weather and the Wilderness in Minnesota’s National Park (Afton Press, 2011), an award-winning book about the state’s only national park.
Become a Fall Fling Sponsor
We are asking for local businesses to support our fundraising goal by making a tax-deductible sponsorship donation. Not only do our sponsors earn the benefit of supporting Ney and our ability to offer high quality environmental education programing, but they also earn several benefits geared toward expanding their reach throughout our shared community.
For more information regarding sponsorships, please contact us or visit our sponsorship page.
Why support Ney? We will let our community tell you.
“This was our daughter’s first time at camp and she loved it. She has asked us if she can come back again next year. This was a great camp to get her outdoors and meeting new individuals.”
“A great way for kids to spend time outside learning about nature and getting to learn skills they might not otherwise. “
“We always have a great time. Seriously, this place offers some of the best field trips! The activities are so interesting too. Our students are challenged to calculate and come to conclusions.”
“(Camper) started talking about going to camp again next year as soon as we drove away Friday morning. Despite (Camper’s) hesitation toward the whole experience he had a good time and said that zip lining was his favorite activity. Thank you for putting this camp on, we always have a great time at Ney!”
Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors in 2024
Golden Sunrise Sponsors
Earl Moore & Marcus Larson
Silver Maple Patrons
Ross Nesbit Agencies
Rotary Club of Belle Plaine
Tim and Sue Halloran
Bronze Leaf Contributors
Ashton Pankonin’s Advisors
Behnke Auto Center
Claudia and Newell Krogmann
Canopy Group
Le Sueur Rotary
Oberle, Tully & Company CPA
Wise Furniture Company
Fall Fling Friends
Arlington Haus
First National Bank Minnesota
First State Bank of Henderson
Hometown Bank
James Evans
James Legg and Mary Dvorak
Jerry’s Enterprises Inc.
Kolden Funeral Home
LS Engineers
Skelley Towing
St. Peter Food Co-op
Additional Sponsors
Brett Holbrook Agency Inc
KMF Advisors
Thank you so much for helping build the Ney Nature Center into a strong nonprofit organization that manages and protects the Ney Wildlife Preserve through education and interaction with the natural world. With your support, we look forward to another successful Fall Fling Fundraiser.
The Ney Nature Center is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt charitable nonprofit organization. EIN: 41-1842392 Donations to Ney Environmental Education Foundation (dba: Ney Nature Center) are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.