2024 NOGI Awards Gala

The 63rd annual NOGI Awards event is an opportunity to honor exceptional people for their exceptional contributions -- in all fields of underwater endeavors: Lad Akins, Environment; Jeffrey Bozanic, Ph.D., Sports & Education; Jim Gatacre, Distinguished Service; Shirley Pomponi, Ph.D., Science; Louis Preselin, Arts. This year's NOGI award honorees are a group that are truly recognized by their peers, since each individual has been nominated and voted on, solely by previous NOGI award recipients. Membership in this group of fellows is, without question, a unique and distinctive honor.

Cocktail Hour: 6:00 - 7:00 pm  |  Dinner: 7:00 pm

Tickets are $175 each. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Fee includes 3 bottles of wine on each table, There are three entree options: Herb-roasted chicken with natural au jus, chef's choice potato and fresh seasonal vegetables. Wild mushroom cannelloni pasta with wilted spinach, and tomato ragout. Cajun cauliflower steak (vegan / vegetarian) with with chef's choice potato and fresh seasonal vegetables. All dinners served with a Caprese salad: tomatoes, Buffalo mozzarella, arugula, frisee, tomato, extra virgin olive oil, aged Basalmic; and dessert: American sweet trilogy of banana cream pie, raspberry cheesecake, and chocolate truffle.

Black tie optional attire.

Program book advertising:  Inside front cover / inside back cover / outside back cover: $1,500 • Full page ad : $1,000 • Half page ad : $500 • Quarter page ad : $250 • Eighth page ad : $125. Artwork due by October 1. Contact Bonnie Toth (bonnietoth@earthlink.net) for graphic help or questions.