Hunter Allen Trail Dedication & Inaugural Baby Dragon Fund Bike Ride
Join us Saturday April 11, 2009 at the Victory Trailhead in Upper Virgenes Canyon Park, located off Valley Circle and Victory Boulevard for the Hunter Allen Trail Dedication and Inaugural Baby Dragon Fund Bike Ride.
For those doing the bike ride, we will meet at 8:00am, ride out at 8:30am and return to the park for the Hunter Allen Trail dedication and lunch at 12:00pm noon. For those who will be attending the dedication and would like to hike the trail we suggest you arrive at 11:00am to welcome back the riders and join in the festivities. The trail itself is about one mile long and will take approximately 50 minutes to walk.
The Baby Dragon Fund is raising money for addiction services, youth services and mental health programs at the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center. We are also raising funds for the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy which has named a trail in Hunter’s honor for his dedicated and tireless efforts to preserve this land from development and to keep it open for all to enjoy.
We ask that each attendee contribute $30 to be split between these two causes. Checks can be made payable to “Friends of the Center - Baby Dragon Fund.”
To learn more about both causes visit http://www.thebabydragonfund.com and http://www.lamountains.com.
Become a Facebook fan of Hunter & The Baby Dragon Fund
Are you a member of the social networking website Facebook? If so, be sure to join The Baby Dragon Fund Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Baby-Dragon-Fund/13673634933
Trail at Ahmanson Ranch Named in Hunter Allen’s Memory
On May 12 the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy voted in favor of a resolution to name a trail at Ahmanson Ranch (the Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space) in Hunter Allen’s memory.
Hunter was instrumental in protecting and preserving Ahmanson Ranch. The project was his passion and one of his proudest professional accomplishments. Hunter devoted himself to this cause, working all hours of the day, seven days a week to defeat plans to develop the land. Whether he was speaking at community meetings, busing groups of concerned citizens to the developer’s shareholder meeting in Seattle, or organizing activists in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, Hunter was the driving force and heart behind the successful campaign
Scores of elected officials and community leaders spoke out in support of naming a trail in Hunter’s memory, including: U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, Congressman Henry Waxman, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, California State Assembly Speaker-Elect Karen Bass, California State Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero, California State Senator Sheila Kuehl, State Assembly Member Julia Brownley, Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks, Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti, Film Director and Co-Chair of Rally to Save Ahmanson Ranch Rob Reiner, President of IMG Global Media and Co-Chair of Rally to Save Ahmanson Ranch Chris Albrecht, Executive Director of Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust Tsilah Burman, and Campaign Manager of Rally to Save Ahmanson Ranch Chad Griffin.
Letter from U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (PDF)
Letter from Congressman Henry Waxman (PDF)
Letter from Elected Officials and Community Leaders (PDF)
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Meeting Notice and Agenda (PDF)
A Celebration of Hunter Allen’s Life (11/17/78 - 04/24/08)
On Saturday May 3, Hunter Allen’s friends and family gathered at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery reflecting pool to celebrate Hunter’s life with a touching memorial service and candlelight vigil. If you’ve not done so already, be sure to leave a message on the guest book - Click Here.
Hunter’s friends and family have established The Baby Dragon Fund in his loving memory with a specific goal of advancing the causes for which he cared about so passionately. Funds raised will benefit The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s programs for Crystal Meth Addiction Recovery, Mental Health and Youth Services. Make a Donation Today – Click Here.
