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2025 Gala & Silent Auction
October 23 at 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Brooklake Country Club
Online tickets are no longer available. You may purchase your tickets directly at the Gala.
The Online Silent Auction is LIVE!
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to browse this year’s incredible selection, whether you will be attending the Gala or will be shopping from home!
Fabulous new items will be added daily leading up to the Gala so check back often!
Great Swamp Watershed Association’s 2025 Green Carpet Gala
You’re invited to a night of glitz, glamour, and giving back to the environment at Great Swamp Watershed Association’s 2025 Green Carpet Gala.
Our annual Gala and Silent Auction takes place on Thursday, October 23, 2025 at the Brooklake Country Club in Florham Park, NJ. It is sure to be an exciting evening honoring and roasting some of our watershed’s biggest stars.
Get ready to walk the green carpet and shine a spotlight on a healthier future for our watershed!
Details
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Brooklake Country Club | 139 Brooklake Rd, Florham Park, NJ
5:00-6:00 PM
VIP Cocktail Reception
6:00-7:00 PM
General Cocktail Reception & Silent Auction
7:00-9:30 PM
Dinner and Awards Ceremony
9:29 PM
Silent Auction Closes
Gala in-person winners may collect their items that evening
Online winners should pick theirs up at GSWA Headquarters beginning on October 27.
ALL PURCHASES MUST BE PICKED UP BY DECEMBER 1, 2025.
Scroll to the bottom of this page to purchase tickets (online ticket sales end October 21 at 11:59 PM)
Great Swamp Watershed Association is excited to honor Julia Somers, a lifelong advocate for the environment and GSWA’s first-ever executive director.
Julia has been the executive director of the New Jersey Highlands Coalition since the launch of the organization in 2006. Julia is also a board member of the Pinchot Institute of Conservation, the New Jersey Environmental Lobby, and United Parks as One of Newark. She was a founding trustee of the New Jersey League of Conservation Voters and served as Chair of their Board for several years. She is a public member of the New Jersey State Planning Commission and serves as a member of Harding Township’s Board of Health and its Open Space Trust.
Chris Gethard is a comedian, podcaster, and writer who hails from the great state of New Jersey. He hosts the podcast Beautiful/Anonymous, which Time Magazine has hailed as one of the greatest 100 podcasts of all time and referred to as a “master class in empathy, compassion, and kindness.”
He wrote and performed the critically praised show Career Suicide on HBO in 2017. He also hosted his experimental talk show The Chris Gethard Show for three years on cable. On top of that, he’s acted in shows like The Office, Broad City, and Parks and Recreation, as well as movies like Anchorman 2, The Other Guys, The Heat, and Don’t Think Twice. Of particular interest to New Jersey residents, he was heavily featured in the HBO documentary Class Action Park, talking about New Jersey’s most infamous water park. Chris has toured all over the world as a stand-up comedian and authored six books.
Put their money where your mouth is:
The GSWA Gala Plant-Based Challenge is back!
A group of GSWA supporters* has pledged to donate $90 to GSWA for every vegan meal served at the Gala.
Vegan chef and wellness expert, Leslie Durso, thoughtfully crafted the Gala’s plant-based meal.
CHOOSING THE VEGAN OPTION AT THE GLA PROMOTES A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT & BENEFITS GSWA AT THE SAME TIME!
SAVE WATER. Opting for the plant-based meal at the Gala saves 600–1,000 gallons of water versus the steak option. (source)
Producing one pound of beef requires 2,000–8,000 gallons of water, and one gallon of cow’s milk requires 1,950 gallons. (source)
PROMOTE CLEAN WATER. Animal feed and livestock agriculture accounts for over 50% of all freshwater pollution. (source)
REDUCE EMISSIONS. Animal agriculture accounts for 14.5% of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, more than all transportation categories combined. (source)
*The Vegan Challenge is proudly sponsored by Cold Brook Farm in Oldwick, the Bernardsville Centre, and a group of anonymous donors.
Advertising & Silent Auction Donation Opportunities:
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2025 Silent Auction
The 2025 GSWA Silent Auction is LIVE!
Click here to browse this year’s incredible selection, whether you will be attending the Gala or will be shopping from home!
Questions? Reach out to Izzy at (973) 538-3500 or ifilippini@greatswamp.org
Cannot attend but wish to support GSWA and the environment?
Click here to donate in lieu of attending.
Thank you to our generous Gala Underwriters!
Bald Eagle
New Jersey American Water & Atlantic Health
Black Bear
Adrienne & Reed Auerbach, BASF Corporation, Dixon Energy, Agi & Matt Krauser, PSEG & Valley Bank
Thank you to our Gala Advertisers
BCB Bank, Blue Foundary Bank, Bucco/Dunn/Barranco, Chatham Print & Design, Country Mile Gardens, EAB Insurance, Garden State Laboratories, Inc., GEI Consultants, Herold Law, P.A., Jaeger Lumber & Supply, Liberty Payroll, McKirdy, Riskin, Olson & DellaPelle, P.C., Morristown Lumber, Preferred Financial Partners, LLC, Smarties, Stirling Fine Wines, TeamLogic IT, The Shakespeare Theater of NJ, The Tile Lady Design by Christine, Toyota/Subaru of Morristown, Turpin Realtors, Gerry-Jo Cranmer/Turpin Realtors, & VoiceNEXT