TRAIL BLAZERS ANNUAL SPRING BENEFIT 2025
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MEET OUR HONOREE, JON PERIS
Trail Blazers is proud to honor Jon Peris and his long-standing commitment to our mission of teaching life essential skills and values through summer camps and year-round programs. Jon served as a Camper Mentor and a Board Member for 10 years, and now continues to serve as a Board Patron. Currently, he is a Director of Investments with Stifel Financial, where he leverages his 30 years of capital markets and wealth management experience helping his clients achieve their personal and professional goals. An advocate of making time for personal fitness and fulfillment, Jon enjoys spending time with family and friends, coaching his children’s sport teams, seeing live music, travelling, getting outside in nature, and the personal rewards of giving back. Jon lives in New Jersey with his wife, Sari, and their three children.
MEET OUR HOST, JOHN DIAS
John is a 3x Emmy Award winning reporter for CBS 2 News and CBS News New York. For more than a decade, he has covered hard-breaking news stories, from wars to the COVID pandemic, and everything in between. John graduated magna cum laude from the University at Albany with dual majors in journalism and communication. A proud New York native who is passionate about the outdoors, John is thrilled to support the Trail Blazers and increase young people’s access to nature. He lives in Long Island with his husband and two dogs.
THANK YOU TO OUR 2025 SPONSORS
Become an Event Sponsor and join us in providing access to outdoor education for 1,000 young people. 100% of event proceeds support the Trail Blazers Scholarship Fund and directly helps children and teens go outside to grow within.
Visit our Sponsorship Package page here or contact Tiffany Caton, Dir. Development & Communications, at TCaton@TrailBlazers.Org to join our esteemed list of Trail Blazers supporters.
THANK YOU TO OUR DINNER COMMITTEE
Lyndon Braganza
Colleen Sebra
Brittany Stevenson
To join the 2025 Dinner Committee and support the Spring Benefit in reaching our goal for the Trail Blazers Scholarship Fund, contact Tiffany Caton, Dir. Development & Communications, at TCaton@TrailBlazers.Org.
ABOUT TRAIL BLAZERS
Since our inception in 1887 as Life’s Fresh Air Camp, Trail Blazers has been where young people go outside to grow within. Today, our nature-based summer camp, after school, and leadership/workforce development programs engage 1200 young people each year in New York and New Jersey, guiding them in building essential knowledge, values, and life skills that equip them to thrive and to care for our environment.
We believe that young people deserve access to nature and to programs where they can learn, grow, and thrive, regardless of their family’s financial ability. Through the Trail Blazers Scholarship Fund, we can fulfill this commitment. Currently, 87% of participants receive financial aid and your support helps ensure that they can access programs that equip them to thrive.
Learn more about Trail Blazers, our nature-based programs, and our lasting impact at TrailBlazers.Org.