Over 5,000 students and families will garden and cook with Global Gardens this year. These experiences will change their relationship to healthy food and—more importantly—their relationships with each other and the wider world. We invite you to join us for a special dinner at the GLOW gala, which will celebrate the power of food to connect people across generations and cultures.
Join us this year
Saturday, March 28th, 2026
101 E Archer, Tulsa, OK 74103
We hope that you can join us at our seventh annual GLOW gala as we prepare for another successful year, while celebrating our past achievements and history. Dollars raised at the GLOW gala will be used to help fund Global Gardens in their efforts to cultivate self-directed learners and agents of community change through garden-based science and peace education.
2026 Event Committee
Miya Boyken
Caitlin Dixon
Elizabeth Bumgarner
Sarah & Ryan Darby
Princess Hajjar
Whitney & Andrew Ryan
A look back at past galas…
Cooking Camp with Et Al.
At Cooking Camp, chefs from local collect Et Al. – and forthcoming restaurant Natuskashii – come together with Global Gardeners to learn, cook and taste. Students explore foods that are meaningful to them, then learn how to put their own spin on these dishes. The recipes they create become the menu that is served at GLOW allowing attendees to fell the presence of Global Gardeners at the event itself.
Cooking Camp is a great example of what we aim to offer to every child who enters the GG classrooms and gardens: a deep appreciation for who they are, an understanding of what makes them unique and important, and the confidence to celebrate that in their lives and communities. Click the photo for an inside look at Cooking Camp 2025!
Thank you to our 2026 sponsors!
INCANDESCENT PRESENTING SPONSORS
LUMINOUS SPONSORS
Edwin McCreary • Whitney & Andrew Ryan
The Sharma Family • Kelly & Matthew Stava
Stuart Family Foundation
RADIANT SPONSORS
Charles & Peggy Stephenson Family Foundation • Helmerich & Payne • Vast Bank & The Biolchini Family
GLEAMING SPONSORS
American Waste Control • Carter, Higgins & Keylor Orthodontics • Susan Dittrich and Wilson White • Faretheewell Foundation • McElroy Manufacturing • OneGas • ONEOK • QuikTrip • University of Tulsa
SPARKLING SPONSORS
AAON, Inc. • Nancy & Paul Bizjack • Coretz Family Foundation • Empowered Estate Planning • HF Sinclair • Julia & David Leifeste • Laura & Dan Smolen • TTCU Federal Credit Union • Trust Company of Oklahoma • Williams Companies
TWINKLING SPONSORS
Miya Boyken • Elizabeth Bumgarner • First Oklahoma Bank • Gable Gotwals • Mia Mascarin • Annie Clark and Leigh Ann Moss • Ellen Ralph • Triad Bank • Neely & William Wynn