Press Release: Area conservation group to host fundraiser dinner in Fitchburg
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Area conservation group to host fundraiser dinner in Fitchburg
Proceeds used to restore and protect grouse and woodcock habitat
The John M. Keener Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) will hold its 33rd Annual Sportsmen’s Banquet on Thursday, August 16, 2012 at Candlewood Suites, 5421 Caddis Bend, Fitchburg, WI, beginning with a reception hour at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m.
As is the custom at this event, the evening will feature a live and silent auction, games, drawings and door prizes, highlighted with the finest selection of quality firearms, artwork and collectable’s.
According to Jim Shurts, individual membership and dinner tickets are $60. There is also an optional family membership package for $100 which includes two dinners. Additional family dinners are available at $40 each. Banquet, Conservation and Sustaining sponsorship packages are also available at $275, $500 and $1,000 respectively. Sponsorship contributions received by August 14 will be listed in the banquet program.
And, in the spirit of the outdoors, youngsters under the age of 16 who recently took and passed a hunter education course and/or women who have participated in a recent Outdoors Women program, and can verify same; will receive a complimentary dinner ticket when accompanied by a paying adult.
Proceeds from this event will be used to restore and protect area grouse and woodcock habitat.
For more information and/or tickets contact Shurts at 608-233-2269.
Established in 1961, the Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) is the one international wildlife conservation organization dedicated to promoting conditions suitable for ruffed grouse, American woodcock and related wildlife to sustain our sport hunting tradition and outdoor heritage.
Information on RGS, its mission, management projects and membership can be found on the web at: www.ruffedgrousesociety.org.
Media Contact:
Jim Shurts, 608-233-2269