RGS to hold fundraiser dinner in Poca, West Virgina
Proceeds used to restore and protect grouse and woodcock habitat.
West Virginia – -(OutDoorWire.com)- The Kanawha Valley Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society will hold its 12th Annual Sportsmen’s Banquet on Saturday, March 6, 2009 at Wellington’s Of Scarlet Oaks, 1 Dairy Road, Poca, West Virginia, beginning with a reception party at 6 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 John Merrill, membership and dinner tickets are $55, spouse dinner ticket, $35, youth ticket and membership $35. Banquet, Conservation and Sustaining sponsorship packages are also available at $250, $500 and $1,000 respectively.
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 an Outdoors Women program, and can verify same, will receive a complimentary dinner ticket when accompanied by a paying adult.
As with all RGS fundraisers, proceeds from this event will be used to restore and protect grouse and woodcock habitat.
For more information and/or tickets contact Merrill at 304-343-0141.
Established in 1961, the Ruffed Grouse Society 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 the RGS, its mission, management projects and membership can be found on the web at: www.ruffedgrousesociety.org.