RGS Fundraiser Dinner To Be Held In Bellevue
Proceeds used to restore and protect grouse and woodcock habitat.
Washington - -(TheOutdoorWire.com)- The Washington State Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) will hold its 13th Annual Habitat Banquet on Saturday, February 21, 2009 at the Red Lion Bellevue Inn, 11211 Main Street, Bellevue, Washington, beginning with a reception party at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m.
As is the custom at this event, the banquet will feature a live and silent auction, games, drawings and door prizes; highlighted with the finest selection of quality firearms, artwork and collectible’s.
According to Bob Olson, membership and dinner tickets are $60, spouse dinner ticket, $35, youth ticket and membership $30. Banquet, Conservation and Sustaining sponsorship packages are also available at $275, $500 and $1,000 respectively.
And, continuing 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.
Banquet tickets can also be purchased on line through the RGS website up until two weeks of the event. Just go to www.ruffedgrousesociety.org, click on Select State in the Migration Mapping & State Information box in the right panel of the home page. Choose a state; than under Upcoming State Events, click on the event of interest and you will be linked to a display of all important event details, including the ticket chairman’s contact information.
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 Olson at (425) 649-5194, or by E-mail at: bgolson2@msn.com .
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
Further information on the RGS, its mission, management projects and membership can be found on the web at: www.ruffedgrousesociety.org.



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