Okanogan Fires Benefit Fundraiser

[MuleDeer]

Will post more info as we get it, but here are the basics:
We are having a benefit dinner to raise money for the Carlton Complex Fires recovery, on November 22nd, at The Barn in Winthrop.  100% of the proceeds will go towards winter feeding (if needed), habitat restoration, and some infrastructure if needed (deer fences lost, etc).
This event will be similar to a regular dinner event, with a prime rib dinner, a small live auction, a silent auction, and various raffle games, including a "gun/optics board", where we will give away a number of firearms and optics throughout the night, and also possibly some live entertainment.  Will be a fun night, with a very worthy cause that we'll be working on over the next several years.
We're looking for great donations for the auction (trips, hunts, fishing, big ticket items, etc), and I know some on here were interested in donating $$ for the work there.  If you'd like to donate, or get info on attending the event, get in touch with me and I will get you taken care of.  Contact below, or through this post.
Hope to see some of you there!

Dan McKinley
509-995-0819
dan@muledeer.org

[Alchase]

Great Idea!
Can I make a suggestion, have something out this weekend during the opener, so people who are in town that weekend as well can donate?

[ryan13]

 

[MuleDeer]

We'll be getting posters up starting this Friday with some info and contact numbers on them.  If anyone on here is around Spokane and heading that way, let me know if you'd like a few posters to hang up while you make your trips to town.  We're hoping to get posters in every town we can inside Okanogan County, from Oroville down to Brewster, Bridgeport, and everywhere else.  Thanks for the comment!

[MuleDeer]

Anyone have ideas of local businesses that would be good locations for posters for this event?  I know some in the county, but I'm sure some of you know spots that I'm not aware of.  Help with how we get the word out for this benefit dinner will help make all the difference!  Thanks in advance, and good luck this fall!

[Alchase]

I do not know the owners or their policy's but I would ask Hank's in Twisp and either Red Apple or the grocery store in town for Winthrop?

[Alchase]

Or outside Three Fingered Jack's?

[MuleDeer]

Thanks.  Hank's is providing dinner, and his son Jackson is our point of contact in the area, so they are definitely supporting the effort.  We'll check with the others you mentioned, and get some posters up to promote.

[bobcat]

Who is going to this? It's just over a week away!

[scottcrb]

hey dan i work for a beer company called Mntucky Cold Snacks im willing to donate a bunch of beer to your fundraiser if we can make the connection work. you can have the beer and sell it at your banquet and keep all of the profits. our distributor is located in kent. do you know what your attendance is looking like or how much you would need? ill have to find out how to get it to you and make sure we have enough stock on hand . let me know .
www.montuckycoldsnacks.com

[Boss .300 winmag]

tagging

[mkcj]

Will be a good event for a good cause.

[scottcrb]

just a bump to keep the word going

[MuleDeer]

The dinner on the 22nd was a great success, and we had about 110 people there for a good time and to help our Mule Deer in Okanogan County.  Gave away 6 guns, plenty of optics, had a great Prime Rib dinner, and raised just over $11,000 to help the deer during this winter and going forward.  Thanks for spreading the word and helping to get people there.
If anyone still wants to help by making a donation to help out there, let me know and I will get you in touch with the right person who is administering the check book.  Thanks again, and let's hope for mild weather to help out!

[huntnphool]

Thanks again, and let's hope for mild weather to help out!

 So WDFW issues 1000+ additional doe tags, based on what..........Farmers Almanac prediction of devistating winter?........or was it WDFW collective expert winter speculation?

 Now we are throwing benefit dinners, asking those same people that took part in the extended Methow "save the herd by slaughtering does before they starve" season, to empty their wallets even before that same doe slaughter season has ended. While at the same time, "hoping for a mild winter" which would make this entire "preventative" slaughter that much more of a joke.

 I'm all for helping the herd out, but surely you have to see the conflict here.