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Hello Friends,
I wanted to invite you all once again this year to join us at the Seattle Sportsmen’s Convention this February 19-20th 2010 at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, WA. This is our Washington Chapter of the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep (WAFNAWS) annual banquet and fundraiser. I think there has been some confusion in the past about just what exactly this event is. It is our annual banquet, but we also partner with the Seattle Sportsmen’s Conservation Foundation (SSCF) and the Seattle Puget Sound Chapter of Safari Club Int’l (SCI), which is also their annual fundraising event. Together we join forces to put on the largest Wildlife Conservation fundraiser in the Northwest. This two-day event consists of (3) Live Auctions, Friday evening, Saturday noon, and Saturday night. There are also (2) Silent Auctions (one each day) with hundreds of items to bid on. We will be selling over $600,000 worth of donations during the event. We will again be doing our famous “Wall of Guns” Raffle, in addition to many other raffles. Most notably will be our WAFNAWS Members Only Ten in ’10 Raffle with the grand prize being a 10 day Yukon Stone sheep hunt with Dueling Stone Outfitters! Plus nine other great prizes. This raffle is for WAFNAWS Members ONLY, so if you have not joined yet, this will be a great time to sign up and become a part of the “best kept secret in conservation”.
This is a very fun event with great food for both dinners, Exhibitors from around the world to see, and camaraderie with many great people who share a passion for hunting and wildlife conservation. We rely on this event as our primary fundraiser that allows us to accomplish so many of the needed projects such as habitat restoration, herd augmentations, transplants, surveys, education, and youth programs to name a few. This is an excellent opportunity to give back, get involved, and support something so important to all of us.
Probably the easiest way to register is by phone thru the Registration Hotline @ (425) 519-3747. Ticket prices are $35 for Friday only, Saturday only is $100, or $125 for both days. No tickets will be sold at the door so you must pre-register. Over 1,000 people will be attending and it will sell out, so I recommend registering by early February. More information can be found at our Convention website http://www.working4wildlife.com/. We will have a sample list of auction items and an itinerary of the scheduled events up soon, but we have already been awarded the Washington Governors Permits for Westside elk (Roosevelt), mountain goat, and whitetail deer! Alaska awarded us a Governor Musk Ox permit, and we will also be auctioning of a coveted Mexico Tiburon Is. Desert sheep permit, a Baja Mexico Desert sheep hunt, African safaris, New Zealand, Spain… oh, and many hunts and fishing trips right here in the U.S.
For those of you coming in from out of town, we have secured a special rate at the Courtyard Marriott (across the street from the Meydenbauer Center) of $101 per night. The number is 1-800-716-5874 or 425-454-5888. You must make your reservations by January 22, 2010 to get that rate and mention it is for the Seattle Sportsmen’s Convention.
I sure hope you can attend, and look forward to seeing you there. Take care.
Ken Harris
WAFNAWS
(206) 200-3611