RIDU ANNUAL EVENTS AND CONTACTS
(ALL EVENTS INCLUDE A YEAR'S MEMBERSHIP IN DUCKS UNLIMITED AND A DU MAGAZINE)
NE Sporting Clays Open
-date TBA (usually the end of June or early July)
-100 bird sporting clays shoot, lunch, raffles, games
-NSCA sanctioned
-held at Addieville East Farm, Mapleville, RI
-contact Jim Tappero (539-9930; ducksandme@cox.net)
Cheryl Johnson (323-8909; yaya416@cox.net)
Ocean State Sponsor Dinner
-date TBA (usually in June)
-cocktail hour with sit down dinner, raffles, live auction
-major donor membership included
-held at Dunes Club, Narragansett, RI
-contact Don Wisehart (667-2690; don@wisehart.biz)
Spencer Seitz (294-0838; spencerseitz@yahoo.com)
South Shore Banquet
-date TBA (usually end of January or early February)
-cocktail hour with sit down dinner, raffles, live auction
-held at Meadowbrook Inn, Charlestown, RI
-contact Jim and Leigh Tappero (578-0277; griz1300@yahoo.com)
Northwest Banquet
-November 11, 2011
-cocktail hour with sit down dinner, raffles, live auction
-held at Smithfield Elks Club, Smithfield, RI
-contact John Carnavale (640-2831; jcar202@cox.net)
European Pheasant Hunt
-continental breakfast, warm-up "flurry" shoot, station hunt, lunch
-includes raffle and "money bird" game
-this is a sponsor level event; includes major donor membership
-retrieved birds are split equally among shooters
-space is very limited
-contact Eric Rose (W-783-5887; H-789-5659; erose@tidispersion.com)
DU Golf Tournament (looking for a new leadership team)
-18 hole scramble tournament, cart, raffle, prizes, taco bar, dinner
-TBA (usually in May or June)
-held at Richmond Country Club
-contact Jim Tappero (539-9930; ducksandme@cox.net)
FAMILY DU CHRISTMAS PARTY
-family style dinner and party
-December 17th at Nino's on Lake Tiogue in Coventry
-gifts "from Santa" for all Greenwings (youth)
-GW and adult raffles; silent auction
-contact Cheryl Johnson (323-8909)
Actual dates of events and other information may be found on the RIDU website through DU.org
If you cannot attend your favorite event, you may update your membership through the national website at DU.org
Other possible events being talked about at this time:
-Greenwing (youth) events -"Top Gun" competition
-Buffle Head Bay (Ladies event)
-East Bay banquet
-Skeet shoot -Portsmouth/Newport
-Fishing derby
-Holiday "Reason for the Season" Dinner
-Providence banquet (chapter started in 1937; fourth oldest chapter in the nation)
-Or, come up with another idea and we'll help you put it on !!!
This coming year is DU's 75th anniversary. Let's make it a truly memorable one for wetland conservation.
For more information or to volunteer to help out on the committees, you may also contact:
Jim Tappero, RI State Chairman Ray Ilg, DU Regional Director
-539-9930; ducksandme@cox.net -603-748-3111; rilg@ducks.org