Our 30th Anniversary Dinner & Auction was held this past May and it was one for the record books, no matter how you want to measure it.
Congratulations to Co-Dinner Chairs, Glen Rumpel and John Robinson for leading the Chapter to its highest revenue generating dinner of all time. The gross revenue for the event eclipsed $850,000. This is by far the largest Pheasants Forever Dinner in all of North America. There has never been a larger Chapter event in the history of the organization.
This event marks the second time in 2 years that a record was broken. Never has as many raffle tickets been sold with over $100,000 being sold in the cocktail hour. The auction was up over $100,000 from last year with a record breaking $400,000 being raised. Big ticket items like the Naden Lodge Trip for 10 and a new Tacoma from Stampede, Charlesglen & Cochrane Toyota were the items that took the total to a record. Hats off to auctioneer Bill Brown who got it all done by 9:20 that night. On top of that expenses were down considerably from prior year. All items sold for good prices, a testament to the quality of the attendees. We simply had the right folks in the room that night.
Maybe the most impressive aspect of the night was the efficiency of the volunteer corps. The execution that night was simply flawless. Attendees can attest to the many moving parts of the evening, and they happen fast. We have had the luxury of having the same solid volunteers for several years now and everyone knows their role and have quite frankly perfected it.
