Rocky Mountain
Elk Foundation
Great Smoky Mountains Chapter

Beginning in 2001, the Elk Foundation and National Park Service
released elk into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as an experimental
population. Today, roughly 90 elk roam the park. The Park Service will announce
a long-term management plan for this elk herd in 2010.
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All banquet information is available and you can register online at:
https://rmefevents.rmef.org/
If you love good times and the outdoors like we do, you
won't want to miss the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Great Smoky Mountains Chapter's 17th annual banquet and
fundraiser. We promise you a great time supporting a great
cause!
This year's banquet is on Saturday, July 31st, 2010 at Harrah's
Cherokee Casino Hotel. Doors open at 5:00 PM. During the
social time you'll enjoy drawings, raffles, games, drinks, and
the silent auction. Dinner and live auction will follow.
Proceeds from this event will go to support RMEF's vital
conservation efforts. Need proof?
Since 1984, the Elk Foundation has:
- Permanently protected more than 1,400 square miles of critical elk habitat;
- Opened more than 590,000 acres to the public to hunt, fish and roam;
- Improved habitat across 4.8 million acres of elk country;
- Funded more than 6,500 projects to promote conservation education and North
America's hunting heritage.
Few organizations can boast such numbers - a reflection of the efficiency that
earned RMEF a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator.
Local RMEF chapter events raise the lion’s share of the funding for Elk Foundation
conservation work. In North
Carolina, funds raised at RMEF Big Game Banquets have helped complete 35 conservation
projects valued at more
than $2 million. Our work in North Carolina also includes funding conservation
education and hunting heritage
activities that introduce young people and women to the outdoors, promote hunter
safety and responsibility, and
involve kids in conservation. If you have attended the Children's Trout Derby on the Oconaluftee Islands Park in
Cherokee you have seen these funds in action.
This year's banquet: We are planning to have a wonderful 17th.
banquet and will have many exclusive RMEF merchandise items in the silent
and live auctions that will interest the whole family! If you have never
attended a RMEF banquet, this would be a great year to join the fun and
excitement.
Highlights you should be aware of:
*Become a Life Member or a Sponsor Member and be entered in a special drawing (Browning X-Bolt Hunter)
*Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity to win the "Joe Treadway Chairman's Ed. Rifle (only 26 were made)
*John Wayne 100th. anniversary Model 92 High Grade "The Last of the Last" Rifle Raffle Drawing
*Featured Hunts from around the world
*Progressive Rifle Drawing also gives you a chance to win a hunting trip.
*Card raffles, medallion raffle, wingspan raffle, tent raffle, gridboard, plus others.
If you have previously attended one of our banquets, then you know what a fun time we have. For those of you who
have never attended a banquet, please call me or one of the committee members for more information. If you are not
a member, I encourage you to join this outstanding organization. With your new or renewed membership and
attendance at the banquet, you will receive a Browning knife with the RMEF logo! Our banquet monies go to RMEF
projects which make a difference for wildlife and help us to share the joy in viewing the majestic elk roaming
Cataloochee Valley and the Oconaluftee Valley of the GSMNP and the Big Cove area of the Qualla Boundary. We
hope that you will come prepared to bid on our auction items, enjoy a terrfiic meal at the Harrah's Cherokee Casino
Hotel, and talk to other RMEF members, especially our own "Mr. Elk", Kim DeLozier. Kim and Joe Yarkovich will
present a status report on the reintroduction of the elk into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at 4:00 p.m. in
the Ash Room which is located next to the banquet room. As chairperson, I welcome your telephone calls if you
need additional information (828.506.3308). Please note deadlines on the ticket form.
I hope to see you at the banquet. Together, we'll make a lasting impact on elk
country and our hunting heritage.
Yours in Conservation,
Joyce Cooper, Chairperson
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Mountain Elk Foundation RSVP & Membership FormName:_________________________Member#___________ Address:__________________________________________ |
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| YES! I'll be at the banquet! | Quantity | Total Price | |
| Single Supporting Ticket (includes 1 meal & 1 supporting membership) Deadline: July 27 | $80.00 | ______ | _______ |
| Couple Supporting Ticket (includes 2 meals & 1 supporting membership) Deadline: July 27 | $125.00 | ______ | _______ |
| Single Sponsor Ticket (includes 1 meal & 1 sponsor membership) Deadline: July 27 | $345.00 | ______ | _______ |
| Couple Sponsor Ticket (includes 2 meals & 1 sponsor membership) Deadline: July 27 | $390.00 | ______ | _______ |
| Corp Table (includes 1 Sponsor membership, 3 Supporting Memberships, 8 meals & $200 raffle tickets) 7-27 |
$855.00 | ______ | _______ |
| Life Member Sponsor (includes 1 meal & 1 sponsor membership plus entry into sponsor drawing) 7-27 |
$310.00 | ______ | _______ |
| Meal Only (for current RMEF members and their immediate family members, including Life) Deadline:July 27 | $45.00 | ______ | _______ |
| General Raffle Tickets ($100. Worth of Raffle Tickets for $55.) Deadline: July 27 | $55.00 | ______ | _______ |
| John Wayne 100th Anniversary Model 92 High Grade Rifle Raffle Ticket (Do not have to be present to win) | $10.00 | ______ | _______ |
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| I can't make the banquet. Please process my membership now! | ______ | _______ | |
| Annual Supporting Membership | $35.00 | ______ | _______ |
| Annual Sponsor Membership | $300.00 | ______ | _______ |
| Life Membership (minimum $300 down) | $1,500.00 | ______ | _______ |
I would like to further the RMEF mission with a donation!
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| (Please print clearly) ___Check enclosed ___Visa ___MC ___Discover ___AMEX (Security Code ________) Card # ___________________________ Exp Date _______________________________ PRINT Name ______________________Signature_______________________________ Phone #________________ Email ____________________________________________ For questions or to order: Joyce Cooper at (828)506-3308 or email jcooper@dnet.net |
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