Northwest Arkansas Ducks Unlimited Chapter banquet Friday on Washington County Fairground

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Spring-born mallard ducklings show hint of wing color on June 15, 2007. Can anyone tell us which are hens and which are drakes?

Northwest Arkansas Ducks Unlimited Chapter Presents the 2007 Ducks Unlimited Banquet

Ducks Unlimited got its start in 1937 during the Dust Bowl when North America’s drought-plagued waterfowl populations had plunged to unprecedented lows.
Determined not to sit idly by as the continents’ waterfowl dwindled beyond recovery, a small group of sportsmen joined to form an organization that became known as Ducks Unlimited. Ducks Unlimited is a grassroots, volunteer-based organization. Its members are conservationists and lovers of the outdoors.
Ducks Unlimited's most important sources of revenue are fund-raising events such as member and sponsor banquets. Because event dollars are typically unrestricted, DU is able to spend them in our highest-priority areas and use them to leverage additional funds from other sources. Recently, DU leveraged an average of six additional dollars for every net unrestricted dollar raised.
Waterfowl are not the only beneficiaries of DU’s habitat work.
Wetland improves the overall health of our environment by recharging and purifying groundwater, moderating floods and reducing soil erosion.
Wetland is nature’s most productive ecosystem, providing critical habitat to more than 900 wildlife species and invaluable recreational opportunities for people.

With much help from new and old local volunteers serving as committee members for the Northwest Arkansas Chapter we are ready to have our annual 2007 members' banquet. There have been many changes in the past six months with this chapter that included many new faces serving on the committee. We have also moved the banquet to the Washington County Fair Grounds. With items for raffle and auction such as a Polaris four-wheeler, flat-screen TV, and an Arkansas Life-Time Hunting & Fishing license, we expect this year's banquet to be a great success.

Information on Banquet:
Ticket Prices: $35 single, $60 couple.
Sponsorships: $250 individual sponsor (2 tickets), $500 sponsor (4 tickets), and $1,000 corporate sponsor (10 tickets). All sponsorship levels include a 2007 sponsor's package.
Where: Washington County Fair Grounds
When: 11/2/2007 at 6:00p.m.
Refreshments & Registration 6:00-7:15 p.m.; Dinner 7:15 – 8:15; Auction & Raffle 8:25 p.m.