2008 » August » 6

Dear Fellow Member of CCA Portland Metro Chapter,

We hope your summer is going great!

We are writing you today to ask for your help. We have 8 weeks until our 1st Annual Fund-raising Banquet. It will be held at O.M.S.I. on Thursday, September 25th. Very soon=2 0you will be sent an invitation and information packet, via mail and/or e-mail, about the banquet and tickets.

Right now we are in urgent need for more items for our live auction, silent auction and raffle.

If you, or someone you know, are able to secure donations of new items or services that we can use at our Banquet, we need to know soon. We can use anything large or small. Items such as sporting goods, hunting or fishing trips, timeshares, vacation get-aways, anything you can think of are needed. Please think outside the box and don’t limit your ideas to fishing! One chapter sold a truck load of gravel while another sold a complete re-roofing of a house. Cash donations would equally be welcome. CCA is a non-profit 501C(3) charitable organization, so some or all of your donation may be tax deductible. Please give a little thought as to anyone you might know who could help. If you have a good lead for a donation but feel uncomfortable about asking or approaching them, please give us their name and we’ll be happy to follow up.

Please also consider helping out by giving a small amount of your time to serve on the banquet committee or to help at the event.

Your chapter started in December of 2007, with about 50 members. Now, we’re happy to say, Portland Metr o has over 200 members, which is a great improvement. But we need more of you to get involved. This is your chapter–it can only be what you put into it. Remember that all money raised at this banquet stays in Oregon. These monies and your efforts are vital to the success that we achieve here in Oregon for our fisheries.

Please step up and help. It’s for the fish!

Thank you,

CCA Portland Metro Banquet Committee