Cocktail and Silent Auction at 6:30 pm
Dinner and Program at 7:30 pm
Co-Hosts: Admiral Dennis Blair, US Navy (retired) and the former Director of National Intelligence and Gordon England, former Deputy Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Navy
On March 3, 2011, Trout Unlimited (TU) will host a dinner in Washington, DC to honor wounded servicemen and women by introducing TU’s new veterans service program. Thanks in large part to the support of the program’s lead partner, Telos Corporation, TU will be working with other organizations that use fishing and conservation as a way for wounded veterans to heal and rehabilitate.
The objective of this program is to expand and deepen TU’s grassroots involvement with veteran rehabilitation projects in watersheds across the country. TU will work with partner organizations to support angling instruction and quality fishing and conservation to wounded veterans. Veteran participants will be introduced to TU’s on-the-ground conservation work, youth education programs, and conservation-based community outreach initiatives.
The dinner will be co-hosted by Admiral Dennis Blair, US Navy (retired) and the former Director of National Intelligence and Gordon England, former Deputy Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Navy; two very special guests who believe that wounded veterans should be given an opportunity to heal through the experience of angling. The Washington, DC offices of Arnold & Porter, LLP, are generously providing the venue for the evening.
We hope you will join other patriotic and conservation-minded supporters from the greater Washington, DC area in supporting returning veterans and TU’s new veterans service program by joining us on March 3, 2011.
For more information about this event, please contact Nancy Bradley at (208) 339-2566 or nbradley@tu.org. For more information about the Veterans Service Program, please contact Alan Folger at afolger@tu.org.
Description |
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| "Eastern Classic" fly rod | 1 |
| Rose River Farm Trip | 2 |
| "Brookie & Belle" artwork by Alan Folger | 3 |
| Costa Sunglasses | 4 |
| Ex-Officio Gear | |
| Foursome at RTJ Golf Course | 5 |
| Passion Group Restaurant Gift Certificate - $100 | |
| Tenkara Fly Fishing Adventure | 6 |
| Red Cabin Pottery - Brook Trout Platter & Board | 7 |
| Virginia Wine Country Trip | 8 |
| "In Good Hands" artwork by Phil Lane | 9 |
| Lake Superior Getaway - 7-day vacation | 10 |
| Fly box tied by Mick McCorcle | 11 |
| Lamson Velocity 1.5 Rell Hard Alox II | |
| Orvis, 3wt 7.5 ft 4pc Superfine Rod | |
| Kent Island Fishing with "Captain Joe" | 12 |
| Orvis 9ft, 5wt, 4pc 9.5 tip Helios Rod | 13 |
| Lamson Litespeed 2 Reel | |
| Lyon Hall Gift Certificate - $150 | |
| Fly casting lesson w/ Liz Ogilvie | |
| El Pescardor Belize Trip | 14 |
| Red Cabin Pottery - Crab Platter | 15 |
| Painting by Thomas Ellis | 16 |
| "Strawberry Brook" & "Ripples" prints by AD Maddox | 17 |
| WV Fishing trip with Bryan Moore | 18 |
| 2012 Utah Ski Vacation | 19 |
| Family Photo Shoot with Damian Achilles | 20 |
| LL Bean Quickload Duffle - Set of 3 | 21 |
| Gunpowder River Trip | 22 |
Photo credit: Department of Defense