Thank you to everyone who was a part of the benefit auction and picnic on my behalf. What an enormous success. I know everyone wants to know exactly how well you all did, but we are leaving that honor to Mike Richardson. He will post the amount in a few hours. We have spent the last few hours trying to figure out how to thank everyone. There were so many people doing so many things that made the day a huge success. There are a few really special people we need to recognize - Mike, Andy and Lee were incredible getting this all organized. The donations they were able to attain were above and beyond anything we have ever seen. They worked tirelessly for weeks to get this all together. There are some amazing turkey call makers out there. What craftsmanship and creativity! I know we were all blown away by the calls at this auction.Thank you to the NWTF for their donations and support. A special thanks to Deb and her daughters, Eva, Bobbi Jean and Tracy for running things under the pavilion. They kept everything running smoothly. Bobbi Jean and Tracy got those raffle items in order and organized perfectly.What a team!! We wanted to thank Mark and Cindy for bringing all their grilling equipment and cooking all day. Cindy did a great job of organizing the food table and keeping things running smoothly there. A special thank you to Mark for the fishing trip. Another special thank you to Bobbi Jean for making the quilt, buying the quilt and then presenting the quilt to Deb. Deb said as soon as she saw it she would LOVE to have it. What a wonderful thing to do. Another special thanks to Jeff Wilbur. He purchased Kip Feroce's 3 box call set for an amazing $1500 - WOW! He then turned around and presented that to me. I don't think there was a dry eye in the place. Amazing. We want to thank everyone who donated raffle items and all the bidders. We couldn't have done it without you. We would like to thank Darvin Rogers, the auctioneer, who kept things going. Also thanks to Dallas and Todd and all the other runners who helped with the live auction. Thank you to all those that helped set up and tear down. To those that donated tents, chairs and tables and to all those that donated all the wonderful food ....thank you. It was a huge success and it was all of you - each and every one - that made it happen. One final thank you. Miss Miranda Miller. Because of you, a bunch of turkey hunters got together and became a family. Thank you for my special turkey call and slate turkey picture. Deb's flowers were beautiful and look lovely in the kitchen. Thank you Miranda for bringing us all together. You are all my family and I love you all.
