Where: Our annual fundraising silent auction, live auction and bake sale will be held at REI Bloomington
750 American Blvd W - Bloomington, MN 55420-1059 When: Thursday November 19, 2009 6:00-9:00 pm 6:00 pm Drop off auction donations, purchase treats at the Buy-Now-Bake-Sale section, check out other items and enjoy refreshments 6:30 pm Silent auction bidding opens, refreshments continue 7:00 – 8:15 pm Live auction 8:15 – 8:45 pm check out and clean up (we have to be out of the building by 8:50) Why: Raise money for the Refuge (including funding interns and providing bussing for students) and other environmental education projects. Who: You and your friends. Please come to the Auction and buy something. We will have items in every price range. If you can donate something to sell, wonderful! Get some of your holiday shopping done, have fun and raise money to support a variety of environmental education projects. There will be items in a wide price range – for example q Spotting scope and tripod: Vortex Skyline 20-60x80 Angled Spotting Scope donated by Eagle Optics (list price $648) q Front row seat at Wood-duck jump party q Books q Home-made goodies: bread, cookies, candy and jams q Produce (apples, squash) q Gift certificates for local businesses q Sharp-Tailed Grouse habitat tour and blind time for 4, next spring in north-central Minnesota * Old Log Theater tickets * Half-day birding with Bob Janssen * Owl prowl with Steve Weston to find Long-eared and Saw-whet Owls Steve Weston MRVAC Program Chair ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

