TU Philosophy...We believe that trout and salmon fishing isn't just fishing for trout and salmon. It's fishing for sport rather than food, where the true enjoyment of the sport lies in the challenge, the lore, the battle of wits, not necessarily the full creel. It's the feeling of satisfaction that comes limiting your kill instead of killing your limit. It's communing with nature where the chief reward is a refreshed body and a contented soul, where a license is a permit to use not abuse, to enjoy not destroy our cold water fishery. It's subscribing to the proposition that what's good for trout and salmon is good for the fisherman and that managing trout and salmon for themselves rather than the fisherman is fundamental to the solution of our trout and salmon problems. It's appreciating our fishery resource, respecting fellow anglers and giving serious thought to tomorrow.
About the Banquet
Welcome to the Long Island Chapter of Trout Unlimited
The Long Island Chapter of Trout Unlimited
presents its
31th Annual National Conservation Banquet
Friday, March 2nd, 2012
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Jericho, NY
Cocktails at 7:00 pm;
Dinner & Reception at 8:00pm-11:00PM
LITU’s annual fund raising banquet has been undergoing a few
changes. We hope, all for the better! Our initial
changes to the Dinner Dance are to the date and location. We moved the date from April into March, and the new location will be at
the beautiful Milleridge Cottage in Jericho, NY. We will have a vastly upgraded menu for both the cocktail hour and the dinner itself.
There will also be an open bar for the majority of the event.
Another major change we have incorporated is the
actual “Dance” part. Besides already having great food and company, we have secured the services of an excellent DJ who will be playing
a wide variety of dance music throughout the evening. So, please DO NOT hesitate to bring your better half to enjoy the evening and
dance the night away! Don’t fear, we will still be offering our “world famous” games along with both the silent and verbal auctions.
Speaking of which, we will still need your generous donations of auction and raffle items to make this year’s event as successful
as ever. We ask if you are to donate an item that it is in brand new condition with a retail value of at least $25.00. Donations need
NOT be of a fishing nature as we are also trying to “upgrade” and diversify the prizes to be more interesting to more people. If you
would like to make a donation please feel free to contact
Jay Mooney or another member of the committee via phone, E mail,
or at a meeting. Our last MAJOR change is that besides awarding our annual Silver Trout Award to a deserving person for work above
and beyond for the chapter, we are now adding another award to honor hard working individuals that personify conservation here on
Long Island. Our first annual Long Island Conservationist Award will be humbly presented to Clarence Ware of Caleb Smith State Park
and Preserve. Please join us in honoring our good friend for his outstanding work in conserving and protecting one of Long Island’s
most precious resource – our waters.
Invitations will be sent out later this month so look for them in your mailbox
in the upcoming weeks. Enclosed with the invitations will be opportunities to further help out our cause in the way of “sponsoring”
a part of the event, taking out an advertisement or listing in our upgraded journal, or purchasing an island wide raffle ticket. Whichever
way you choose to help our cause, we thank you in advance. We hope to see EVERYONE come to enjoy an evening of great food, great friends,
and with the hope of supporting a great cause – keeping our waters here on Long Island pure and clean.
Tickets are $75.00 per person and can be ordered by completing the Banquet Ticket Request Form and mailing it, with payment, to the
address listed on the form.