To: Members and Friends of the Maryland Chapter of The

To: Members and Friends of the Maryland Chapter of the

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

Place: Martin’s East, 9000 Pulaski Hwy., Baltimore, Maryland

Banquet Date: Saturday, August 25th, 2012 from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm

Subject: TwentiethAnnual Grand Fundraising Event and Auction

The Maryland Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) is pleased to announce the date foritsTwentieth Annual Grand Fundraising Event and Auction. This event continues to be theLargest Hunting and Conservation event in Maryland. Ticket sales are up 20% across the state so buy your tickets now and don’t miss out! You may purchase your tickets today via Paypal from our website at. Don’t delay, tables will be filled first come, first serve, and they are already selling out fast! Wehave exclusive merchandise that you will only see at theMaryland Chapter Banquet, so don’t delay! Once again, more than 50 guns will be raffled off during our event!

DID YOU KNOW…………

*That theRMEF committed $125,000 to support the Maryland DNR’s request to study elk reintroduction in Maryland!!!!!!!

*That the RMEF has funded over $80,000 in youth hunting, women’s programs, and conservation education projects in Maryland and Delaware?!!!!!!

OurPremier20TH Anniversary event is scheduled for Saturday, August 25th, 2012. Doors open promptly at 10:30 am. Weare once again offering our famous All You Can Eat Bull and Shrimp Feast that includes free beerand sodas. The highlights of the extensive menu includeMaryland Steamed Shrimp, “Pit-Style” Blue Ribbon Beef, Bar-B-Que Pork Ribs, Italian Meatballs, Shredded Beef Bar-B-Que, Bar-B-Que Maryland Chicken, Hotdogs, numerous delicious soups, and salads, cole slaw, a “Fabulous Fresh Salad Bar” and much more. Food will be served from 10:30 am until 1:30 PM.

During our event over 10 raffles and a Silent Auction will be occurring and our Gun Table Raffle returns!!!! Everyone at your table who pays $20 to play will win a gun if your table is drawn.

NEW THIS YEAR, Big 20 Raffle! See details below!

Our annual LIVE AUCTION will be held and as usual it will be loaded with fantastic hunts, family vacationsand fine art itemsto benefit our wildlife resources. The auction and other festivities will be completed by 4:30 pm.

We have an INCREDIBLE selection of raffle and auction items, including wildlife art prints, bronze sculptures and many first class hunts from all across the nation and the world!!! This year, our chapter once again features many outstanding hunts and trips such astwoAfrican Safari’s, Rocky MountainElk hunts (Montana archery; Wyoming archery or rifle, New Mexico rifle), WyomingMule Deerhuntarchery or rifle, a 5 day Montana Vacation,aPuerto Vallarta Sailfish Trip, aMaryland Sika Deer Hunt, aMaryland Rockfishing Trip, aDelaware Duck and Goose hunt, and the list goes on and on.

Specific hunt, merchandise,and vacation information can be found at our website, under the Live Auction tab.

Please get your money in early to ensure a seat; you don’t want to be left out!!

Tickets may be ordered through the mail by completing the attached “Banquet Ticket Application.” By purchasing your tickets early, (Prior to August 1st) you will also receive this outstanding deal on your general raffle tickets: 2 for the price of 1. Early BirdGeneral Raffle tickets must be purchased in $100 increments. Each $100 increment will give you: 10 General Raffle Tickets (which includes 40General Raffle stubs and 10Bonus Raffle stubs, and – 2 Upper Tier Raffle Tickets with 6 stubs. Get them now to double your number of Prime Upper Tier Tickets. “The Upper Tier Raffle” includes 25 firearms, 5 bows, and 5 pieces of fine jewelry. All tickets will be held at the door.

To reserve a full table of ten, please submit names, addresses, and payment for all ten, as a group, at one time. This really helps the ticket chair out and assures you will be sitting together!

DIRECTIONS: Martin’s East – 9000 Pulaski Hwy., Baltimore, MD21220

For further directions, you can call Martin’s at (410) 686-8500. They can provide directions from anywhere you are coming from.

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW, before it’s too late!!! Please fill out the attached “Banquet Ticket Application” and return it as soon as possible. See you at “Martin’s East” on August 25th, 2012.

For additional information, please feel free to call.

Committee Chairman Ticket Chairman

Steve Bird Jennifer Manthei

(410) 378-5831 (Home) (410) 378-4842 (Home)

(443) 945-0351(Cell) (410)459-1036 (Cell)

Yours in Conservation,

Steve Bird

Special Note:

July at Bass Pro Shops has been designated Elk Country Conservation Month. Your Maryland Chapters will be manning a booth at the Arundel Mills Mall on Saturdays and Sundays in July.

The Maryland Chapter willbe available during Bass Pro’s Fall Classicin August 2012. We’ll be displaying merchandise, including guns, and will have live auction hunt information available.

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New This Year! Special Corporate/Group Sponsor Membership Packages are available. Call Steve Bird for the details on this great offer!

RMEF MARYLAND CHAPTER

20th ANNUAL GRAND FUNDRAISING

EVENT AND AUCTION

AUGUST 25th, 2012

“Martin’s East,” Baltimore, Maryland

BANQUET TICKET APPLICATION

Name:______RMEF#:______

Address:______

City:______State:_____Zip:______Phone #______

______$80 Single (Meal, Membership & free knife)

______$125 Couple (2 Meals, membership, and free knife)

______$345Single SponsorMembership (Meal, sponsor plaque, hat, and free knife)

______$390Couple Sponsor (2 meals, Sponsor plaque, hat, and free knife)

______$1,500Life Member- Three Payment Options – 1) Payment in Full, 2) $500 down and 4 quarterly installments of $250, 3) $300 down and 12 monthly installments of $100 (Life membership, jacket, plaque, hat, free knife)

______$40Existing Life Members ONLY – Life Member #______

(This applies only to the Life Member if buying multiple meal tickets)

______$45Meal Only (For those who attended another banquet this year and spouses of Life Members.)

______$265Sponsor Membership for Life Members (Sponsor membership and free knife)

______$2,500 Habitat Partnership(Next step up for Life Members)

______$500 Legacy Partner (Next step up for Life Members, cumulative to Habitat Partnership!)

______$625Table of (10) with (5) RMEF memberships(10 meals, 5 memberships, 5 free knives)

______$100 Corporate Table Sponsorship –

Company Nameand Address - ______

______$100 General Raffle “Early Bird” Deal – Two for one if postmarked before 8/1/12

Early Bird tickets must be purchased in $100 increments

_____ $100Captain Bob Jobes Hand Carved Drake Blue Wing TealDecoy–Includes the duck and $100 in Specialty Raffle Tickets all for $100 to include the following Raffles: RMEF Board Raffle, PBR Finals Raffle, Elk Dart Archery,Winner Take All, Waterfowl, Instant Winner, and Yeti Cooler Raffle Tickets. Only 100 available, get yours before they sell out!

_____ $100Big 20 Raffle (NEW) Includes a great 1 in 20odds at anATV, enclosed trailer, high quality guns, both Progressive Raffles, diamond jewelry, chainsaw, generator and much, much more. 20 high value prizes in all. Only 400 tickets will be sold for a1 in 20 chance of winning!

_____$35 Membership Dues Only for those who can’t make the banquet!

______Total (checks payable to RMEF MD Chapter / bill my card: MC, VISA, Discover, and AMEX –

Please circle one)

Signature:______

Card #:______Exp. Date:______

Mail to: RMEF Ticket Chairman, Jennifer Manthei

36 Matthews Lane, Port Deposit, MD21904

Full Table Application Form:

(To ensure your full table of 10, please provide the following…)

1. Name ______Life Member #______