It’s Thanksgivingweek, and at Catch-A-Dream we are taking a brief timeout from what is traditionally one of our busiest weeks of the year to say THANK YOU to all our friends who support our mission and vision in many ways. We recognize that this will be a “different” Thanksgiving for all of us, but we do wish to each of you a peaceful, SAFE and blessed few days of respite and giving of thanks for the many blessings we enjoydespite the stressful circumstances with which we all are dealing.
And we invite you to be part of a historic and very special eventfor us at the Catch-A-Dream Foundation.
Today is the day that we traditionally scurry around making final preparations for the single largest fundraising event of the Catch-A-Dream year. The MS Sportsmen for Catch-A-Dream Banquet, now in its 14th year, is typically scheduled Tuesday night before Thanksgiving in Eupora, MS. Held in a small town in a rural community setting, this banquet annually generates over $80,000 in net proceed for us!
Like everyone else, our Foundation has been impacted tremendously by the 2020 Pandemic. Travel constraints, lockdowns, and social distancing have wreaked havoc with both child trips and fundraising. Event-based fundraising, in particular, has been dramatically hindered, and the MS Sportsmen for Catch-A-Dream Banquet has been forced to cancel. Given the magnitude of this event, the loss of this banquet puts Catch-A-Dream’s income stream at significant risk.
But our friends on the MS Sportsmen Committee are persistent and dedicated, and have converted this banquet to a completely Virtual event, creating the opportunity for others outside that local banquet community to weigh in, be part of the event, and FILL THE COVID GAP.
TODAY IS THE DAY!
The campaign culminatesTONIGHT with a livestream beginning at 7 pm CTon the event page, as well as on the MS Sportsmen for Catch-A-Dream and the Catch-A-Dream Facebook pages. Raffles remain open until about halfway through the evening agenda for the Polaris Ranger with a trailer and accessories or the CASE IH 35A utility tractor with loader, box blade and rotary cutter right up until closing time. Text SXS to91999 for Polaris tickets or TRACTOR to 91999 for chances on the tractor. We’ll draw winners during the livestream, and make onscreen phone calls to the winners!
And don’t miss a chance to Christmas shop in theonline auction that includes lots of hard to find firearms as well as some great hunting and fishing trips, our Gun, Print and Knife of the year, along with other items. The auction will close at 9 pm tonite.