The Louisville Chapter of Trout Unlimited will hold its annual fund raising banquet on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 4417 Upper River Rd., Louisville, Ky.

6:00 P.M. Social Hour
7:30 P.M. Dinner
Raffle & Silent Auction

Cost:  $40.00 per person / $75.00 per couple / $290.00 for a group table of eight – two TU members and 6 guests -  (5 raffle tickets are included with each ticket at the group tables). Tickets at the door will be $5.00 more per person. Payment is due with your reservations.  Please send your registrations and check to Lee Squires at the address listed below.

Items donated from various individuals, businesses and friends of trout are auctioned off during the banquet and the money raised is used to fund an array of projects our chapter participates in throughout the year. Cash donations are used to purchase auction items.  The following represents just some of the projects or activities our chapter is involved in now, in the past and into the future.

 
* Casting for Recovery – a fly fishing program for women breast cancer survivors
* Reel Recovery – a fly fishing program for men cancer survivors
* Adopt a Park Program  - our chapter has adopted Otter Creek as our “home stream” and will assist the Ky. Dept. of Fish & Wildlife  in cleanup ventures and conservation efforts  to improve stream habitat and environment   
* Cumberland River Action:  Rainbow & Brown trout tagging and stocking with the KDFW; Studies of insect life in the river; Purchase of radio telemetry equipment for the Ky. Dept. of Fish & Wildlife to assist in trout migration studies; Wolf Creek Dam generation and flow studies and dissolved oxygen studies to improve water quality
* Earth Day participation at the Wolf creek Hatchery                                   
* Sponsoring monthly speakers who share information and expertise at meetings
* Offering fly casting & fly tying classes locally and statewide

As you can see, we have an active chapter here in Louisville and are doing what we can to improve the natural habitat for trout and to educate others about conservation of our fisheries environment.  Trout Unlimited would appreciate any item you would care to donate to the auction.  All donated items are tax deductible.  If your item is in the form of a check or gift certificate, you can mail it to me or if you donate another item, I would be glad to pick it up.  Let me know!  Donations do not have to be fish related.

Thank you for your consideration of this request and for helping T. U. fund our programs & restore and preserve our cold water streams and rivers and the trout that swim in them.

Best regards,

Lee Squires
Annual Banquet Chair and Past President Trout Unlimited
405 Springwood Lane, Louisville, KY 40207   
(502) 895-9997, bonsaiman@twc.com
www.louisvilletu.org -  check our website