It is time to start planning for the Friday night dinner at the MTPCA Annual Convention. Many of my best convention memories were helping with dinners. The fun and camaraderie will stay with you for a lifetime! If you are willing to donate food or help with the preparation please let me know. All monetary donations for the meal will go directly to the children’s raffle program. We always have such a great kids event made possible by these dinners. I will keep an ongoing list of items needed and items already spoken for. Volunteers
Gregg Vannortrick
Sue Hoffman VanNortrick
Kevin Syperda

Donation Pledges
Mark Earl - up $300 in Dinner spending
John Chagnon Match Mark's Donation up to $300
Grills
grill -
Propane

Cooking equipment:
Blackstone Griddle. - Mark Earl
Grill - Kevin Syperda Grill-
Fryer
Coolers with ice - Mark Earl

Utensils. - Justin Tomei
Plates. -Justin Tomei
Napkins. - Justin Tomei

Hot dogs - Kevin Syperda (10 lbs) Hot Dogs
- Hamburgers - Jack Longstreet 20 lbs Hamburgers -
Other meats
Pulled Pork- Mark Earl (20 lbs pulled pork)
Buns - hamburger buns. - Jack Longstreet (80 Burger buns)
Hot dog buns-

Drinks
Lemonade -
Water-
2-cases water - Jack Longstreet
Soda-

Side dishes:
Side dish
- Pasta Salad
- Potato/pasta Salad.
- Cucumber Salad - Carl Meissner

Crock pot dishes
Sloppy Joes - Joe Velchansky
Beaver Stew. - Tim Lilly

Vegetables:
Zucchini - Jack Longstreet
Baked pasta dish - Tim Lilly
Sweetcorn. Merle Jones (8 Dozen)
Sweetcorn cooler. Mark Earl
Rolls. - Carl Meissner

Breads

Fruits -
Watermelon - Carl Meissner

Salmon Ball with crackers- Paul Dobbins

Chips and dips. - Angie Knapper Haske
- Nate Shue

Appetizer/Dip.

Condiments
Ketchup/Mayo - Jack Longstreet

Deserts
Cookie Platter - Angie Knapper Haske

Any other items you want to bring

I can do the smoked salmon cheese ball and can do the beaver stew if we start it early enough - lol.

ttt

I can start the stew much earlier!

TTT

Good job Fur_minator

I will match your $300.00 Donation for what ever the dinner crew needs and provide the green backs when I arrive for setup.

Thank you John! I will see you on set up day!

Sorry if it is posted somewhere, but what are the dates of the convention?

This weekend and the dinner tonight was fantastic!

Yes it was and thank you Paul for showing up in the north country.

Great dinner lots of good food. Wife really liked Mr. Dobbins Beaver Stew. Thank you to all that stopped by my booth. Nice to put a face with Fur_Minator we have been talking at shows for years I just never new his handle on tman. I have met Mike Marchewka during the years but never had a chance to really chat with him, he came to do a demo at the show, at this show we managed to have nice half hour chat session real nice man a wealth of trapping knowledge.

As always lots of great vendors and I enjoy talking to Cal from Trapping Fool that has set up across from my booth the last couple years.

Thanks John for the compliments...I enjoyed our chat. Had a great time at the convention. The crew at the convention was fantastic, bathrooms clean, grounds clean, the demo area was great and the food delicious. Of course, Ol' Ma' Nature did her best to put the Kibosh on the efforts...nope... things still continued. The Michigan Trappers and Predator Callers Association is very well organized and continues to shine amongst other trapping associations through their united efforts... thank you.