SAVE THE DATE! As you are making your plans for the IFC Portland Symposium, remember the night before, when we hold the Shelter Benefit Dinner. This year the Cascade Ferret and Pacific Ferret Shelter Networks are joining forces to host the 2007 Shelter Benefit Dinner on Thursday night, June 21 from 5:00 - 8:00. The menu will feature local fare and there are vegetarian friendly options. Just let me know if you are attending and require veggie options so there will be enough. A local volunteer, whom I understand is a great chef, will be whipping up a special dessert! There is NO charge to attendees, but donations are accepted. ALL donations go to ferret shelters, either directly on site or through SOS. You, the ferret community, have given several thousand dollars through your donations. In the past beneficiaries of your generosity have been CJ's 24KT Shelter in Las Vegas, Just A Business of Ferrets in Atlanta, Ferret Aid Society in Toronto and Support Our Shelters (SOS), benefiting all shelters. Everyone who attends receives a free doorprize ticket and a goodie bag. We do accept door prize donations and they have already started arriving at my place. Since I will be driving from CT to Portland, I do not have much space. So, if you would like to send a door prize donation, please contact me and I will provide an address for shipment. If you are attending, bring it with you! Transportation will be provided from the hotel or airport to the dinner. We are very accomodating. More details will be provided as we get closer to the date. Hope to see you there. -- renee :) It's amazing how much can be accomplished if nobody cares who gets the credit! Ferret Emergency Response, Rescue & Evacuation Team (F.E.R.R.E.T.) http://www.ferretemergency.org [log in to unmask] International Ferret Congress http://www.ferretcongress.org American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org [Posted in FML 5541]