WOW! What An Event!!

The 43rd annual Colorado SCI Banquet is in the books. Many of us are still trying to catch up (and rest our feet!) after an awesome night spent with 500 like minded folks supporting conservation, charitable organizations, and our hunting rights not only in Colorado, but across the country. It was a packed house, and based on all the initial feedback from attendees, everyone had a great time.

Putting on an event of this size and scope takes a tremendous amount of team work, and we are extremely fortunate to have an amazing crew of volunteers to support our event. Literally thousands of hours go into planning, prepping, and executing the Banquet and raffle every year, and each year we strive to make it just a little better, and add fresh items and games to keep folks coming back.

We also drew the winners of our eight major raffles at the event last night. This year we had entries from all 48 states where online raffles entries are legal! This was a first for us as usually there are at least a few states with no entries. Wow! And the diverse nature of the entries is once again reflected in the winners, two of whom are from outside Colorado.

We are already planning for next year’s event, which will once again be at the Norris Penrose Event Center on the first Saturday in March. So without further preamble, here are the raffle winners. Congratulations to all of them!

 

2023 Raffle Winners

Stevinson Hunter’s Dream 6 Gun Pkg	Christensen Arms .300 Win Mag	Leica Geovid Binos
Joshua Weiss Eaton, CO Ticket #144	Jordan Hodapp Elizabeth, CO Ticket #739	Ariz Snellstrom Leadville, CO Ticket #766
Statewide Pronghorn Tag	Statewide Deer Tag	Statewide Elk Tag
Jon Rey Bayfield, CO Ticket #030	Will Ellison Midland, TX Ticket #1798	James Perry Livermore, CO Ticket #1648

NM Guided Elk Hunt	Statewide Moose Tag
Ralph Newman Lincoln, AR Ticket #558	Dana Roe Bailey, CO Ticket #2890

 

Less than 24 hours to go!!!!

Just a quick reminder to all that our banquet is tomorrow night! We are really looking forward to seeing everyone. The even is SOLD OUT, but for those with banquet tickets, the location and timing information is below.

WHEN: Saturday, March 4, 2023
WHERE: Norris Penrose Event Center,1045 Lower Gold Camp Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80905
TIME: 4:00 – 6pm for Cocktails, Dinner and Live Auction Starting at 6pm
Games and over 100 Silent Auction and Raffle Items!!

The 2023 Banquet Is Sold Out…

Wow!! Over a week to go and all seats for the banquet have been sold. We sometimes have folks cancel due to unforeseen circumstances. If that happens we will open those seats back up on the website. So keep checking back if you are still looking for tickets.

Banquet Season Is Upon us!!!

Save the date: The 43rd SCI Colorado Fundraiser Banquet will be on March 4th, 2023. We will be back at our new home, the Norris Penrose Event Center, in Colorado Springs. Last year’s event was a roaring success with lots of excellent feedback on the new venue. We are making a few minor tweaks, like having a team to help direct parking, but all in all things will be very similar to last year! Some plan to come on out an join us at what we consider the best event of it’s kind (we may be just a tad biased though!)

We will update the web page, and send out email notifications, one the banquet tickets and raffle sales go live in the coming weeks. But for now, mark out Saturday March 4th on your calendars!

2022 Raffle Winners

Stevinson Hunter’s Dream 6 Gun Pkg	Christensen Arms .300 Win Mag	Leica Geovid Binos
Michael Mersman Colorado Springs, CO Ticket #487	Scott Huette Weimar, TX Ticket #715	Edmund Flansburg Aurora, CO Ticket #029
Statewide Pronghorn Tag	Statewide Deer Tag	Statewide Elk Tag
Carl Rummel Greeley CO Ticket #194	Richard Tidd Monument, CO Ticket #1231	Chad Davidson Pueblo West, CO Ticket #0338

NM Guided Elk Hunt	Statewide Moose Tag
Lee Taylor Woodland Park, CO Ticket #890	Cade Luckett Lubbock, TX Ticket #2195

 

The 2021 Raffle Is A Wrap!!!

WOW! What a year it has been. First COVID shuts down all the venues in the area and forces us to cancel out annual banquet, and then as we are literally coming down to the final hours of the raffle, Mother Nature decides to dump more snow on our heads than we have seen in quite some time. Add to that high winds resulting in whiteout blizzard conditions, (and intermittent Internet outages for our intrepid chief nerd), and to say it was looking like the odds were against us seems kind of a mild description. One of our board members literally spent eight hours shoveling his driveway today so he could come and help us with the drawing!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But things worked out, as they usually do. I like to say “No one knows how, it just happens”, but that isn’t exactly true. We have a lot of very dedicated folks that work really hard to make sure things get worked out. Whether it’s finding prizes for the raffle, coordinating with CPW, sticking stickers on THOUSANDS of raffle tickets, or just making sure the drawing actually happens and goes smoothly, everyone pulls together. Here we see two of our board members selecting the winning ticket’s from this year’s raffle. And yes, they are a bit under dressed compared to the way you would typically see them for the annual banquet, but as I mentioned, there was a lot of snow shoveling required to get to this point….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We would like to congratulate all of our winners this year. For those of you who won one of the Statewide tags, CPW will be given your info tomorrow and will be reaching out. For anyone winning one of the other prizes, our board will be reaching out over the next couple days to contact you about your prizes.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS for March 5th 2022 when our Annual Banquet returns in full force!  

And now without further adieu, The 2021 SCI Colorado Raffle Winners!

 

2021 Raffle Winners

Stevinson’s Winner Take All 6 Gun Pkg	Christensen Arms 6.5 CM	Leica Geovid Binos
Steven Klaus Georgetown, TX Ticket #0034	Tanner Schwartz Johnstown, CO Ticket #0228	Scott Feuerstein Henderson, CO Ticket #0499
Statewide Pronghorn Tag	Statewide Deer Tag	Statewide Elk Tag
Jeff Demaske Greeley, CO Ticket #0145	Adam Pierce Salida, CO Ticket #0846	Thomas Jones Nixa, MO Ticket #0090
NM Guided Elk Hunt	Statewide Moose Tag	Browning A5 Shotgun
Robert Wallace Humble, TX Ticket #0151	Ben Harding Colorado Springs, CO Ticket #1099	Kyle Swanson Pueblo, CO Ticket #0688

 

STAY INFORMED

We have gone paperless, for the most part, so don’t look in your mail box for printed information about our event and the raffles.  Our website is the place to go, and if you would like to make sure that you are getting the most up to date info and offers, OPT IN for our SCI E-News.  (We do not share our lists so you can be sure the emails are from us, and not one else!!) We promise you that we will not hound you with mindless junk but we need and WANT to stay in touch with you.  If you would like to get notices of our raffles and events, OPT IN to our email list.  We will never rent or sell our list.  It is safe here.  We promise.

WE ARE MORE THAN JUST FUNDRAISING

The Colorado Chapter is more than fundraising.  That is a huge component of what we do, but the great thing about raising money is getting to SPEND the money on conservation projects such as habitat for Colorado Moose; Humanitarian projects like the Sportsmen Against Hunger program where we collect meat and food and donate on an ongoing basis to a dozen food banks and shelters; and the Education arm of our chapter where we are very active in the Archery in the Schools program.  These are just a sample of what we do with the money we raise.

God Bless our Men and Women in uniform and we thank all of you who have done so in the past.

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2020 Raffle Winners

Stevinson’s Hunters Dream Gun Pkg	Kimber Classic Limited Edition 6.5 CM	Leica Geovid Binos	NM Guided Elk Hunt
Glenn Exline Colorado Springs, CO Ticket #0184	Joseph Wohlwend Pueblo West, CO Ticket #0336	Rodney Constance Greeley, CO Ticket #0799	Douglas Brimmer Chesterfield, MI Ticket #0712
Statewide Pronghorn Tag	Statewide Deer Tag	Statewide Elk Tag	Statewide Moose Tag
Trent Swanson Eagle, CO Ticket #0184	Jim Single Sidman, PA Ticket #1956	Bret Fuller Roxborough, CO Ticket #1277	Loren Dellinger Mead, CO Ticket #0951

 

2019 Raffle Winners

Gun Safe + Six Guns	Sako A7 Roughtech 30-06	Leica Geovid Binos	NM Guided Elk Hunt
Jeffrey Larson Cornell, WI Ticket #0353	Joshua Smith Monahans, TX Ticket #0362	John Lydiatt Colorado Springs, CO Ticket #0042	Kyle Swanson Pueblo, CO Ticket #0585
Statewide Pronghorn License	Statewide Deer License	Statewide Elk License	Statewide Moose License
Jason Roe Denver, CO Ticket #0997	Jeffrey Bassagoitia Brighton, CO Ticket #1750	Lowell Edgerton Laporte City, IA Ticket #1232	Thomas Kitchen Greeley, CO Ticket #0510

 

2018 Raffle Winners

Gun Safe + Six Guns	Kimber Montana Rifle	Leica Geovid Binos	NM Guided Elk Hunt	Statewide Elk License	Statewide Moose License
Jennifer Norris Ticket #0089	McKenna Valdez Ticket #0098	Glenn Exline Ticket #0236	Rick Wilking Ticket #0521	Chad Pulsifer Ticket #0814	Jason Roe Ticket #1326

 

2017 Raffle Winners

Gun Safe + Six Guns	Rifle Sako Finnlight 85 .270 WSM	Leica Geovid Binos	NM Guided Elk Hunt	Statewide Deer License	Statewide Moose License
Gary Patterson Peyton, CO Ticket #394	Ltc (Ret) Mark Herrin Highlands Ranch, CO Ticket *0294	Dave Snellstrom Colorado Springs, CO Ticket #0766	Steven Strauch Elbert, CO Ticket #0124	Robert Sullivan New Castle, CO Ticket #1186	Thomas Jones Nixa, MO Ticket #0190