2025 Fundraiser and Dinner

WHERE: Eagle Eye Banquet Center, 15500 Chandler Rd., Bath, MI  48808

TICKETS FOR FRIDAY & SATURDAY are available separately or as a combo.

WHEN:

Friday March 14th, 2025

  • Doors open at 3:00 pm
  • Outfitters’ Night – meet with Outfitters
  • Games, raffles, & Silent Auction up til 7:15 pm
  • Dinner runs from 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm (open-house buffet style).
  • Live Auction (50+ items)

Saturday March 15th, 2025

  • Doors open at 2:00 pm
  • ** New** – “Early Arrival” drawing st 3:15 for a Christensen Rifle
  • Meet with Outfitters
  • Raffles, Games, & Silent Auction up til dinner
  • Dinner begins at 6:00 pm.
  • Visit with J. Alain Smith
  • Live Auction (70+ items) begins approx. 7:40 pm

DETAILS:

Value, excitement, and many chances of winning await you on this spectacular event at Eagle Eye Banquet Center!  We will have Outfitters from around the world for you to visit with, storytelling, great food, raffles, and auctions to support the Hunter Advocacy, Conservation, Education, and Humanitarian mission of Safari Club International and the Lansing Area Chapter.

Friday

Join us Friday evening at Outfitters’ Night to visit with outfitters and enjoy a fabulous “open house” style Buffet feast of Thyme Beef Short Ribs, Parmesan Crusted Salmon, salad, roasted red skin potatoes, and asparagus.  Play raffles and bid on silent auction & live auction items.

Friday AND Saturday nights will feature an open beer, wine, and soft drink bar (Cheboygan Brewing Blood Orange Honey, Killian’s Irish Red, Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Moscato, Coca-Cola Products, lemonade, iced tea). Both nights will have a cash bar for liquor.

Saturday

**New this year ** – everybody who arrives early (doors open at 2:00) and checks in will be entered into a drawing that will take place at 3:15 for a Christensen MESA TUNG 7MM REM 24IN 1/9 BLK/GRY Rifle.

the event continues with meeting Outfitters, a silent auction, the live auction, many firearms to be raffled/auctioned, merchandise raffles, and a delectable Buffet dinner featuring a Chef carved prime rib, Grilled Pork Rib-eye w/Rhubarb and Elderflower Chutney, Southern-Style Shrimp & Grits, loaded mashed potatoes, salad, roasted zucchini planks, Lindt’s Chocolates, and pie (Pecan, Key Lime Raspberry, and Tom’s Cheery Cherry Berry Berry) from Sweetie-licious Bakery Café who has earned 21 First-Place Ribbons at multiple National pie competitions and is a winner of the Food Network Pie Challenge.  Raffle tickets will be available for purchase at the door.

Each paid SATURDAY admission ticket will receive a new 25th Anniversary commemorative glass from the event and an entry into multiple American made Grizzly cooler drawings (with one winner drawn for every 50 tickets sold and survey drawing – approx. 5-6 coolers).

Friday and Saturday’s Live Auction will have dozens of hunts from around the world, custom firearms, fishing trips, vacations, gear, and more.  Play the “Crown Jewel” raffle on Friday AND Saturday night to win your choice of auction item from the live auction as your prize before the live auction begins (only 100 tickets sold each night, must be present to win, details on ticket).

TICKETS must be purchased for EACH Night you plan to attend (Friday and/or Saturday). Check your ticket purchase … make sure you have a ticket for each night you wish to attend.

Value and Bang for your buck – Both nights will feature meals, open beer, wine, and pop bar, along with Saturday door prize entries that will far surpass the cost of each night’s ticket.

Live Auction items:

Both nights will feature a Live Auction after dinner.  Hunts, Fishing trips, vacations, gear … valued at over $800,000!!!

Firearms, crossbows, and optics:

Play a game, buy a raffle ticket, poker chip, bingo card, or playing card … over $100,000 in value to win!

Raffles & Silent Auction items:

Over $53,000 in hunting & fishing items, firearms, hunting & fishing gear, furs and more on the silent Auction, Raffle tables, and Ladies only table!


J. Alain Smith will be hanging and bidding with us on Saturday night!  Learn more about J. Alain.

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