QDMA Press Release
QDMA honors Michigan group
as 2006 National Branch of the Year
Bogart, Ga. – The Quality Deer Management Association has named Michigan’s Barry County Branch as 2006 Branch of the Year. The group was recognized and honored at the QDMA Awards Luncheon, held in conjunction with the 2006 National Convention and Whitetail Expo, in Valley Forge, Pa.
Other QDMA branches in the list of finalists included Pennsylvania’s greater Lehigh Valley Branch and New York’s Jefferson-Lewis Branch. QDMA now has 111 branches in 29 states. The Branch of the Year is the highest honor QDMA bestows on a local branch.
“The list of the Barry County Branch’s accomplishments in the past year is a tribute to the hard work and commitment of these dedicated QDMA members,” said Gene Newman, QDMA Director of Branch Development. “They held multiple educational events and a wonderfully successful fundraising banquet. They earned community recognition for the branch and QDMA, and their outreach included working with youngsters and disabled veterans.
“They are a tireless group, and all of us congratulate them on many jobs well done as Branch of the Year.”
The Barry County Branch also was a finalist for two other national awards, Educational Branch of the Year and Fundraising Branch of the Year. And Barry County member Eric Howard was a finalist for QDMA Volunteer of the Year.
Founded in 1988, QDMA is a national nonprofit wildlife conservation organization with 40,000 members in all 50 states and several foreign countries. Membership in QDMA is open to anyone interested in better deer and better deer hunting, and committed to ethical hunting, sound deer management and the preservation of the deer-hunting heritage. To learn more about QDMA and why it is the future of deer hunting, call (800) 209-DEER [(800) 209-3337] or visit www.QDMA.com.
–QDMA … better deer, better deer hunting– |
