HDC 2009 Benefit for Reel Recovery
Outdoorsmen Helping Fellow Outdoorsmen
Thank you to everyone who helped to raise $11,040 for Reel Recovery during the 2008 benefit.
Here is a listing of the hunting and fishing trips we have so far for the 2009 benefit. It is already an amazing list and there will be more trips to come once they are finalized.
James Staten and
Kevin Carter Guided Waterfowl Hunt in
Jeff Wallis - A
1-Person 3-Day Duck/Goose Hunt Float Trip Down The
Colorado
Stillwater Outfitters and Colorado Waterfowl Association 1 Day Goose Hunt
Chris Jones - 1–Person, 2–Day predator hunt in
Nebraska
Jake Latendreese with K&J Outfitters Fly Fishing for Wipers
Kenny Thompson
Lance Ohnmacht – 2-person, 2-day Duck Goose hunt in
Rich Good – 2-Day
Greg Owens & crew –
4-Person, 1-Day Goose Hunt
Tony Vandemore - A
2-Person, 1-Day Waterfowl Hunt in North
The "Fowl Life's" Belding Brothers Predator
Services, and Top Dog Predator Control. 1-Person 2-day predator hunt.
Tyson Keller –
1-Day 2-4 person Canada Goose Hunt out of Pierre South Dakota
One person, one dog,
two day one on one training session with the Team Waterdog member of the
bidder’s choice .
Hunting Down Cancer (HDC) is a fund raising organization that organizes a benefit each year to help raise money for the fight against cancer. Each year starting on the last Sunday in August we auction off hunting and fishing trips across the county that go to raise money for a Cancer program. With the HDC Benefits all of the money that you pledged in winning the auction will go directly to the charity we are raising money for. We are able to do this because of money raised by personal donations and or other auctions items tagged specifically to raise money to cover the opperating costs of listings on eBay, advertising and website hosting.
We are not a non-profit organization, we help raise money for them. We work with the nonprofit charity and run the auction process for them. They receive all of the money generated from the auctions and we cover all of the eBay fees and expenses. At this point in our organization history, it is not worth the cost involved to become a nonprofit organization when we can use that money to help the charity.
Over our first two years of benefits we raised a little over $26,000 for the Lance Armstrong Foundation . This year's HDC Benefit started on August 30th and we raised $11,040 for the cancer program Reel Recovery. It is a cancer outreach program centered around the activity of fly fishing to help people effected by cancer deal with their fight.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at Hunting Down Cancer.
If you'd like to contact the the organizations that we have raised money for please contact Chris Brewer at the Lance Armstrong Foundation and Stan Golub at Reel Recovery. They have both been extraordinarily helpful in the operation of our benefits.
To Friends of HDC and Reel Recovery:
Thank you for your participation in the Hunting Down Cancer Auction. All proceeds from this wonderful event will go directly to support Reel Recovery and our 2009 Retreat Program. We
are so grateful to HDC and to all of you; your generous support will
help us provide 16 free Fly Fishing Retreats in 12 states serving
several hundred men battling life-threatening cancer.
This
letter is to certify that Hunting Down Cancer is an authorized Reel
Recovery partner and these efforts in fundraising directly support the
mission of Reel Recovery: to provide 3-day Retreats for men with cancer
that give these courageous men a respite from their battle; that provide
them a healing connection with nature as they learn the skill of
fly-fishing; and that provides them an opportunity to share their
stories with other men in similar situations. Reel
Recovery is solely donor supporters, so we depend on the generosity of
organizations such as HDC, and individuals such as you to continue to
provide these meaningful Retreats completely free of charge to the
participants. Reel Recovery is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization located in
Thank you again for your support of Reel Recovery.
Be Well! Fish On!
Stan Golub
Executive Director
Reel Recovery
stan@reelrecovery.org
800-699-4490
By Popular Demand HDC Sweatshirts
There
are associated cost (eBay fees, advertising, website, etc.) that do
occur and those cost are covered though other fundraisers, donations
and other items we have up for auction. There has a great demand for the hooded sweatshirts that have been seen on past hunting reports. This year we will be offering these hoodies. All
of the proceeds we raise with the sale of these items will go directly
to help cover the operating cost associated in running this benefit. The sweatshirts are $45, plus $10 shipping. Please contact us if you'd like one.
Justin Tackett and Shannon Nardi on the WaterdogTV.com website
auctioned off a hunt with the Waterdog Crew earlier this spring that
was won by Steve Burdsal and his pup. It raised $2000.00 for Reel
Recovery. Click Here 
