Today is Giving Tuesday, you may have seen our special appeal, Kelcy sent it out early this morning. Now a staple of the non-profit world, it seeks to engage folks to contribute to their favorite cause. Since we've already made that appeal, I'll switch things up with this note, and simply thank all of you; for taking a moment to review this update, for helping with one of our habitat projects over the course of the year, for attending or helping host a fund-raising event, for buying a Conservation Calendar, or one of so many of the different ways that our members and friends choose to support the efforts of the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association.

Thanks too, to our valued sponsors and donors - both those of high-profile, among our "state partners", and those whose contributions help power our individual chapters, in cities and towns, all around the state. It is the combined efforts of so many of you out there, each making your contribution, through your time, your talents, your connections, and your financial support, that makes this association successful. Thanks to all of you, for choosing to support our Association, with your time, your attention, your effort and your financial assistance.

We've got several updates, below, covering next week's Lakeshore event - sure to be a good time, as well as the "last call" for 2016 Conservation Calendar sales, and even a reminder about next year's change in the timeline for setting the waterfowl hunting seasons, from last month's Migratory Committee meeting. As always, if you're reading this note, and didn't get to attend a banquet or other event this year, for whatever reason - consider renewing your Membership, now - on-line, or by contacting Kelcy at the "home office". Your financial contribution is critical, but so is your very presence. As our Association grows, so does our clout, with potential sponsors, vendors, and other agencies. Or, if you are a Member, considering making one of your hunting buddies, or a family member, a gift of a Membership - who knows, maybe you'll start them on a path of participation in conservation that could last forever! Every Membership helps, in many ways, and with the increases we've seen over the last year and half or so, things are looking up.

Finally, as we enter the end of the year, a tax-deduction reminder: WWA is a resource for those individuals and businesses who find themselves in a position to make charitable donations, to improve their tax liability position. WWA is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, and your choice to assist us with our works in habitat restoration, learn-to-hunts, and the like can also assist you, or your business, if providing a charitable donation is part of your tax planning process. Whether you consider advancing into a Life Member or Life Sponsor status, or simply wish to make a business contribution, WWA can certainly use your help! With WWA's endowment account established in the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation, those who wish for their assistance to be protected, long-term, can now participate in that way, more easily than ever (undesignated Life Member funds are assigned to this endowment account)!

Thank you, to all of you that help make this Association, and its important works, possible.   Here's to wishing all of us a very happy holiday season, with a Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!

Wishing I was out there; with the shores of Green Bay getting crunchy it must be December again...