Eastern Sussex Ducks Unlimited hosts annual dinner
More than 100 hunters and outdoor enthusiasts attended Eastern Sussex Ducks Unlimited’s Annual Banquet Nov. 2. The event was held at St. Jude The Apostle Catholic Church in Lewes and serves as the organization’s largest fundraiser of the year, with money going toward conservation and land protection. There were silent auctions, raffles and games during the cocktail hour prior to the dinner and live auction.
According to the Ducks Unlimited website, there are 7,532 organization members in Delaware. As of Dec. 31 2018, Ducks Unlimited has helped conserve approximately 18,000 acres across the state, with a little over 6,000 of those acres in Sussex County.
Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. Additionally, Flood moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes that are jammed with coins during daylight hours, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.
