Thank You--BOW 2006
May Schaefer, President
Outdoor Women of South Dakota

I would like to express a huge thank you to all of the OWSD members who assisted at the annual Becoming an Outdoor Woman (BOW) workshop at Lake Poinsett this year. There were a total of 67 participants at the three-day workshop, many of them new to BOW and new to hearing about OWSD. Your efforts of networking with the ladies and making them feel right at home in the outdoor atmosphere was greatly appreciated by all of the instructors and the planning committee. I hope that along with showing them the ropes, you have made more new friends and outdoor partners to share your experiences with and to learn new ones from them.

The weekend weather was less than ideal with rain, mud and cool temperatures, but you would never have known it from the talk and the positive attitudes that everyone had. What a great group of ladies and gentlemen to be around!! I would like to extend a huge thank you to the staff at Lake Poinsett Camp, the planning committee, Chad Tussing, all of the instructors, and the participants for a wonderful weekend in the outdoors. A special thanks to Marty DeWitt for the wonderful entertainment on Saturday night.

Also, a heartfelt thank you for the support shown at this year’s raffle for the Marcia Hauck Scholarship fund. Your support each year for the raffle and auction continue to bring more women to the workshop who otherwise can not afford to come. It is an honor to assist with this each year. Thank you and see you at Outlaw