J.D. POTIÉ
Bryson Jan. 25, 2020
The Bryson Lions Club was packed to the rafters on Saturday evening, as just over 200 people from . . .
the valley gathered for the organization’s 49th annual wildlife supper.
According to Lions Club member, Ed Gutoskie, the event is an opportunity for the community to get together for a unique kind of feast while raising money for a good cause.
While the supper started at around 6 p.m., attendees started flooding the hall a couple of hours earlier, as the Nelson Town’s band played some tunes on stage facing a couple of tables topped with 65 door prizes that were raffled off throughout the event.
All of the wild meat and the fish on hand was donated by club members and people in the community, Gutoskie said.
Featuring a wide assortment of wild delicacies, including the famous bear balls, which always go faster than anything else, the event is one that the community circles on the calendar from one year to the next.
Despite its humble beginnings, the event has become so popular that the club has had to put on cap on the number of tickets they sell.
“It just grew to a point where now we cut it off at 200 people and that’s it,” he said.
For Gutoskie, hosting the event means a lot because of its originality and how it makes the Club stand out, noting that it has become significantly popular.
“It’s something different that we do as a Lions Club that nobody else does in the area,” he said. “I don’t know another organization around that does it.”
Despite heavy snow affecting the roads, the event was a success nonetheless, noting that tickets sold out two weeks prior to the supper.
All the funds raised for the event will go towards helping people with visual impairment disabilities in the region, Gutoskie said.
