We went as a club to our first FOTNRA dinner. Ten of us. They have it down to a science. Live Auction this Silent auction that, raffle tickets, drawings, etc.. We had fun. It was about 4 hours long. Dinner was good, at least the chicken was.
Pay as you go bar, $7 beer.

It was at the Hilton (nice place) in Melville, Long Island on Rt 110 near the old range on Spagnoli road.

Support your local Friends of the NRA dinner and auctions they support a lot of local /state activities, or at least used to when I worked with them.

I buy a sponsor table at our annual Friends fund raiser. They do good work.

Fund raisers for a good cause are a grand idea. On the other hand the leeches that raise money in convention halls are disgusting. Case in point:last year I went to my granddaughters graduation.First they charged me $5.00 to park then would not let me take in my water bottle through "security" but right inside the door were selling water bottles for another $5.00.And an attitude backed up by strong police presence. This was a center that was built with tax dollars,so yes I have a problem with that.