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The Delaware Valley Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society was created In 1984, at the Reading Banquet when Bill Goudy announced that the Ruffed Grouse Society would like to have another Chapter in Southeastern Pennsylvania. The Delaware Valley Chapter would be founded by Ray Giuliani, Phil Donato, Peter Delcolla, and Dick Hynes. Captain Timmins, Art Mostardi, and Walt Cope would also join the committee shortly after the Chapter was created. The first banquet would be held in 1985 at a town house in Media, Pennsylvania.
Ray Giuliani would become the first chairman of the new chapter, followed by Ralph Powers a few years later. Dick Falcone would become chairman until 1997, when the Chapter would be co-chaired by Jim and Connie D’Antonio, who still co-chair the Chapter today.
One of the most important positions on our Committee is the Ticket Chairperson. They are responsible for coordinating the banquet. Chris Delcollo was the first ticket chairperson, followed by Julie Falcone. Dick Hynes would be the third. Eventually he would co-chair the position with John Hopkins, who is currently the Ticket Chairperson for the Delaware Valley Chapter.
The Delaware Valley Chapter represents Southeastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, Delaware, and Northern Maryland. We are the second largest chapter for the Ruffed Grouse Society in Pennsylvania and have raised over $400,000 for the organization in the past 26 years.
Our Committee now has over 20 members, and on April 26, we will have our 28th annual banquet.
