Wisconsin Women in Government: Banquet Tuesday features silent auction

Contact: Jessica Erickson, (608) 215-0468, jessicaerickson20@hotmail.com

Tickets Still Available for Purchase at Monona Terrace Prior to Event; Event Features Kathleen Kennedy Townsend as Keynote Speaker

MADISON – The 24th Annual Wisconsin Women in Government (WWIG) Banquet being held Tuesday, May 17 will feature an exciting silent auction. Thanks to the generosity of silent auction donors, banquet attendees will be able to bid on items from nearly 40 local businesses and restaurants, including Betty Lou Cruises, family adventure packs, gym memberships and gift certificates.

The silent auction will run from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. and will be held in the Exhibition Hall of the Monona Terrace on Level One. Cash, check, and credit card payments will be accepted. While pre-registration for the banquet closes today, Friday, May 13, tickets will still be available for purchase at the door.

Silent auction items will be available from the following businesses and individuals:

* Anytime Fitness

* Badger Bowl

* Benvenuto’s

* Betty Lou Cruise

* Boulders Climbing Gym

* Budget Bicycle

* Capitol Chophouse

* Capital Fitness

* Capitol Brewery

* Cave of the Mounds

* Chiripa

* Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream

* Christy’s Landing

* Comedy Club

* Elevation Salon

* Excellence in Dentistry

* Food Fight

* Frabonis

* Hooters

* Kneaded Relief Day Spa

* Larsen Portrait Design

* Machinery Row Bicycles

* Madison Children’s Museum

* Madison Mallards

* Melting Pot of Madison

* Nail Spa Plus

* Opus Lounge

* Orange Tree Imports

* Paradigm Shift Life Coaching

* Phitness Plus

* Pinnacle Health and Fitness

* Pizzeria Uno-Chicago Grill

* Prairie Athletic Club

* Super Target

* The Knitting Tree

* The Madison Concourse Hotel

* Vitense Golfland

The banquet will begin with the silent auction and a networking reception from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Also new this year: the networking reception will feature a photo booth from Focus Photography.

This year’s banquet features Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Maryland’s first woman Lt. Governor, as keynote speaker. The dinner, program and keynote address will run from 7:00-8:30 p.m. More information about the banquet can be found online at http://www.wiscwomeningovernment.org.

Media interested in attending should contact Jessica Erickson at 608-215-0468 or via email at jessicaerickson20@hotmail.com for media credentials.