Entertainment and Fundraising Events for all KWEA & KsAWWA Joint Conference Participants
We welcome and encourage you to take part in not only the training and educational aspects of this water and wastewater conference but to also participate in the various extra curricular events and forms of entertainment.
Monday Golf Tournament and Sporting Clays Shoot
A Sporting Clays and Golf Tournament will again be featured as annual conference activities. The Water For People Sporting Clays Shoot will be held Monday, August 29 at the Ravenwood Lodge in Topeka beginning at 11:30 a.m. Pre-registration is required. Lunch and beverages will be provided.
The Scholarship Fundraiser Golf Tournament is a four-person scramble with a noon shotgun start at the Lake Shawnee Golf Course. Check-in begins at 10:30. Participants may register individually or as a team. There will be several on-course events including longest drive, closest to pin, hole-in-one prizes, skins games, etc.
For more information on the sporting clays shoot or the golf tournament, download the appropriate forms at the right.
Tuesday Night Meet & Greet
In conjunction with this year's conference, KWEA plans, as last year, a special night of entertainment for conference attendees. This year's Tuesday evening Meet & Greet will be held at the Rooster Tail in Topeka.
This year attendees will be entertained KWEA's rock band Greywater who are in their fifth year together and are sounding better than ever. Also planned for the evening will be a special induction into the Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers.
Barbeque will be provided by Nathan Chappell of Chappell's Backyard Barbeque and Catering. Chappell has won many competitions in the Midwest, and you will not be disappointed. Refreshments will be provided by a host of generous supporters.
We invite you and your spouse to an enjoyable evening of great BBQ, camaraderie, dancing and great music of the past. Food and beverages will be available throughout the evening courtesy of KWEA, KsAWWA and our generous sponsors.
Please join us at the Rooster Tail on Tuesday, August 30 between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. and be a part of this memorable event.
Gimmicks and Gadgets Competition
Saving time, saving money, and making tasks easier and safer is the goal of the annual Gimmicks and Gadgets competition. The contest is open to ALL areas of the environmental field: collection systems, safety, laboratory, pretreatment, plant operations and maintenance, and biosolids. KWEA is promoting this competition within the environmental field which provides an opportunity for you and/or your co-worker(s) to present your innovative ideas, devices or procedures to your fellow operators and workers that save time and money, is safe, and helps improve your tasks. All places receive one full year membership to KWEA.
Water For People Fundraising Auction
Around the world, 1.1 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water, and 2.6 billion are without adequate sanitation facilities. Every day, nearly 6,000 people who share our planet die from water-related illnesses, and the vast majority are children. Water For People helps people in developing countries improve their quality of life by supporting the development of locally sustainable drinking water resources, sanitation facilites, and health and hygiene education programs.
The KsAWWA & KWEA Water for People Committees will offer donation items for auction during the conference. One hundred percent of the funds will go directly to Water For People.
If you would like information on donating items for the auction or information about financial donations, please download our information sheet (PDF).