By KATHY PAULSEN

Staff Writer

Now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of the party. 

The annual Wild Game Feed has been held on the first Saturday of December for 30 years. It is an event that helps jumpstart the holiday of giving while enjoying the festivities of the season.

For 30 years the guys have had a large tent set up in the Geneva Bar & Grill parking lot to accommodate the large crowd that turns out for this yearly event.  

The temperatures are supposed to be back up in the 30s by the weekend but even if it isn't, the heated tent will keep one warm. It really gets heated up at 10 a.m. when people line up to try the variety of wild game that has been donated and prepared. 

Attendees enjoy plates full of such delicacies as venison, moose, elk, beaver, rabbit, wild boar, raccoon, marsh bunnies (muskrat), wild turkey, goose, duck, pheasant, quail, guinea hens, bob whites, coot or mud hens, alligator, fish, including lake trout, dove, prairie chickens and sandhill crane fixed in various ways. 

Those good old boys have been cooking up a storm for 30 years now, and along with all those great meat choices the local chefs also plan to have scalloped potatoes, mashed potatoes, dressing, assorted salads, and dinner rolls served along with Hope butter, starting at 11 on Saturday morning.

All of these great food choices will be available to enjoy for a free donation. All monies received will be donated to the Eagles Cancer Telethon, which is then used for research at the University of Minnesota, Mayo Clinic and the Hormel Institute.

There will also be a gun raffle beginning at 10 a.m. Those attending will try their luck in hopes of winning one of the over 70 guns to be raffled over the course of the day. The Wild Game workers will be selling chances on all the different items available. These "gophers" are a very important part of the success of this event and are pleased to help make it a huge success.

The Wild Game Feed also serves as a "kickoff" for the annual Geneva Cancer Auction at the Geneva Bar & Grill in January. The 2015 Geneva Cancer Auction begins the weekend of January 9th-10th and will resume the weekend of January 16th-17th. This event, which will mark its 31st year in Geneva in 2015, provides the opportunity to buy auction items and/or purchase raffle tickets for a number of prizes. The Grand prize of the night is a 48” Samsung Smart-LED TV with Blu-Ray player and includes cash prizes:  first, $500; second, $400; third, $300; fourth, $200; and fifth prize, $100.

Geneva is the place to be this Saturday, December 6th to enjoy a great meal of wild game, participate in a record-breaking gun raffle, and see friends, neighbors and relatives while helping raise funds to find a cure for cancer.