Dorchester Ducks Unlimited

10/08/2026

In case you didn’t get your dinner letter, here’s the info.

09/29/2026

There is a new sponsor program that you will automatically be entered into the drawing if you are a sponsor. If you are a major sponsor paying off your pledge, you will also be entered into this drawing. Basically any membership level at Bronze Sponsor and above gets you in the drawing for a $1000 gift certificate to Molly’s Sporting Goods that will be drawn every September just like the State Gum Raffle. The Maryland chapter with the most sponsors receives their gun order for the next dinner totally free.

09/27/2026

At today’s Maryland Ducks Unlimited meeting and crab feast, we were awarded the President’s Elite Status. This is awarded to chapters whose income from events and memberships exceeds $100,000 in a cleaner year. It’s the people who support our chapter that give us this distinction. Thank you. Pictured left to right A.C.Alrey, Terry Robbins, Josh Voelker (Regional Director DU) and Mark Robbins.

09/27/2026

This is why we are not able to sponsor any cash bashes or gun bashes. We would if we could, but we have a lot of people above our pay grade who say NO!

09/03/2026

Dorchester DU is saddened to hear of Bobby's passing. Bobby was one of our founding fathers. Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers. Tap on the picture for obituary or visit Thomas Funeral Home.

View Robert H. Richardson's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

03/01/2026

There were 600 chairs set up yesterday for Chip's memorial service and there were another 100+ people standing in the back. A great tribute to a special man. He was an ambassador for DU. He was an employee, volunteer and major donor.

Little did I know when I attended the Easton Waterfowl Festival last November that it would be the last time I saw my friend, Chip Heaps. I had the honor of presenting Chip and Patty with their Benefactors Roll of Honor plaque at one of our President's Council events. Also in the picture are Jake McPhearson, Managing Director of Region 6, and Chad Manlove, National Director of Development.

Chip was an awesome employee; he worked as a Regional Director and then as a Director of Development for a total of over 30 years with Ducks Unlimited. Upon retirement, Chip was still working for the ducks, but as a volunteer this time.

Thank you for your dedication to the mission, your commitment to your work, and for being a friend to so many. I'm blessed to have known you and will always hold a special place for you in my DU memories. God Bless, Patty and your family. Chip has truly left this conservation world a better place than when he found it.

02/19/2026

https://www.mccomasfuneralhome.com/obituaries/charles-heaps

View Charles "Chip" Heaps's obituary, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

02/15/2026

Sad news. Chip Heaps one of our former Regional Directors and long time employee and volunteer with Ducks Unlimited was killed last night when his house exploded in Chestertown. Keep his wife Patty and his family in your thoughts and prayers. Patty, Lindsay and Lindsay's family were able to crawl out of the rubble at the other end of the house.

A house explosion in Maryland's Mid-Eastern Shore left one person dead, with five others escaping. Investigators suspect a gas-related cause.