The Moose Jaw Burrowing Owl Center is hosting their annual fundraiser November 7th. 

This will be the fifteenth year for the event, which will feature an evening of food and entertainment.

"Our entertainer this year will be William James," says Burrowing Owl Coordinator Lori Johnson. "He does an interactive game show and hypnotist show, so we're really looking forward to that. Then there will be various activities like a penny parade, silent auction, and we always do a meet and greet with our owls."

Johnson says the proceeds from the event will help cover expenses at the Center, especially food for the owls.

"These little guys eat a lot, and you wouldn't really think about it when you look at their small stature but they have big appetites for little birds. It costs nearly $400 a year to feed a single owl and we have eleven, that's probably our biggest expense right there."

With ten burrowing owls and one short-eared owl currently calling the center home she hopes the community will understand why this night is important to the Burrowing Owl Center.

Johnson would like to see the Burrowing Owls get off the endangered species list but says "it's going to take a lot of hard work and dedication between a lot of organizations and groups but hopefully it can be done. It's been done in the past with whooping cranes and peregrine falcons we hope that the burrowing owls can follow suit."

The fundraiser will take place at Moose Jaw's Exhibition Convention Center with doors opening at 5:30pm and supper beginning at 6:30pm.

Tickets are $40 each or $300 for a table of eight people and tickets can be purchased through the Exhibition Center by November 2. For more details on the event and the Burrowing Owl Interpretive Centre, click here.