Had a experiance today that really left its mark on me! As some of you know my wife Connie is the Chairwoman for the Johnson County Friends of NRA program which works to raise money to help ensure that the shooting sports programs will continue. Each of the counties that have a Friends of NRA committee send 1 representative to a meeting to discuss and to distribute the money out in grants to needy programs.
This year the Indiana Friends of NRA distributed $204,000 dollars, thats right I said $204.000 dollars. We spent all day going over nearly 90 grant applications from groups such as 4H Shooting Sports programs, Boys Clubs, Scouts, and many more most of which will provide a shooting experiance for our youth! I can tell you that Johnson County 4H Shooting Sports received a grant for $3,000 dollars for the 2009 season! this money will ensure that our youth members will be able to continue to get outside every other saturday on the range and shoot to their hearts desire!
This program has supported our club every year since its beginning in 2000 except for 1,( our doings not the Friends of NRA) and if it was not for this money I believe we would have went belly up several years ago. We have nearly 90 youth members and it looks to keep growing and on range day we normally will go through 1200 rounds of 20 ga. and about 2500 to 3000 rounds of 22 ammo.And it does not cost the youth or their families a dime to be a member of our club!
So remember when your county is having their Friends of NRA banquet PLEASE get involved buy your ticket and attend. You never know we give away alot of really nice items including firearms, art work etc. and all the profits go into the bucket for these grants.
This year the Indiana Friends of NRA distributed $204,000 dollars, thats right I said $204.000 dollars. We spent all day going over nearly 90 grant applications from groups such as 4H Shooting Sports programs, Boys Clubs, Scouts, and many more most of which will provide a shooting experiance for our youth! I can tell you that Johnson County 4H Shooting Sports received a grant for $3,000 dollars for the 2009 season! this money will ensure that our youth members will be able to continue to get outside every other saturday on the range and shoot to their hearts desire!
This program has supported our club every year since its beginning in 2000 except for 1,( our doings not the Friends of NRA) and if it was not for this money I believe we would have went belly up several years ago. We have nearly 90 youth members and it looks to keep growing and on range day we normally will go through 1200 rounds of 20 ga. and about 2500 to 3000 rounds of 22 ammo.And it does not cost the youth or their families a dime to be a member of our club!
So remember when your county is having their Friends of NRA banquet PLEASE get involved buy your ticket and attend. You never know we give away alot of really nice items including firearms, art work etc. and all the profits go into the bucket for these grants.