Shooting Sports Grant Program

[OldGreyEagle 5]

check http://www.scouting.org/nav/enter.jsp?s=xx&c=ds&terms=bsa+shooting+sports

 

taken from the site:

 

The National Shooting Sports Foundation is sponsoring

a special grant program for BSA local councils.

Grants are available for a variety of purposes, but innovative

programs that will attract new members and entice

current members to continue on the Scouting trail

are most desirable. Projects to improve camp shooting

ranges and upgrade equipment also meet the criteria for

consideration. The minimum award is $2,500, and the

maximum award is $10,000.

 

I just found out about this today, 10/31/07, which is of course the final day to turn in an application. Has anyone ever heard of this prgoram? Is this an on-going thing? Will it be available next year? Anyone? Anyone?

[scottteng 11]

Yes these grants are available from various sources on yearly basis. It is how most councils fund their shooting sports programs along with earmarked contributions and fund raisers. The politics of guns make most shooting sports programs the red headed step child in most councils budgets. They expect only profits and don't want to invest in equipment. Fortunately there are programs like this one along with special incentives from the Gun manufacturers for scout programs. If an individual or troop wants to help shooting sports ask the shooting sports directors what could be done to help. Some camps have sponsored firearms where a troop buys a gun for the camp.

[infoscouter 11]

Our local Bowhunters Association did something similar, and contributed a nice check.

 

http://www.ssnscbsa.org/news_2.html'>http://www.ssnscbsa.org/news_2.html

 

We upgraded the bows at several camps to the Genesis bows http://www.genesisbow.com/ (some of them the junior size) for 5 of our camps.

 

We have a standing Shooting Sports committee that is a sub committee of the Activities Committee. One of its functions is to pursue funding like this.

 

http://www.ssnscbsa.org

 

 

[scottteng 11]

We had our annual Turkey Shoot today. Fundraiser for shooting sports at SHSR. Could not have asked for better weather nice and cool with very little wind until afternoon and an exciting finish a shootoff between a veteran sheriff's deputy and a 17 year old 4H er for the individual skeet trophy.