Boy Scouts Announce Inaugural Southeastern Regional Benefit Skeet/Trap Shoot Tournament
“SKEET-R-DONE FOR SCOUTING” Event to Raise Funds to Build KNOX SCOUT RESERVATION near Augusta, Georgia is Sanctioned by NRA and NSSF. Funds raised for benefit tournament will go toward helping build the Knox Scout Reservation, a planned “state of the art” multipurpose camp to be located at Clarks Hill Lake. The total cost of construction for the camp is estimated at $1.5 million.
(PRWEB) June 26, 2005 -- S. Reggie Shannon, benefit chair for the fundraising
event known as “SKEET-R-DONE FOR SCOUTING,” today announced that the
Georgia-Carolina Council, Boy Scouts of America has set the date and the
location for the organization’s first-ever regional skeet/trap shoot
competition. “We’ll host this exciting tournament from 11:00 A.M. until 6:00
P.M. on Saturday, October 15th at Pinetucky Skeet and Trap Club,” reports Mr.
Shannon. “We expect at least 150 sportsmen and sportswomen from throughout the
Southeast to participate, and we will also invite 50 Boy Scouts to participate
for initiation into sporting clays and to help earn their shotgun merit badges.”
(www.gacacouncil.org)
Mr. Shannon explains that, in
addition to raising funds for the Knox Scout reservation, the event’s goals will
be to:
- Introduce area youths to the safe handling of firearms in a safe,
structured, and supervised environment
- Help instill the highest and best
principles of sportsmanship in our Boy Scouts
- Reinforce the values of
Scouting to spectators, adult participants, Scouts and Scouters
Funds
raised for benefit tournament will go toward helping build the Knox Scout
Reservation, a planned “state of the art” multipurpose camp to be located at
Clarks Hill Lake. The total cost of construction for the camp is estimated at
$1.5 million. The Knox Scout Reservation will be used primarily as a regional
camp for Boy Scouts, but will also be open to the general public year-round for
a nominal fee. The regional camp will be wheelchair-accessible and will feature
an NRA-approved rifle and shotgun range.
The “SKEET-R-DONE FOR SCOUTING”
skeet/trap shoot tournament is sanctioned by the NRA (National Rifle
Association) and the NSSF (National Shooting Sports Foundation). In addition to
tax-deductible donations, Mr. Shannon says that beverages, ammo, clays, or
auction items will be greatly appreciated. For more information about
SKEET-R-DONE FOR SCOUTING, contact Reggie Shannon by phone at (706) 855-7286, or
via e-mail: e-mail protected from spam bots.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/6/prweb255101.htm