State and National Youth Shooting Sports Leaders Gather in Milwaukee

Milwaukee, WI - Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) hosted its second annual Advisor Academy September 24-25, 2016, in America’s Dairy Land.  Thirty-seven key leaders from 15 states attended the two-day meeting focused on developing state and local level leadership, sharing best practices, and providing “grass roots” input to the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and the Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP). “State Advisors are the key contacts with our volunteer coaches across the country,” said Ben Berka, president and executive director of the SSSF.  “Advisor Academy is a perennial opportunity for our state and national leaders to gather in order to evaluate our progress and continue setting our course to put more youth into organized and safe shooting sports programs across the country.” In addition to SSSF, SCTP and SASP national staff and state leaders, Advisor Academy featured guest presentations from the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the MidwayUSA Foundation.