The MidwayUSA Foundation is excited to kick off a new Online Recurring Gift Incentive. This Online Recurring Gift Incentive will give your team the chance to win $10,000! That. Is. Huge. The incentive will run from May 1 through August 31 and the three shooting teams with the most online recurring gift dollars in that time period will each win $10,000 in endowment funds. Think about it...that means $500 in additional grant funds EVERY YEAR for the life of your team. On top of rewarding top teams with $10,000, MidwayUSA wants to give ALL participating teams a 10 pack of Browning Knife Sets as soon as it has captured the first online recurring gift for your shooting team. These awesome knife sets could help you encourage additional honors to give to your team. Donors must commit to at least $25 per month for one year to qualify. Check the fine print in case you have questions. The short story...
Ask your donors to give a recurring gift of $25 per month for a year through the secure website. It's one transaction and MidwayUSA does the rest.
100% of the donation goes to YOUR team and is tax deductible
Every donation is matched 2:1, every month throughout 2017!
Win $10,000 if you have the most recurring gift dollars!
Still not sure? Watch this video of the Program Managers introducing the new incentive AND if you still have questions, please contact MidwayUSA. Get started by visitingmidwayusafoundation.org/commit. Good luck and go get 'em!
Dylan Richman Fox 6 News in Milwaukee has featured SASP athlete Dylan Richman as its High School Hot Shot athlete of the week. Richman is a senior at Arrowhead High School and is on the All-American Scholastic Shooting Team. He's competed for four years. In the first two years he finished first. In the next year he finished second and this past year he finished in third. He began shooting competitively to spend time with his dad and have fun. He plans to study aerospace engineering or mechanical engineering in college. To see the clip, click here.
Tammy Mowry Tammy Mowry, Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) national director, will be stepping down from her position with the SASP effective May 5th, 2017. Mowry has served as SASP National Program Director since November 2015 and prior to that had served as SASP program manager since the program started in 2012. Prior to joining SSSF, Mowry worked as sponsor coordinator with the Steel Challenge Shooting Association and held several leadership positions with the National Wild Turkey Federation. “I would like to thank Tammy for all her contributions to the SASP,” Ben Berka, Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation executive director, said. “Tammy has been a key part of the SASP since the program’s inception five years ago and has provided steady leadership in growing teams, increasing program sponsorship and improving program fundraising efforts. Please join me in wishing Tammy well in her next chapter in life, which includes enjoying more family time and her two grandbabies!” Rick Leach, SASP director of development, will serve as interim national director until a candidate search and new director selection is completed. Anyone interested in the director position can view the full job description and application instructions online.
The Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) welcomes USCCA to the SASP family of Platinum sponsors. This is an exciting sponsorship for SASP. "We couldn't be more excited to be sponsoring the Scholastic Action Shooting Program this year," Tim Schmidt, president and founder of the USCCA, said. "The SASP is an incredible organization, doing so much to teach responsible gun ownership and life lessons to today's youth. It's a huge honor to work closely with this organization and to witness the true positive impact it has on our culture and our future." Tammy Mowry, national director of the SASP, said, "USCCA is a natural fit for our SASP families. SASP is all about introducing youth to the shooting sports. We provide and promote opportunities for youth to safely and enjoyably participate and compete in a high-quality, team-based sport that is led by trained adults who are focused on enhancing the personal growth and development of their athletes."
Registration is open to all SCTP registered teams for the 2017 Regional Shoot to be held at the World Shooting Recreation Complex in Sparta, Illinois, May 20-21, 2017. Classifications include varsity, junior varsity and intermediate. Funding will be awarded to MidwayUSA Foundation Team Endowment accounts. Two Tristar Setter o/u shotguns will be given away! Saturday – All 200 Trap will be shot / Awards to follow - Skeet and Sporting Clays Open Sunday – Skeet and Sporting Clays / Awards to follow Register through the SHOT System. For more info, click here. Contact Amanda Wondrash at awondrash@sssfonline.com with any questions.
July will be here before we know it and we’ll all be traveling to Ohio for the National Championships being held at the Cardinal Center in Marengo. We are looking for help with getting Safety Officers for the match. The National Championships will take place July 8-15 and we will have two flights of shooters going out each day except for July 16, where we will have just one flight of shooters going out since that is the last day. If you’re a coach of one of our SASP teams or have been a Safety Officer (SO) or Range Officer (RO) for our matches or IDPA or USPSA matches, and would like to help us out by donating half day or more for the athletes, please contact Rick Leach (rleach@sssfonline.com) or Tammy Mowry (tmowry@sssfonline.com). We would greatly appreciate your help.
Register now for the 2017 SCTP Regional Tournament to be held at the MTA home grounds in Mason, Michigan, on Saturday, June 3, 2017. The event is open to all registered SCPT teams. The cost is $75 per athlete. $15,000 in MidwayUSA Foundation Team Endowment account funding available! Teams can register through the SHOT system until May 31, 2017. For additional information, click here. Contact Amanda at awondrash@sssfonline.com with any questions.
The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) is pleased to announce continued support from Federal Premium for the SSSF’s Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP). Federal Premium is a Bronze and Silver level sponsor for the SCTP and SASP respectively. “We thank Federal Premium for recognizing the importance of youth shooting programs and renewing its partnership with the SASP,” Tammy Mowry, SASP national director, said. “Federal Premium’s rimfire and centerfire ammunition are huge assets to our athletes during competitions.” Organizations like the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation that have great established programs such as SASP and SCTP are truly helping to move the needle with recruitment and retention of new shooting enthusiasts,” Jon Zinnel, education and conservation outreach for Vista Outdoor/Federal Premium Ammunition, said. “Federal Premium has been a longtime supporter of many youth shooting sports programs. We are proud to be stepping up as sponsors for both SASP and SCTP again this year and look forward to seeing their successes and growth.” Tom Wondrash, SCTP national director, said, “We are thrilled to have Federal Premium return as a SCTP sponsor. We've enjoyed our relationship with them over the past year and look forward to watching that relationship bloom further.” Federal Premium is a brand of Vista Outdoor Inc., a leading global designer, manufacturer and marketer of consumer products in the growing outdoor sports and recreation markets. Federal has an unparalleled commitment to conservation and safety in the industry. For more information go to www.federalpremium.com.
The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation is proud to announce the 2017 SCTP and SASP Scholarship Program. The scholarship program rewards deserving Scholastic Clay Target Program and Scholastic Action Shooting Program graduating seniors with needed college assistance. Through this program the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation has provided over $200,000 in scholarship funds in the last four years to assist high school seniors in pursuing higher education. The main objective is to award as many scholarships as possible to qualifying SCTP / SASP graduating seniors. The application deadline is April 17th so, apply now using our online application form at sssfonline.org! SSSF is establishing minimal guidelines for the selection procedure, thus allowing the final selection to be as simple as possible. General Procedures:
Each applicant must be a graduating senior within the year of the awarded scholarship and must be registered for college before the scholarship is awarded in that same year.
Applicant must have a minimum 3.0 cumulative Grade Point Average through the most recent grading period ending on or before April 1, 2017.
Each prospective recipient must be registered as a full-time college student before the scholarship is awarded and must provide the name of the post-secondary college or community/ junior college to receive the scholarship proceeds. Each scholarship check will be mailed to the appropriate college in the student's name by October 1, The scholarship funds are to be used for tuition, fees, etc. This is a one-time, non-renewable scholarship.
Applicants may not be in receipt of any "full" scholarship funds in order to qualify (i.e., athletics, military academy, academic, etc. ).
Applicants must have participated during 2016-2017 in one of their SCTP / SASP State Championships, National Championships, or regional events in Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays, or Olympic Bunker; Olympic Skeet Championships, Pistol or Rifle.
Applicants must be able to complete all parts of the application packet:
Application / Personal Information Page:
One Page Student Resume or School and Non-School Activities and Honors
One Page Essay (see Essay Guidelines)
Must attach current high school transcript or home school transcript!
Funds will be awarded, if available, and the goal is to assist as many SCTP / SASP graduating high school seniors as possible. Click here for the application.
Now that SASP is almost five years old, we have athletes who have graduated from high school and maybe even college, and we’d like to spotlight some of them in upcoming issues of Range Time. Can you take a few minutes and think about your past SASP athletes and reach out to them to get their stories of what they’re doing post-SASP? We have athletes who have gone into the military, law enforcement, medicine, etc., and we’d like to let our readers know how great our athletes are even after leaving SASP.
The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to providing shooting-sports education and opportunities to school-age youths around the United States to encourage young athlete personal growth and development. Tax-ID number 20-8484121.