SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN FRIENDS OF NRA
contact info@swmifnra.org
These are some photos from the 2009 Friends of NRA Banquet that was held on Friday, April 3, in Lawrence, Michigan. We had 250 people in attendance who were served an excellent prime rib dinner. Many prizes and firearms were awarded to lucky raffle winners and auction bidders.
Friends of NRA
Future Solutions Now
Take a peek here to see how this program is helping
Over the past 16 years, FNRA in
Volunteer committees
Volunteer committees all across the state are making a difference with the Friends program. They all believe in the commitment to preserve the Second Amendment and are working to help raise funds to keep like-minded organizations moving forward with training and competitions.
You too can help!!!
Money raised has helped fund projects all across the nation, such as the following:
1. 4-H Shooting Sports
2. Scouting Merit Badge programs
3. Eddie Eagle Gun Safety Programs
4. Refuse to Be a Victim
5. Range Improvement projects
6. Women’s Instructional Shoots
7. Instructor development
8. Youth Shooting Camps
9. Marksmanship Programs
11. Law Enforcement
12. Hunter Safety Programs
You can help by joining a committee to help your local area raise money. Working to ensure the future of freedom takes commitment. Send us your information using the contact us page of this site.
Please consider attending an event in your area, or joining a local FNRA committee to help support this great fundraising program!
Visit www.friendsofnra.org/mi
for more information.
To find a committee near you; to help start a committee; or to request a grant application and put this money to good work contact your Michigan NRA Field Representative.
Why you should support the Friends of NRA…
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| Since its inception, The NRA Foundation, Inc., has funded more than 15,000 grants totaling over $125 million, becoming America's leading charitable organization in support of the shooting sports. The NRA Foundation continues to expand its efforts to fund a variety of programs in communities across the nation. Through its support of local clubs, law enforcement agencies, youth organizations, hunting and conservation groups, teachers, school children and civic associations, the foundation reaches out to meet the needs of Americans everywhere.
State Fund Grants are awarded to eligible applicants for qualifying projects or activities that promote firearms and hunting safety; enhance the marksmanship skills of those participating in the shooting sports; educate the general public about firearms in their historic, technological, and artistic context; or contribute to the general well-being of the public at large. |
Primary Program Areas Funded  |
| Grant Dollars Awarded by State for Fiscal Year 2007
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The Friends of NRA program has been operating nationwide Since 1992. during the past 15 years, over $2,140,000 HAS been SPENT IN the state of Michigan
where has it gone?
2007
B. & B. S. Gun Club 2,500
Bend of the River Cons. Club 2,600
Bentley HS Scholastic Skeet Team 2,500
Branch Hillsdale Junior Shooters 1,400
Caseville Rod & Gun Club 1,000
Charlevoix Rod & Gun Club 4,776
Chippewa Co. Shooting Assoc. 6,660
Dundee Sportsman’s Club 7,000
Durand Sportsman’s Club 2,704
Genesee Sportsman’s Club 3,000
G. R. Ford Council Boy Scouts 5,000
Goodrich HS Skeet Team 1,000
Hunt of a Lifetime 5,000
Huron Point Sportsmen Assoc. 2,000
Iosco Sportsmen’s Club 2,000
Isabella Co. Sportsman’s Club 4,725
Lenawee Co. Conservation League 2,000
Lost
Maybee Muskrats 4H Club 2,785
Michigan State University 2,000
Monroe Co. Rod & Gun Club 2,500
Monroe Co. 4H Sharp Shooters 1,000
North Macomb Sportsmen’s Club 12,500
Richmond Sportsman’s Club 2,000
River Raisin Sportsmen’s Club 2,300
Riverside Shooting Club 4,050
Scenic Trails Council BSA 1,000
Watervilet Rod and Gun Club 4,866
Women’s Outdoor Sports Assoc. 2,790
Total: $133,445
2008
Bend of the River Conservation Clb. 6,350
Berrien Springs Police Dept. 2,650
Birmingham Gun Club 2,500
Blue Water Sportsman’s Club 1,500
Boy Scouts of America/Agawam 1,000
Boy Scouts of
Chain O’ Lakes-SCTP 2,500
Charlevoix Rod & Gun Club 4,500
Cheboygan Sportsmen’s Club 1,500
Chief Okemos Sportsmen’s Club 4,000
City of
Dundee Sportsman’s Club 6,000
Eddie Eagle Program-Michigan 5,000
Genesee Sportsman’s Club 1,000
Hare Raisers – 4H Club 1,500
Hunt of a Lifetime 2,500
Huron Point Sportsmen Assoc. 2,500
Ingram 4-H Sharpshooters 2,000
Kalkaska Police Dept. 2,650
Manistee Clan Muzzle loading Club 2,500
North Macomb Sportsmen’s Club 7,520
NRA State Program’s 14,620
Paw Paw Conservation Club 2,000
Richmond Sportsman’s Club 2,000
Riverside Shooting Club 2,100
Tri-County Sportsmen League 1,500
Walled
Watervilet Rod and Gun Club 3,495
Wheelin Team for the Disabled 2,000
Women’s Outdoor Sports Assoc. 2,000
Total: $112,253
The Friends of NRA operates under the NRA Foundation, a non-profit arm of the National Rifle Assoc. The Foundation has no employees to absorb net profits! The NRA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible charitable organization.
All net money raised goes directly back to deserving organizations. The funds are divided equally between the state where they are generated, and a national level account.
