Rifle Club thanks NRA Foundation

To the Editor:

The Kootenai Valley Jr. Rifle Club thanks the NRA Foundation Friends of NRA for a grant. The club received a grant for $1,800 to be used for new junior shooting equipement. They also want to thank the Idaho Panhandle FNRA Committee for hosting the banquet in our community.

Friends of NRA is a grassroots, community-minded program supported by gun owners, sportsmen and NRA friends that conducts banquets and other fundraising events to generate income for The NRA foundation. Last year, the Friends of NRA awarded more than 3,800 grants nationally, with $102,425 in funds supporting charitable programs in Idaho. Local events have occurred in many communities, including Boise, Coeur d'Alene, Pocatello, Sandpoint, Lewiston, Idaho Falls, Moscow, Bonners Ferry and more!

The NRA Foundation supports a broad range of programs and services the benefit local communities from providing shooting range access for physically - disabled shooters to firearms safety, education and leadership programs for America's youth. Some of the programs include the Eddie Eagle Gun Safety Program which teaches elementary school children gun safety; the Environment, Conservation and Hunting Outreach ( ECHO) program that promotes the wise use of natural resources and hunter safety and ethics; and the Refuse To Be A Victim program instructing women in how to live safer, more secure lives, among many others. The NRA Foundation is a nonprofit arm of the National Rifle Association and is dedicated to promoting and funding firearms safety, education and training programs nationally. For more information, contact Tom Ulik, NRA Field Representative at (509) 465-9651.

Tom Daniel