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Gene Overstreet and Phil Murray join the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation Board of Directors

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12th SGT Major of the United States Marine Corps, Gene Overstreet and White Flyer National Sales Manager Phil Murray have recently  joined the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) Board of Directors.

“We are pleased to have SGT Major Overstreet and Phil Murray on the SSSF Board of Directors” stated SSSF Board Chair Louise Terry. “Both bring an industry and personal perspective to the importance of continued growth and development of responsible youth shooting sports across the country”.

SGT Major Overstreet spent 29 years in the United States Marine Corps, his last four years from 1991-1995 as the 12th SGT Major of the Marine Corps. Since retirement, SGT, Major Overstreet has served on several military and civilian boards.

Phil Murray is currently the National Sales Manager of White Flyer Targets, Inc, the nation’s largest manufacturer of clay targets. Phil currently is also a member of the Kid & Clays Board of Directors.

Ben Berka, SSSF President and Executive Director added, “both SGT Major Overstreet and Phil Murray are currently involved in the growth of youth shooting sports. They have experienced first hand the responsible, high quality life skills youth shooting competitors learn and utilize throughout their entire lives”.

Murray Photo Credit J. Michael Whitacre via Facebook

2018 Vision 20/20 Final Results

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A big thanks goes out to all of the teams and donors who participated in the 2018 Vision 20/20 campaign! With your help we have raised $259,588!!

Total impact for the campaign amounts to almost $130,000 in cash grants going to Scholastic Clay Target and Scholastic Action Shooting Program teams along with over $350,000 in MidwayUSA Foundation team endowment account benefit!

Congratulations to the teams that worked hard to compete in our team endowment bonus fund competitions. There were two team competitions with $30,000 each in MidwayUSA Foundation team endowment funding up for grabs as follows:

  1. Teams with the most dollars raised.
  2. Teams with the most unique donors making donations via the SSSF website or print and mail form.
Top team in each category receives $10,000, 2nd gets $8,000, 3rd gets $5,000, 4th gets, $3,000, 5th gets $2,500 and 6th receives $1,500.

Here are the final team standings for each competition:

Most Dollars Raised

Team NameStateTeam IDTotal Donations
Buckeye Chippewa Trapshooting ClubOhio614$54,321.00
Rio Salado Target TerminatorsArizona1070$31,843.00
Ankeny Centennial Jaguars Trap TeamIowa54$22,500.00
Waterford Wolverine Shooting TeamWisconsin1254$22,305.00
Ballard Clay BombersIowa172$16,505.00
North Scott Trap TeamIowa119$16,104.00

Most Unique Donors

Team NameStateTeam IDUnique Donors
Waterford Wolverine Shooting TeamWisconsin1254142
Central Arizona Target ShootersArizona64688
Rio Salado Target TerminatorsArizona107087
Ballard Clay BombersIowa17277
Williams County Target BustersOhio127660
Ankeny Centennial Jaguars Trap TeamIowa5455
Thanks again to all of the teams who participated and to the generous donors who supported them! If you did not participate in 2018, make plans to participate in the 2019 campaign starting in October.

Deadline Approaching for Colonel D.D. Behrens Athlete Endowment Grant Applications

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2019 Athlete Endowment Deadline – January 31, 2019

In 2005 the Athlete Endowment Fund was established by Colonel D.D. Behrens with the intention of awarding grants to shooting sport athletes to help offset the cost of competitions, equipment, ammunition, travel and training in hopes of maintaining USA Shooting’s competitive excellence well into the future. The goal of the endowment is to build a strong foundation of USA Shooting athletes by assisting with development of their shooting skills needed to become high-level competitors and Olympians.

Learn more and view applications materials at the USA Shooting website…

SSSF Donates Nearly $500,000 to MidwayUSA Foundation Team Endowment Accounts

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The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) recently donated $480,281 to Team Endowment Accounts at the MidwayUSA Foundation. Teams earned funds by raising money through the SSSF’s Vision 20/20 fundraising campaign, SCTP and SASP national fundraisers and by placing in SCTP/SASP national events. These donations have benefited 97 teams participating in the Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) and Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) across 25 different states.

Since 2014 the SSSF has donated over $6.5 million to benefit 642 SCTP and SASP team endowment accounts across 45 states at the MidwayUSA Foundation.

The SSSF provides SCTP and SASP member-teams the opportunity to earn MidwayUSA Foundation Team Endowment Account funds by participating in SCTP and SASP fundraising activities benefiting local shooting sports communities and through placements in SSSF-sponsored competitions . Please contact the SSSF for more information on how your shooting team can earn team endowment funding for their account at the MidwayUSA Foundation.

The Team Endowment Program at the MidwayUSA Foundation gives a community the ability to financially support a competitive youth shooting sports program or financially assist in the start-up of a new youth shooting sports program. The team can then request a grant of up to 5% of their endowment account balance once each year, in either December or June, to pay for team expenses. For more information about how the MidwayUSA Foundation is changing the future of youth shooting sports, please visit midwayusafoundation.org or call 1-877-375-4570.

Three weeks left for Vision 20/20! Team competitions close!

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With just three weeks to go, the 2018 SSSF Vision 20/20 campaign team competitions for $60,000 in BONUS MidwayUSA Foundation team endowment funding continue to be close. Tax-deductible donations in any amount can help determine which teams receive bonus funding so donate to your favorite team today and tell others to do the same!

There are two team competitions that continue through 12/31/18 with $30,000 each in MidwayUSA Foundation team endowment funding up for grabs as follows:

  1. Teams with the most dollars raised.
  2. Teams with the most unique donors making donations via the SSSF website or print and mail form.

Here are the current team standings for each competition:

Most Dollars Raised

Team NameStateSSSF Team IDTotal Donations
Buckeye Chippewa Trapshooting ClubOhio614$54,321.00
Rio Salado Target TerminatorsArizona1070$31,370.00
Ankeny Centennial Jaguars Trap TeamIowa54$20,530.00
Waterford Wolverine Shooting TeamWisconsin1254$20,325.00
Ballard Clay BombersIowa172$13,485.00
Williams County Target BustersOhio1276$11,660.00

Most Unique Donors

Team NameStateSSSF Team IDUnique Donors
Rio Salado Target TerminatorsArizona107033
North Scott Trap TeamIowa11924
Williams County Target BustersOhio127620
Ballard Clay BombersIowa17217
Ankeny Centennial Jaguars Trap TeamIowa5411
Manitowoc Gun Club BirdbustersWisconsin92511

The 2018 SSSF Vision 20/20 campaign fundraising goal has been exceeded with over $230,000 raised! While SSSF match funding has been exhausted, there is still $60,000 up for grabs in BONUS MidwayUSA Foundation team endowment funding for team donations received before January 1st! Every donation counts!


Visit our Vision 20/20 page for more information, to learn how to make a tax-deductible donation to your favorite team or how to get your team started in the campaign!

Help us identify and promote the fact that SASP is so much more than shooting!

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We need your help!

We are frequently asked by individuals, small and large companies, non-profit organizations, local, state and national government representatives, and many others what the Scholastic Action Shooting Program is all about. The easy answer is that it is about competitive action shooting in a team environment that promotes collaboration, teamwork, and the development of shooting skills in pistol and rifle shooting. The lesser given, but equally important or more significant answer is that our program promotes friendship, respect for others, advanced listening skills, increased focus, analytical skills development and many, many more non-shooting related life skills. We know this experience is different for every youth competitor and their family.

We would like our Athletes, Coaches, Parents and Adult Volunteers to take a few minutes and really think about how you/your child’s or children’s participation in SASP has positively affected their lives outside of the shooting range. Have they:

Become a better student?

Become more responsible?

Made better life decisions?

Become a better friend/brother/sister/member of your family?

Started noticing the world around them?

Donated their time to charitable activities?

These are only a few examples of the changes we have heard from our coaches, parents, and competitors. We want to know what has changed in your child/children.

THIS IS WORTH TAKING THE TIME TO REALLY THINK AND SHARE YOUR STORY WITH US! THE TOP THREE SUBMISSIONS WILL WIN SOME SPECIAL PRIZES.

Here is what you must do:

Prepare a typed 300-400-word story addressed to SASP program management explaining in detail how you/your child/athlete has grown as an individual since joining SASP other than their shooting skills. Be sure to include what changed, why it changed, it’s impact to them and your family, and how that change will positively impact their life in the future. Also include at least five high resolution pictures of the athlete competing at an SASP event, practice or with other SASP athletes.

Download complete information for athletes here…

Download complete information for coaches, parents and adult volunteers here…

Submit these before 5:00 PM on January 31st, 2019 by email to rleach@sssfonline.com .

All submissions will be reviewed by the SASP Staff and a review committee. The top three stories with the most significant and clearly explained personal impacts will win one of the following prizes including guns from GLOCK, Taurus, and Mossberg plus Walker hearing protection!

First prize is guaranteed to be given away in each category, adult or athlete.  If 20 or more entries are received, the second-place prize will be awarded, and if 30 or more entries are received, all three prizes will be awarded.

So, start thinking first. Make notes of your key thoughts on this topic and then sit down and do your best to tell us how you feel the SASP program has and is changing you /your child’s/athlete’s life. I cannot wait to start reading and sharing these stories!

Respectfully,

Rick Leach
National Director, SASP

Get the Last SSSF Match Funding through Vision 20/20

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The 2018 SSSF Vision 20/20 campaign fundraising goal is in sight! Get in on the last of the SSSF provided match funding while it lasts and support your team cash needs now and in the future!

SSSF match funding will be available until we meet our $175,000 fundraising goal and the team competitions for $60,000 of additional, bonus MidwayUSA Foundation team endowment funding continue through December 31!

  1. Teams with the most dollars raised.
  2. Teams with the most unique donors making donations via the SSSF website or print and mail form.

Current standings for each competition are as follows:

Most Dollars Raised

Team NameStateSSSF Team IDTotal Donations
Buckeye Chippewa Trapshooting ClubOhio614$54,321.00
Rio Salado Target TerminatorsArizona1070$30,385.00
Ballard Clay BombersIowa172$12,800.00
North Scott Trap TeamIowa119$10,545.00
Williams County Target BustersOhio1276$10,010.00
Gateway ClaybustersMissouri789$10,000.00
Union Grove Broncos Shooting ClubWisconsin1216$10,000.00

Most Unique Donors

Team NameStateSSSF Team IDNumber of Donors
Rio Salado Target TerminatorsArizona107020
North Scott Trap TeamIowa11910
Manitowoc Gun Club BirdbustersWisconsin9259
Rhinelander High School Trap TeamWisconsin21666
Ankeny Centennial Jaguars Trap TeamIowa546
University of Arizona WildGatsArizona16924
Ballard Clay BombersIowa1724


Visit our Vision 20/20 page to learn how to make a tax-deductible donation to your favorite team or how to get your team started in the campaign!

Support Your Local Shooting Team on Giving Tuesday!

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Support your local shooting team on #GivingTuesday by making a tax-deductible donation to the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation’s Vision 20/20 campaign! Your donation on #GivingTuesday will support the immediate, cash needs of your favorite team AND will grow the team’s endowment account at the MidwayUSA Foundation! Teams also have the chance to earn up to $20,000 in BONUS team endowment funding based on the number of donors and the total amount of donations received before year end. Every donation counts!

All donations support your favorite team and all donors contributing $100 or more will receive this Browning 2-knife set

Lookup your favorite team here and make a tax-deductible donation on #GivingTuesday!

About #GivingTuesday
The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) has joined #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organizations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide. Occurring this year on November 27, #GivingTuesday is held annually on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday to kick-off the holiday giving season and inspire people to collaborate in improving their local communities and to give back in impactful ways to the charities and causes they support.

Vision 20/20 Reaches Halfway Point

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The 2018 SSSF Vision 20/20 campaign is approaching the halfway point and many teams are taking advantage of this great opportunity to provide immediate cash needs for next season and future support via MidwayUSA Foundation team endowment account growth! The campaign runs through December 31, 2018.

SSSF match funding will be available until we meet our $175,000 fundraising goal and teams are competing for $60,000 of additional, bonus team endowment funding through two competitions:

  1. Teams with the most dollars raised.
  2. Teams with the most unique donors making donations via the SSSF website or print and mail form.

Current standings for each competition are as follows:

Most Dollars Raised

Team NameStateSSSF Team IDTotal Donations
Rio Salado Target TerminatorsArizona1070$30,270.00
Ballard Clay BombersIowa172$12,500.00
Williams County Target BustersOhio1276$10,010.00
Gateway ClaybustersMissouri789$10,000.00
Union Grove Broncos Shooting ClubWisconsin1216$10,000.00
Rhinelander High School Trap TeamWisconsin2166$6,050.00

Most Unique Donors

Team NameStateSSSF Team IDNumber of Donors
North Scott Trap TeamIowa1196
Rhinelander High School Trap TeamWisconsin21665
Rio Salado Target TerminatorsArizona10703
Manitowoc Gun Club BirdbustersWisconsin9252
University of Arizona WildGatsArizona16922
Williams County Target BustersOhio12762

Visit our Vision 20/20 page to learn how to make a tax-deductible donation to your favorite team or how to get your team started in the campaign!

2018 SASP Ohio Regional Results

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The 2018 Ohio Regional was a great event.  Although it got a little chilly and was rainy we had great turnout and athletes got an opportunity to compete at the Cardinal Center on the same bays we use at Nationals.  We had 85 athletes and 230 entries.  13 teams from 5 states with 4 college teams competing.

Congratulations to the Junior Spartans, Pistol Prodigies, Ohio Steel Stingers, The Ross County Steel Ringers, Lake Country Action Shooters, Ozaukee Scholastic Shooting Sports, Michigan state University, Hillsdale College Action Shooting Sports, Concordia University Wisconsin, and Bethel University for all bringing home the gold with first place finishes.  Congratulations to all the athletes, Safety Officers and teams that braved the cold and rain to compete.

2018 SASP OHIO FALL REGIONAL RESULTS

Intermediate Rimfire pistol

  1. Junior Spartans
  2. Pistol Prodigies
  3. Ohio Steel Stingers

Intermediate Optics Rifle

  1. Pistol Prodigies

Intermediate Iron Rifle

  1. Ohio Steel Stingers
  2. Pistol Prodigies

Senior Rimfire Pistol

  1. The Ross County Steel Ringers
  2. Ohio Steel Stingers

Senior Centerfire Pistol

  1. Lake Country Action Shooters
  2. Ozaukee Scholastic Shooting Sports

Senior 1911

  1. Lake Country Action Shooters
  2. Ozaukee Scholastics shooting Sports

Senior Optics Rifle

  1. Lake Country Action Shooters
  2. Ozaukee Scholastics shooting Sports
  3. The Ross County Steel Ringers

Senior Iron Rifle

  1. Ozaukee Scholastic Shooting Sports
  2. Ohio Steel Stingers
  3. The Ross County Steel Ringers

Senior Optics Rifle

  1. Lake Country Action Shooters
  2. Ozaukee Scholastics Shooting Sports
  3. The Ross County Steel Ringers

Non-Collegiate Open Optics Rifle

  1. Ohio Steel Stingers

Non-Collegiate Open PCC

  1. Ohio Steel Stingers

Collegiate Rimfire Pistol

  1. Michigan State University 1
  2. Michigan State University 2

Collegiate Centerfire Pistol

  1. Hillsdale College Action Shooting Sports
  2. Concordia University Wisconsin

Collegiate 1911

  1. Hillsdale College Action Shooting Sports

Collegiate Optics Rifle

  1. Hillsdale College Action Shooting Sports
  2. Concordia University Wisconsin

Collegiate Iron Rifle

  1. Concordia University Wisconsin
  2. Hillsdale College Action Shooting Sports

Collegiate PCC

  1. Concordia University Wisconsin

Collegiate Open Rimfire Pistol

  1. Bethel University

Collegiate Open Centerfire Pistol

  1. Ozaukee Scholastic Shooting Sports
  2. Concordia University Wisconsin

Collegiate Open 1911

  1. Ozaukee Scholastic Shooting Sports

Collegiate Open Optics Rifle

  1. Concordia University Wisconsin
  2. Bethel University

Collegiate Open Iron Rifle

  1. Concordia University Wisconsin
  2. Bethel University

Collegiate Open PCC

  1. Concordia University Wisconsin
  2. Ozaukee Scholastic Shooting Sports
  3. Bethel University

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