Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors, Inc. Receives Grant From The Iowa Chapter of Safari Club International
Wichita, KS, August 1st, 2023. Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors announced today the Iowa Chapter of SCI has awarded a $21,000 grant to Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors to further their Shooting Sports Outreach Program in Iowa. This program bridges the gap between target shooting and hunting and fishing.
Last year, Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors Iowa Program Coordinator, Steph Lane, with support from the Iowa DNR, organized 126 events that engaged 223 youth and 37 different Scholastic Clay Target Program teams (SCTP). In 2023 thus far, Lane has already coordinated 48 events with plans to coordinate 90+ more this year!
“Pass It On! Outdoor Mentors has been a tremendous partner in helping with our Chapter's R3 mission - Recruitment, Retention and Reactivation of hunters. Stephanie works hard setting up opportunities across Iowa to introduce shooting sport athletes and others to hunting”, said Ken Carlson, President, Iowa Chapter SCI
“In 2019, Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors kicked off the Shooting Sports Outreach Program with 89 hunts involving over 220 youth from 44 different high schools across Kansas. Last year we coordinated over 500 events that yielded over 1,200 kids out hunting and fishing. We are on track to plan over 700 events in the 2023 season” said Brittany French CEO of Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors.
“Many of these youth have taken hunter safety, they have been taught hands-on safe gun handling and have learned one of the basic skills needed to hunt,” Brittany said. “Our goal is to increase their interest and motivation to hunt by providing as many different hunting opportunities as we possibly can.”
Steph Lane, IA Program Coordinator for Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors stated, “I have thoroughly enjoyed working with members of the SCI Iowa Chapter. They have been an incredible partner and were such an important part of our success in getting young folks out hunting here in Iowa. 2022 was a great year, getting over 200 youth out hunting and fishing, I am thrilled to see that number increase in 2023 and the people we will reach throughout the years! Passing on the outdoor lifestyle is vital, and we couldn’t do it as successfully without folks like the members of the Iowa SCI Chapter. Thank you for all you do!”
The Iowa Chapter of SCI
The Iowa Chapter of SCI is a group of Iowans working to protect our and your right to hunt and to conserve wildlife-in Iowa, around the US and internationally.
We support many projects and activities that educate and recruit hunters, support hunting as an essential tool of wildlife conservation and promote a positive image of hunters through good citizenship. IOWA SCI, FIRST FOR HUNTERS.
About Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors
Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors is a Wichita, Kansas-based national organization dedicated to providing children with mentors who will share with them the experiences of traditional outdoor activities. The heart of the group's mission is to give children opportunities to connect with nature that they more than likely won't have without a mentor showing them the way. For more information about Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors, please visit http://www.outdoormentors.org.