JROTC Rifle Team awarded grant
Published 10:53 am Tuesday, September 11, 2018
- Pictured are, front row from left, Joshua Meek, James Moneymaker, Ayers Newton, Nathaniel Gatta, Chase Jones, Ahren Reeves, Matthew Edwards, Sarah Perry, Isabel Martinez, Sean Ballowe, Adreah True, JaKaia Jone, Minne Wallace; back row, Dalton Stuple, Grant Martin, Michael Graham, Enoch Matthews, Christopher Opie, Tyler Moore, Ezra Daniels, Ian Martin, Daquan Tindall, Jaycee Call, Jonathan Gowan, Alicia Bartlett, Bryan Hatcher and Alyssa Gentry.
The NRA Foundation has awarded the Buckingham County High School JROTC Rifle Team a grant totaling $3,000 to fund a new Creedmoor six point portable air gun range. The new portable air gun range is a great improvement to the Rifle Team.
“Established in 1990, The NRA Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that raises tax-deductible contributions in support of a wide range of firearm-related public interest activities of the National Rifle Association of America and other organizations that defend and foster the Second Amendment rights of all law-abiding Americans,” the NRA Foundation website cited. “These activities are designed to promote firearm and hunting safety, to enhance marksmanship skills of those participating in the shootings sports, and to educate the general public about firearms in their historic, technological and artistic context.”
More information about The NRA Foundation can be found online at www.nrafoundation.org.
