Hi Chris
I applaud your efforts, as well as those of Bill Kempferr and all the venders who have donated prizes in an effort to attract more youth shooters to this wonderful event.
To answer your question as to what the PGCA has done to promote youth involvement in our sport I will say that we have been going at this in a couple of different directions. First, we have had many of our members donate a youth membership so that any interested youth’s will be granted a free youth membership in the Parker Gun Collectors Association. The PGCA has also have made significant monetary contributions specifically earmarked for the “hunter education” and “youth shooting” programs of both the NRA and Pheasants Forever believing these larger organizations can have a much greater effect. Also we have been trying to get a motivated PGCA member to chair our Youth Program and move forward some of the good ideas that have been suggested and have board approval but have not yet found the right individual.
I think a lot of the members from both our fine organizations would be willing to throw a few bucks in a can to help offset or eliminate the shooting cost of the youths in attendance at the Southern and would suggest we have a place on our table next to the registration for the Challenge event just for that purpose. If you have any other idea's you would like to discuss please feel free to PM me on this site or shoot me an email at
bjfrey1@aol.com. Thanks, Larry Frey