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05/07/08 The Potterfields Establish the MidwayUSA Foundation

The Potterfields Establish the MidwayUSA Foundation
Columbia, MO - posted 5/07/08

Larry and Brenda Potterfield of MidwayUSA recently established the MidwayUSA Foundation, designed to provide financial support for education and training in the areas of shooting, hunting, firearms safety and outdoor skills. The MidwayUSA Foundation is brought to you by the same organization that introduced the NRA Roundup Program and Friends of NRA.

The Potterfields donated over half a million dollars as the first donation to the Foundation. New shooters are the lifeblood of our industry, said Larry Potterfield, President of MidwayUSA, a catalog and internet retailer of shooting and hunting products. Bringing new shooters into the sport is critical to the future of the shooting sports.

To this end, the Foundations first endowment is the Scholastic Shooting Trust (SST) with the mission to provide alumni or other interested parties of most any University, College or High School in the United States the opportunity to financially support a schools existing shooting program or to financially assist a school in establishing a shooting program.

Here is how the program works, continued Potterfield. I just used the Foundation Website to make a donation for the University of Missouris Shooting Team. A portion of the donation will be contributed to the Shooting Team, with the remainder invested as principal to provide earnings to support future years. Every year in perpetuity, the Shooting Team will receive earnings from the principal to use for the teams operating expenses. Contributions to the SST can be made through the Funds website at www.ScholasticShootingTrust.org.

For more information about the MidwayUSA Foundation or the Scholastic Shooting Trust, please visit www.MidwayUSAFoundation.org or www.ScholasticShootingTrust.org.