But Californias 4-H doesnt accept NRA money.
UC has done that previously by divesting to end apartheid and refusing to accept funds from tobacco sales.
In July 2022, California Gov.
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Its website notes that Boy Scouts and 4-H groups are among the most frequent recipients of funding.
4-H teaches a shooting sport to about 500,000 boys and girls each year.
Shooting sports can be gratifying for youngsters, especially those who arent athletes.
The program provides a supportive environment in which young people can experience hands-on, fun learning experiences.
Age limits differ from club to club.
In 2019, it received more than $11,000 in funding from the NRA Foundation.
Through these disciplines, youth also learn firearm safety and marksmanship.
Dont shooting programs like those run by 4-H help spread Americans violent gun culture?
In fact, there is ample evidence that the opposite is true, it says.
California 4-H shows that youth development can be achieved without NRA funding.
And 4-H programs in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island show that it can be done without guns.
The child was hospitalized, but survived.
the Tennessee guidelines stated.
How would you face them?
4-H programs have also taken steps to indemnify themselves and the NRA in the event a kid gets shot.
Likewise, we hold blameless the Airfield 4-H Education Center, and the National Rifle Association.
Impressed with what he saw, Sheets agreed to help expand Davisons program.
A team of NRA volunteers was organized to take the shooting program state-wide.
In attendance were 4-H representatives from Texas, Minnesota, New York, Minnesota, Washington and Maryland.
A top USDA official Kemp Swiney, the USDAs Program Leader for 4-H and Youth was also on hand.
Some years later, a non-profit organization was formed to help fund 4-H shooting sports clubs around the country.
At both the national and local level, the NRA and 4-H are a winning combination.
Today, more than 300,000 youths and 40,000-plus instructors participate in 4-H shooting sports across the U.S. Today, that number has grown to 500,000 youths shooting guns in 4-H programs nationwide.
They have a lot to be proud of, and NRA is honored by their recognition.
