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Fundraising

Nearly everything here was paid for by somebody’s effort

A club like ours does not get built out of membership dues. Dues keep the lights on and the grass cut. Everything beyond that — every new range, every building, every improvement that made this a better place to shoot — got here because people went out and raised the money for it.

Look around the property and you are looking at the results of that work:

  • The Ray Tibbitts Memorial Clubhouse, the building we brief matches from, hold meetings in, and get out of the weather in.
  • The range enhancement project of 2018.
  • The 300 metre range, begun in 2023 — the single largest project the club has taken on, and the thing that opened up full-bore precision and .22LR shooting at distance here.
  • The hard stands on the 150 and the 300, which are the difference between a firing line you can use in any weather and one you cannot.
  • The Shot Gun Range, begun in 2024 – second largest project for the club, and has opened the door to a new shooting style and new members and competitors.

And a long list of smaller things: equipment, materials, tools and repairs that never get a plaque but that members use every time they come out.

The committee, and the man who chairs it

The Fundraising Committee is chaired by Floyd Burpee.

Floyd is a founding member of the club and one of the signatory officers on the 2005 incorporation. For the last decade he has been the driving force behind the club’s fundraising campaigns, and the revenue those campaigns generated paid for the projects listed above.

It is worth being plain about what that means. The clubhouse, the 300 metre range, the hard stands — these are not things that happened to the club. They happened because somebody spent ten years organising, asking, chasing and following through, over and over, and kept doing it after the first project was finished. Most clubs never find that person. We did.

Why it matters to you

Every project on that list started as an idea that the club could not immediately afford. Fundraising is what turns that gap into a range you can book, a building you can stand in, or a firing point you can use in November.

It also keeps membership affordable. Money raised is money that does not have to come out of dues, which is the difference between a club that grows and a club that prices its own members out.

How to help

The committee is always glad of another pair of hands, and helping does not require any particular skill or a lot of time. If you can sell tickets, lift something heavy, run a table for an afternoon, or ask a business you already deal with whether they would sponsor something — you can help.

Thank you

To every member who has bought a ticket, donated a prize, given up a Saturday, or leaned on a supplier for a better price — the property you shoot on is the result. Thank you.