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YSSA Outreach

YSSA Announces 2010/2011 Grant Program

The Youth Shooting Sports Alliance (YSSA) is conducting its fourth National Youth Shooting Sports Program Needs Assessment this fall to identify youth shooting sports programs that are being limited in growth by their need for additional equipment and supplies. Youth program leaders are welcomed and encouraged to submit an application for YSSA support by October 8, 2010. Click here to complete the screen-fillable application.

The shooting sports industry receives numerous requests annually from youth and social organizations seeking financial and product support. As a service to the shooting sports industry, the YSSA provides guidance as to which of these programs should be considered as priority in having the greatest return on investment measured by projected program growth and participation.

A panel of select members of the shooting sports industry will review proposals submitted in response to this assessment and select the priority programs that best contribute to the future market goals of the industry. The proposals will be judged in the following categories:

1. Current and projected participation level
2. Diversity of shooting disciplines accommodated
3. Uniqueness of program
4. Probability of obtaining equipment needed to fulfill the request
5. Efficiency of use of donated product
6. Visibility and public relations value

The proposals will also be judged relative to their respective contribution to the Task Force 20/20 goals of recruiting new shooters.

The priority proposals identified by this panel will be announced in November, 2010.

The YSSA has provided product support for 110 priority youth shooting sports programs to date and has distributed $296,500 worth of equipment and supplies to address limitations to growth of these programs.

YSSA Shooting Sports Equipment Loan Program

The Youth Shooting Sports Alliance (YSSA), in cooperation with the Gander Mountain Company, is making selected shooting sports equipment items available on loan to qualified youth shooting sports programs.

"The majority of the shooting sports equipment needed by the youth programs are for limited or seasonal use" said Steve Miller, Executive Director of YSSA. “Equipment may be intensively used during selected seasons and languish in storage for the remainder of the year. In that regard, the YSSA wanted to provide more efficient support of youth shooting sports programs by developing a practical plan to organize and administer a shooting sports equipment loan program for supporting youth programs."

The items available for loan during this inaugural phase of the program are as follows:

• Savage Mark I-G .22LR rifles
• Mossberg 510 Mini Super Bantam 20 ga. shotguns
• BB Gun Units consisting of ten Daisy Model 840B Grizzly BB guns; ten Bob Allen 540T canvas gun sleeves; and ten pairs of Daisy shooting glasses.
• Archery Units consisting of five Genesis bows; five soft padded bowcases; five dozen arrows; an archery repair kit; and five arrow totes.

The Gander Mountain Company offered to serve as the centralized repository for the firearms inventory acquired for this program. Under the guidelines of this partnership, the YSSA has the responsibility for overall coordination of the program including promotion; review and approval of youth program requests for loaned equipment; and coordination with Gander Mountain on the distribution and return of the loaned firearms. The Gander Mountain Company will refurbish and store the firearms between loan disbursements.

The YSSA will administer distribution of the BB Gun Units and Archery Units from its headquarters in Nags Head, NC.

The youth shooting sports program receiving this loaned equipment will be responsible for normal cleaning, storage and security while the equipment is in its possession.

 

 

Meeting the Challenge of Retaining New Shooters

Introducing young people to the pleasures and responsibilities of shooting is our most important task in ensuring that our shooting and hunting traditions remain intact. The Youth Shooting Sports Alliance (YSSA) was organized to address two important challenges regarding the recruitment and retention of new shooters:
• Identify and support the needs of successful and safe youth programs
• Provide leadership in the development and promotion of family-friendly shooting range facilities to encourage continued participation in the shooting sports

The Youth Shooting Sports Alliance (YSSA) received a certificate of incorporation from the Commonwealth of Virginia’s State Corporation Commission effective July 25, 2007. Upon relocation to North Carolina, Articles of Incorporation of the YSSA were filed with the North Carolina Department of The Secretary of State. Certification was received with an effective date of April 4, 2008.

The Internal Revenue Service informed the YSSA on May 12, 2008 that the organization had been determined to be exempt from Federal income tax effective July 25, 2007 under section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that the YSSA was classified as a private foundation.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a Certificate of Registration (Reg. No. 3,620,067) for the service mark “Youth Shooting Sports Alliance) on May 12, 2009.