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HUNTERS' VENISON DONATIONS HIT 230 MILLION MEALS
Sun Nov 14, 4:19 AM ET Sports - New York Post
http://www.nypost.com/seven/11142004/sports/31970.htm
By KEN MORAN
FOR years, hunters quietly have helped the needy by donating part of their harvest to food banks throughout New York and the rest of the country.
On the other side of the coin, you have animal rights groups like PETA and HSUS who raise millions of dollars, most of which is spent on salaries for officers and publicity for their organizations.
Between the Venison Donation Coalition and SCI's Sportsmen Against Hunger program, more than 230 million meals have been donated to the hungry.
The Venison Donation Coalition was established in 2000 to help organizations that wanted to begin or enhance a venison donation program in their area. Many statewide and local sportsmen groups are involved, including the New York State Conservation Council, the Western New York Safari Club, Westchester County Bowhunters, and sportsmen federations in Columbia, Greene, Dutchess and Schenectady counties.
In four years, more than 250,000 pounds of venison have been donated, processed and distributed through New York's Food Bank network. That equates to 1 million servings of venison.
Participating processors can be found on DEC's Web site at www.dec.state.ny.us, by contacting the Venison Donation Coalition at (866) 862-3337, or by visiting their Web site at www.VenisonDonation.com. The Safari Club International Foundation's second annual Sportsmen Against Hunger Week, tomorrow through Saturday, calls on sportsmen across North America to share their hunting and fishing bounty with the hungry in their communities.
Those with questions about where to take their harvests for donation can access the SCI Foundation's online databases, at www.sci-foundation.org/humanitarian/sah/, for licensed game processors and relief organizations.
Any meat processor or hunger relief organization willing to participate in Sportsmen Against Hunger should call Allyson Garcia at SCI at (520) 620-1220, ext. 480.
This year, the SCI Foundation is providing hunters an extra incentive to give as part of Sportsmen Against Hunger. By donating 5 pounds or more of professionally processed meat directly to a relief organization, and using an official Sportsmen Against Hunger "Share Nature's Bounty" donation form, sportsmen will receive an automatic entry to win one of 50 Sako 75 rifles. For more information on the Sportsmen Against Hunger program, call (877) 877-3265 or visit www.sci-foundation.org.
Sun Nov 14, 4:19 AM ET Sports - New York Post
http://www.nypost.com/seven/11142004/sports/31970.htm
By KEN MORAN
FOR years, hunters quietly have helped the needy by donating part of their harvest to food banks throughout New York and the rest of the country.
On the other side of the coin, you have animal rights groups like PETA and HSUS who raise millions of dollars, most of which is spent on salaries for officers and publicity for their organizations.
Between the Venison Donation Coalition and SCI's Sportsmen Against Hunger program, more than 230 million meals have been donated to the hungry.
The Venison Donation Coalition was established in 2000 to help organizations that wanted to begin or enhance a venison donation program in their area. Many statewide and local sportsmen groups are involved, including the New York State Conservation Council, the Western New York Safari Club, Westchester County Bowhunters, and sportsmen federations in Columbia, Greene, Dutchess and Schenectady counties.
In four years, more than 250,000 pounds of venison have been donated, processed and distributed through New York's Food Bank network. That equates to 1 million servings of venison.
Participating processors can be found on DEC's Web site at www.dec.state.ny.us, by contacting the Venison Donation Coalition at (866) 862-3337, or by visiting their Web site at www.VenisonDonation.com. The Safari Club International Foundation's second annual Sportsmen Against Hunger Week, tomorrow through Saturday, calls on sportsmen across North America to share their hunting and fishing bounty with the hungry in their communities.
Those with questions about where to take their harvests for donation can access the SCI Foundation's online databases, at www.sci-foundation.org/humanitarian/sah/, for licensed game processors and relief organizations.
Any meat processor or hunger relief organization willing to participate in Sportsmen Against Hunger should call Allyson Garcia at SCI at (520) 620-1220, ext. 480.
This year, the SCI Foundation is providing hunters an extra incentive to give as part of Sportsmen Against Hunger. By donating 5 pounds or more of professionally processed meat directly to a relief organization, and using an official Sportsmen Against Hunger "Share Nature's Bounty" donation form, sportsmen will receive an automatic entry to win one of 50 Sako 75 rifles. For more information on the Sportsmen Against Hunger program, call (877) 877-3265 or visit www.sci-foundation.org.