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Did you know there are 13.7 million hunters in the United States alone, according the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation? Did you know that in 2015, 43.1 million Americans lived in poverty (13.5 percent of the U.S. population), and 42.2 million Americans lived in food-insecure households? The NRA’s solution? Start an initiative to assist in providing food to the needy by capitalizing on the millions of active hunters we have here in the United States.

Benelli has announced the third annual Benelli USA Invitational, a team-based sporting clays competition that raises money for Freedom Hunters. The shoot will be held on Sept. 15, 2017, at Prince George's County Trap and Skeet in Glen Dale, Maryland.

About this time last year, Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., pledged to donate $2 to the National Rifle Association for each new Ruger firearm sold between the 2015 and 2016 NRA Annual Meetings. Ruger delivered on its promise, and donated some $4 million to NRA earlier this year, in Louisville. The success has inspired the company to raise the bar a peg and extend the promotion—enter the "2.5 Million Gun Challenge."

Since opening last fall, the 300-acre Palmetto Shooting Complex near the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) headquarters in Edgefield, S.C., has hosted more than a dozen shooting events and welcomed more than 6,000 shooters and 20,000 visitors.

The NRA Foundation has launched a new campaign, NRA Cars for Freedom, and is asking NRA members for their assistance. If you have an old car, tractor, boat, motorcycle or other unused vehicle, the NRA Foundation will pick it up, free of charge, in nearly any condition.

As American hunters fight animal rights extremism on the home front, halfway across the world South Africa’s True Green Alliance is doing its part to save the future of hunting and wildlife conservation.

Chalk up another win for the U.S. home team as Texas' Friedkin Family Companies showcase how American hunters remain at the forefront of conservation as it receives 30-year concessions in Tanzania in recognition of its leadership and donations in excess of $300 million.

As we enjoy the season of giving, charities seem to come out of the woodwork. But with predatory charities such as the Humane Society of the United States also in the mix, be sure to research any organization before you give.

In recognition of their efforts, the NRA Hunters’ Leadership Forum (HLF) honored the founders of Cabela's with its inaugural NRA Distinguished Hunters Leadership Award at the HLF’s National Luncheon held during the NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits in Nashville on April 10.