MidwayUSA Recommits to Safari Club International
Safari Club International 12.07.12
Safari Club International (SCI) welcomes once again MidwayUSA as one of its premier sponsors of the world’s greatest convention dedicated to North American and International hunting, the 41st Annual Safari Club International Hunters’ Convention.
“Without organizations like SCI to play an important role in effective conservation efforts, our children and grandchildren won’t be able to enjoy hunting and shooting sports,” said Larry Potterfield, Founder and CEO of MidwayUSA. “As fellow hunters and conservationists, Brenda and I believe it’s our duty to support these organizations that help support our future way of life.”
“Larry, and the entire MidwayUSA family, have dedicated their lives to providing the highest quality hunting equipment to hunters around the world, and as an international advocacy organization, we know that our partnership will protect hunting for future generations,” stated John Whipple, SCI President.
“We are excited to once again support SCI and all the vendors at the 41st Annual Hunters convention. Brenda and I would like to encourage everyone to attend!” concluded Larry Potterfield.
Learn more about the 41st Annual Hunters’ Convention events January 23-26, 2012 in Reno, Nevada, visit www.ShowSCI.org. Register now to take advantage of any advance ticket and registration early bird special rates! Tickets for the 2013 evening entertainment are being sold faster than any show in SCI’s history.
Protecting hunters’ rights and promoting wildlife conservation, SCI’s two areas of focus, historically has been the interest of hundreds of individuals long before SCI was established. But how did SCI as an organization begin?
Forty years ago, there were many safari clubs across the country made up of local, unaffiliated groups of hunters. One such was Safari Club of Los Angeles, which was formed in April 1971 by forty-seven individuals. In early 1972, an out-of-towner from a similar club in Chicago attended one of the monthly Wednesday night meetings, and it was decided that the L.A. club should attempt to combine with the one in Chicago to make it an affiliated chapter. The founder of Safari Club of Los Angeles, C.J. McElroy, went to the Windy City and instituted the new chapter.
Eleven months after the formation of Safari Club of Los Angeles, on March 9, 1972, the name was changed officially to Safari Club International. SCI continued to reach out to other independent safari clubs throughout the United States in an effort to combine them into a single overall organization.
Today, interest in SCI’s two primary missions has grown a worldwide network. Subsequent involvement and promotion of these missions is rooted in each of our 55,000 members, supported through each of our 190 membership chapters found across the globe, and put into action by government representatives and personnel both nationally and internationally.
In this way, we can encourage an appreciation for nature and wildlife so that conservation efforts remain strong, while also fighting to protect our rich hunting heritage. Big changes can be achieved through the endeavors of many who are united in a mission – the mission of Safari Club International.
