Friends of NRA annual dinner offers raffles, auctions, fellowship

The city of Maricopa Friends of NRA will host a banquet Oct. 23 at 4 p.m. at Rawhide.

Tickets are $50 per person in advance or $65 per person at the door and may be purchased online at: www.friendsofnra.org/EventDocs.aspx?eid=6923. For more information call 520-424-5191.

This event is open to the entire family and will include a steak dinner, raffles and auctions for merchandise, including custom firearms, shooting accessories, limited edition artwork, custom knives, jewelry and one-of-a-kind collectibles available only through Friends of NRA events.

Friends of NRA is a key grassroots group that supports thousands of community service projects related to firearm education, hunter safety, wildlife conservation, range improvements, youth marksmanship and law enforcement, among others.

Working with the NRA field representatives, FNRA members and volunteers organize banquets in their communities complete with auctions, special drawings and fellowship. Much of the merchandise at the banquets is donated or provided at reduced cost by hundreds of participating vendors.

The Friends of NRA fundraising program is run by people from all walks of life. At a Friends of NRA banquet you could meet fire chiefs, engineers, shopkeepers, police officers and teachers: all mainstream citizens working together to support an important cause in preserving our rights and heritage.

Half of the money raised by each Friends of NRA banquet will be spent in Arizona. The other half supports qualifying national-level programs like the Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program, Women On Target®, and other educational and safety services. State Fund Committees, made up of volunteers, review grant applications from local organizations and make recommendations to The NRA Foundation on how the money might best be used in their areas.

Locally the Friends of NRA group provided the resources and training for the City of Maricopa Police K9 unit.

For more information about Friends of NRA, visit www.FriendsofNRA.org.

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