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Tom Cowden Youth Shooting Sports, which supports and sponsors the Davie County 4-H Shooting Sports Club, received a $14,415 grant this year from The Friends of NRA.
The grant, which must be used for shooting sports, included two new shotguns and a rifle, money for clay targets, ammunition including 20- and 12-gauge shotgun shells along with .22 LR ammunition.
TCYSS or Tom Cowden Youth Shooting Sports is a non-profit that depends on grants, donations and fundraising.
“We have no paid employees,” said Nelson Cowden. “We came into existence in 2012 and have been growing since day one.”
TCYSS emphasis is to host and support the Davie County 4-H Shooting Sports Club as well as 4-H summer Programs and with the recreation and parks department.
The site hosts the NC 4-H Hunting Skills Team that will compete in Nebraska in June along with other NC 4-H shooting sports teams including shotgun and smallbore pistol. Shooting clinics/camps for youth organizations including Scouts and church groups are offered.
“We could not thrive and survive without the assistance,” Cowden said. “The Friends of NRA have been extremely good to us almost back to our beginnings in 2012. We have been blessed with grants from The Friends of NRA for 12 consecutive years, and we really appreciate their generosity.”