BLGC Youth Shooting Program
Ben Lomond Gun Club sponsors a Youth Shooting Program. The program has two components, individual and group shooting and is open to children of club members and other children that a club member is willing to sponsor in the 6 to 16 year old age range.
All youth participants would need to take a 6 to 8 hour basic safety and range operations course prior to live fire sessions. The next course will be held near the end of July or beginning of August. Then courses will be offered quarterly. The first course has concluded with 15 children participating. Live fire sessions have begun for those who have been certified and are offered in two 4 hour sessions each month.
Live Fire Sessions for individual participants would allow them to do individual competition in one of the NRA recognized youth shooting programs. The intent is for this to be a progressive program to develop rifle, pistol and shotgun shooting skills – so participants would need to achieve a level of competency in rifle before moving on to the handgun and/or shotgun programs. As skills improve, we may sponsor intra or inter club competitive shoots for those who are interested.
We will also consider limited opportunities for other outside youth groups. Members of the youth group would need to participate in the same initial orientation sessions, but the live fire sessions would be adjusted to meet their individual interests or needs. Suggested youth groups are scout organizations, 4H, Civil Air Patrol, etc.
There is no cost for the Basic Orientation program. Air and .22 caliber rifles will be provided for the day of use at no cost by the club for the live fire sessions, ammunition and targets will be provided at cost. No additional fees are anticipated except for the cost of patches, certificates, awards earned by each participant. No instructors or participants in the program will receive any type of compensation. Six and seven year old participants will be limited to air rifle use with direct parental supervision during the live fire session. Eight and 9 year old participants can move onto .22 caliber rifle with direct parental supervision after demonstrating proficiency in air rifle use.
Parents are responsible for getting children to and from the complete 4 hour session. A part of each session will be devoted to specialized topic education by guest lecturers and support/clean up operations at the range.
If you would like additional information, please contact Franklyn Blaha at samantha2874@hotmail.com or 719-761-8002. If your chapter or youth group would like one of our instructors to come to one of your meetings to do a brief presentation on this program, let me know the date and time of your meetings. If you are interested in participating in this program as a family or instructor, please send an email indicating number and ages of children or your interest as an instructor and whether in rifle, pistol or shotgun. Likewise if you would like to do a one time 30 minute presentation on some aspect of shooting, first aid, survival etc – send contact information and topic of interest.
UPDATE
The next Youth Shooting Orientation course will be held 10/10 and 10/24 at Black Forest Fire department if I receive enough pre-registration by the end of next week 10/3. We may change the date of the second session dependent on participant preferences. To complete the course, you need to participate in both sessions. The next class will not be offered until next year. The following brochure describes the Youth Shooting program.
Ben Lomond Gun Club sponsors a Youth Shooting Program. The program has two components, individual and group shooting and is open to children of club members and other children that a club member is willing to sponsor in the 6 to 16 year old age range.
All youth participants would need to take this 6 to 8 hour basic safety and range operations course prior to live fire sessions. The first course has concluded with 15 children participating, the second with 4. Live fire sessions have begun for those who have been certified and are offered in two 4 hour sessions each month.
Live Fire Sessions for individual participants would allow them to do individual competition in one of the NRA recognized youth shooting programs. The intent is for this to be a progressive program to develop rifle, pistol and shotgun shooting skills – so participants would need to achieve a level of competency in rifle before moving on to the handgun and/or shotgun programs. As skills improve, we may sponsor intra or inter club competitive shoots for those who are interested.
We will also consider limited opportunities for other outside youth groups. Members of the youth group would need to participate in the same initial orientation sessions, but the live fire sessions would be adjusted to meet their individual interests or needs. Suggested youth groups are scout organizations, 4H, Civil Air Patrol, etc.
There is no cost for the Basic Orientation program. Air and .22 caliber rifles will be provided for the day of use at no cost by the club for the live fire sessions, ammunition and targets will be provided at cost. No additional fees are anticipated except for the cost of patches, certificates, awards earned by each participant. No instructors or participants in the program will receive any type of compensation. Six and seven year old participants will be limited to air rifle use with direct parental supervision during the live fire session. Eight and 9 year old participants can move onto .22 caliber rifle with direct parental supervision after demonstrating proficiency in air rifle use.
Parents are responsible for getting children to and from the complete 4 hour session. A part of each session will be devoted to specialized topic education by guest lecturers and support/clean up operations at the range.
If you would like additional information, please contact Franklyn Blaha at samantha2874@hotmail.com or 719-761-8002. If your chapter or youth group would like one of our instructors to come to one of your meetings to do a brief presentation on this program, let me know the date and time of your meetings. If you are interested in participating in this program as a family or instructor, please send an email indicating number and ages of children or your interest as an instructor and whether in rifle, pistol or shotgun. Likewise if you would like to do a one time 30 minute presentation on some aspect of shooting, first aid, survival etc – send contact information and topic of interest.
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