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Volunteer Transportation Center’s Shootin’
Trap for Trips Fundraiser Returning for 9th Year
Published: June 17, 2021 at
08:00 a.m.
By: Press Release from Volunteer Transportation
Center
Shootin’ Trap for Trips Returning
for 9th Year
Sponsors, donations for event being sought
(CARTHAGE, NY) –
The Carthage Rod and Gun Club will again host the Shootin’
Trap for Trips Annual 50 Bird Shoot fundraiser to benefit the Volunteer
Transportation Center, Inc. The shoot will be held at the club – located at
4500 Cold Spring Park Road, Carthage – Saturday, July 24.
Prizes this year include: Top Gun, AA, A, B, C, D, Junior, Sub Junior,
Ladies, Veteran and Team. High school trap team participants are invited to
compete in this event. Individuals 11 years and younger, however, are
prohibited from shooting, by ATA standards.
“We’re excited our friends at the Carthage
Rod and Gun Club will host this event again this year to benefit our
mission here at the VTC,” said Jeremiah S. Papineau, the nonprofit
organization’s Director of Communications and Foundation Director. “When
the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year, we were unsure if the event would be
able to happen but the club was able to host it
without a problem.”
Last year’s event
saw more than 50 participants and raised more than $2,800 to benefit
transportation of clients in Lewis County. Mr. Papineau credited the
Carthage Rod and Gun Club with their hard work behind the scenes to get the
event off the ground, including club president Justin Bach, trap team
captain Alan Arndt, shoot organizer Scott Covey and kitchen manager Valda
Arndt. He further credited the support of several volunteers who worked the
event.
“The event
wouldn’t have been the success it was if not for them,” said Mr. Papineau.
It’s Mr. Papineau’s
hope this year’s Shootin’ Trap for Trips Annual
50 Bird Shoot – which will mark its ninth year – will be as successful or
even more so.
The cost to enter
the shoot is $25 per person, with registration beginning at 8 a.m. the day
of the event. Sign-ups will conclude at 1 p.m. Food and refreshments will
be available during the day. The event will also include raffles and a
50-50 drawing.
This year’s event
is underwritten by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Watertown Savings Bank,
Stewart’s Shops/The Dake Family Foundation, the
Glenn & Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation, and the Pratt Northam
Foundation. Sponsors are still being sought and donations are being
accepted for raffles at the event.
For more
information about this year’s Shootin’ Trap for
Trips Annual 50 Bird Shoot, to sponsor this event or to make
a donation, contact Mr. Papineau at 315-303-2590 or by email at
jeremiah@volunteertransportation.org. Additional information may also be
found online at www.volunteertransportationcenter.org.
ABOUT THE
VOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION CENTER
The Volunteer
Transportation Center, Inc. (VTC), established in 1991, drives thousands of
miles each year assisting community members in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence Counties and beyond. Over the
last 30 years, this essential non-profit organization has provided rides to
health care appointments, food sources and other critical needs
destinations for residents.
In 2020, our
volunteer drivers provided 24,926 charitable trips over 913,921 miles in
Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence Counties. Of
those miles, 404,009 originated in Jefferson County, 146,376 in Lewis
County, and 363,536 in St. Lawrence County. That amounted to approximately
$406,695 in mileage reimbursement issued to volunteer drivers.
The staff, Board
of Directors and volunteer drivers look forward to a time when
transportation to community activities and services is accessible to all
North Country residents regardless of economic or specialized needs. But
for now the mission drives on — striving to
provide transportation to health, wellness and critical needs destinations
utilizing volunteers and mobility management for anyone who has barriers to
transportation.
For more
information about how you can help the Volunteer Transportation Center,
about its upcoming events, or to become a volunteer driver, contact the
agency in Jefferson and Lewis Counties at 315-788-0422, in St. Lawrence
County at 315-714-2034, in Oswego County at 315-694-6644, or Western New
York at 585-250-5030. Volunteers drive their own cars, set their own hours and receive mileage reimbursement but, more
importantly, make a difference in the community. To learn more, visit www.volunteertransportationcenter.org.
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