A Louisiana school-based archery program is getting help from the Lancaster Archery Foundation as it works to upgrade its range equipment. Benton Intermediate School, of Benton, La., was awarded $5,000 by the foundation under its Growing Youth Archery Together program, to put toward targets, arrows and other gear. The school offers NASP Bullseye and 3D competition training for its members, and then hosts and travels to tournaments under those disciplines. The current equipment used on the school’s ranges is in bad shape, program organizers said. “The current archery program at Benton Intermed ..read more

The Lancaster Archery Foundation is helping a veteran Pennsylvania archery club expand its target archery facilities. Ontelaunee Rod and Gun Club in New Tripoli, Pa., was awarded $5,000 by the foundation through its Growing Youth Archery Together program to put towards an outdoor target field. The club, which currently offers S3DA and JOAD programs, has been offering youth archery for the past 22 years. It hopes to use the foundation grant to help pay for 16 target matts and lumber and hardware to build stands to hold the targets for outdoor target archery. “The targets will allow for the JOA ..read more

The Lancaster Archery Foundation is helping a Missouri youth program dive head first into target archery. Northwest Missouri Long Shots in Helena, Mo., received a $5,000 grant from the foundation under the Growing Youth Archery Together program. The money is intended for buying a variety of equipment aimed at competition archery. The Long Shots program is a registered S3DA affiliate that provides an array of archery activities, including outdoor target archery and 3D archery. Indoor target archery is next on the itinerary. With the foundation grant, the Long Shots plan to buy range shot-timer ..read more

The Lancaster Archery Foundation, working with a matching grant from Easton Foundations, has awarded $100,000 to organizations from Barrow, Alaska, to Covington La., under the Growing Youth Archery Together grant program. The money will be used in a variety of ways, but all with the goal of helping clubs and programs get more kids involved in archery. Archers from Benton Intermediate School - a GYAT grant recipient. “This was a big challenge for our foundation,” said Rob Kaufhold, president of the Lancaster Archery Foundation’s board of directors. “From raising the funds to secure the matchin ..read more

The Lancaster Archery Foundation is helping an Oklahoma youth group expand its archery program by providing funds to buy more gear. Bryan County 4-H Shooting Sports of Durant, OK, received a $1,000 grant from the foundation to buy more bows, arrows, backstop netting and 3D targets. The program sets up shooting ranges in the back of a fairgrounds building, and on the grounds outside, where kids can practice. Officials said a short-term goal is to increase the program’s archery offerings to attract more kids. “We plan on using the funds to help with youths who may not be able to afford other ex ..read more

The Lancaster Archery Foundation pitched in to help send eight young archers to Chengdu, China, where they will represent Team USA at the FISU World University Games in July. The largest global multi-sports event for student-athletes, the World University Games will be staged over 12 days, from July 28-August 8, involving more than 10,000 student-athletes and officials from over 150 countries and regions. The nonprofit Lancaster Archery Foundation provided eight grants of $1,000 apiece to the archers who will compete for Team USA. The eight archers representing the United States are: Na ..read more

A young Pennsylvania archery program will expand its equipment offerings thanks to a grant from Lancaster Archery Foundation. This is My Quest of Wellsboro, Pa., received a $1,000 grant from the foundation to buy some compound archery gear that will allow it to cater to older archers. The program has 62 youth members from across northcentral Pennsylvania, who have been competing at archery tournaments for two years. In addition to coaching these kids, This is My Quest also offers outdoor programming to young adults in the region. “We will be running them through a variety of outdoor education ..read more

A fledgling Alabama archery club is gearing up, thanks to the Lancaster Archery Foundation. Henry County Archers of Newville, Ala., received a $1,000 grant from the foundation to put toward the purchase of new targets. “We will use the funds for equipment for our range allowing our newly formed team to practice,” club officials wrote on their grant application. “We are in need of targets, backstops, and other range equipment.” Henry County Archers just formed in September 2022 to make it easier for local kids to access an archery program. As a new club, Henry County essentially needs everythi ..read more

A New Jersey youth archery club is looking to take flight on its own with help from the Lancaster Archery Foundation. Hawkeye Archers 4-H Club of Belle Mead, N.J., was awarded $1,000 by the foundation to buy indoor and outdoor targets, so it no longer has to rely on the generosity of a nearby club. “We are sharing targets and safety equipment with another club,” Hawkeye organizers wrote on their grant application to the Lancaster Archery Foundation. “We are looking to get our own fully equipped club so our members can learn and take pride in their equipment.” Hawkeye Archers is under the umbr ..read more

The Lancaster Archery Foundation awarded a grant to a Kentucky JOAD program looking to boost its ability to prepare young archers for serious competition. The In Range JOAD program of Richmond, Kent., received $1,000 from the foundation to put toward targets and awards. “We would like to order pins through USA Archery and have a monthly pin test for our archers to earn different levels,” program officials wrote. “This encourages competition and readies them for tournaments. We are also looking to grow our 3D animal targets so we have more for them to practice with. Finally, a quick refresh of ..read more