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Grand Canyon Friends of NRA preparing the tables for dinner

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300-GCFNRA-logoWILLIAMS — The Grand Canyon Friends of NRA is preparing for their annual August fundraising dinner at Doc Holliday’s Steakhouse & Saloon in the Ramada Inn. The Ramada Inn is located at 950 N. Grand Canyon Boulevard. The event is August 1 and doors open at 4:30 p.m.

Corporate tables are available, but individual tickets are $50 for each or 2 for $90. Tickets must be purchased prior to the dinner. Tickets will not be sold at the door. Dinner tickets can be purchased through Chuck Corcoran, 928-635-2751 or local Committee members.

Banquet activities will include games, a variety of raffles, a silent auction, and a live auction. Prizes and auction items will include a wide range of limited edition Friends of NRA merchandise, firearms, hunting equipment and collectible items, as well as services and special prizes donated by local businesses and community members.

CORPORATE TABLES

This year they are offering a choice of three tables for corporate sponsors. The 4-person table consists of four dinner tickets, four 14″ double-zippered gun rugs and one $500 ticket package for $1000. The 8-person table for $1500 offers eight dinners, eight gun rugs and the $500 ticket package. Both also offer the choice of one of the following three guns:

1) Rock Island Armory parkerized .45 ACP short-barrel
2) A Savage Axis XP .308 with scope
3) Mossberg turkey/deer combo 12 gauge shotgun

Alternately they are offering a 1911 table. For $1911 the table the table has 8 dinner tickets, the $500 ticket package and a choice of either a Kimber Stainless Pro Carry II or Colt Commander Stainless .45 ACP, based on availability.

Decision of who gets the gun at each table is left to the corporate sponsor.

ABOUT GRAND CANYON FRIENDS OF NRA

The Grand Canyon Friends of NRA is a committee under the umbrella of the NRA Foundation. Money raised by the Friends of NRA go to grants that stay in the state they were raised in, in our case Arizona. Their grants benefit Arizona programs such as youth education, firearms and marksmanship training and safety, and much more.

In 2015 the Boy Scouts’ Camp Raymond located in Parks, the Birdbusters of Payson, the American Heritage Academy in Cottonwood, the Lake Havasu City Sportsman’s Club, the Arizona 4-H Youth Foundation, the Arizona High School Rodeo Association, the Mohave Sportsman Club in Kingman. and the Arizona State Rifle & Pistol Association benefited from money raised at the banquets in the form of grants. Some of these organizations use their grant monies in support of local Scholastic Clay Target Programs, sponsored by the Arizona Game & Fish Department.

To purchase tickets, download 2015 Dinner Ticket Form 2015 Dinner Ticket Form.

Still time to get dinner tickets from Friends of NRA

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friends-of-nraWILLIAMS—Today is the last day to get the early bird 2-for-1 special tickets for the raffle at the Friends of NRA. Although you might not be able to make that, you can still make dinner reservations for the July 20th affair.

The Friends of NRA uses proceeds from projects such as this and donations to promote the safe and legal use of firearms.

The dinner will be held at Doc Holiday’s Steakhouse & Saloon at the Holiday Inn on Grand Canyon Boulevard. The doors will open at 4:30 for the meal consisting of either ribeye steak or half chicken with all of the trimmings. Tickets are $45 for a single ticket or $80 for two. Raffle ticket packages range from $100 to $1000 dollars which includes certain gun packages.

You can also still purchase tickets for the Taurus PT1911 .45 raffle to be drawn at the dinner. They are $10 each or three for $20.

Tickets will not be sold at the door and are running in short supply, but you can reserve your space using this PDF. You can also mail payment to Friends of NRA, 129 E Foothill Trail, Williams, AZ 86046. For more information on the organization, ticket orders or other information, you can call Chuck Corcoran at 928-635-2751.