2019 is a cross road year for Loess Hills Paladins, Inc. It will either become a viable charity or it will wither on the vine. It was set up as a 501 (c) (3) charity so that donations to it would be tax deductible. Its primary purpose is to make available to CFDA clubs a fully functional 6 lane range to be use for exempt purposes. Exempt purposes are educational (town alley), youth development (club shoots), and the training of national sports competitors, (club, state and territorial shoots).
Paladins were traveling knights of Charlemagne court, defenders or advocates of a noble cause. Our motto is "Have Range, Will Travel."
To survive the Paladins need two things. First, the range must be used. If no one wants to use the range, the range will just rust away. It has been used four times and will be the second range at Winter Range next week. It was designed to work at Winter Range, Pioneer Village, Tombstone, as well as in the Loess Hills of Nebraska/Iowa. It is available. New clubs in the Southwest, need a range for an event, give the Paladins a call. Only requirements are it must be an exempt purpose event and the club must have CFDA insurance.
The second thing that is needed is a source of revenue. Since the Paladins were set up as a charity the obvious source of revenue should be donations. To encourage donations we are offering to an annual nonvoting membership for $20. The only thing you will receive for donation is thank you card to document your donation. Without donations the charity will not survive.
If you would like to send in a donation you may do so by mailing it to P.O. Box 74726, Phoenix, AZ, 85087. I will also be accepting donation for the Paladins at Winter Range.
For an early post about the Paladins, see "Loess Hills Paladins, Inc." posted on this blog April 11, 2018.
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