I imagine that many of you are familiar with the NRA Whittington Center in Raton, New Mexico. For those of you who aren't, it is the nations largest shooting facility and the host of many national class events. Each summer, the Whittington center holds two, two-week sessions of its Adventure Camp. The camp is open to boys and girls ages 13-17. In a two week session the campers recieve NRA certified instruction in the disciplines of rifle, pistol, shotgun, and muzzleloader. They are exposed to many aspects of each basic discipline; from high power silhouette to spending time on the 1,000 yard range. They will spend time on the trap, skeet, and sporting clays ranges. Also, each camper is enrolled in a New Mexico hunter education course and they leave with their hunter ed. certification. As I said, the camp runs for two weeks. The cost is $850.00 and includes all firearms and ammunition, expert instruction, lodging, and all meals.

You may have noticed the ads for the camp in the back of your American Rifleman and American Hunter magazines.

I have personally been a part of the camp staff for seven years now, and it turns out that we have a few remaining slots to fill in each session for this summer. I have seen hundreds of kids go through the program and it is truly a life changing experience. Kids that play soccer or baseball have camps catering to their interests. The Whittington Adventure is for those youngsters out there whose interests lie in hunting and/or the shooting sports. It is also an excellent environment for kids to recieve their first exposure to the shooting sports. You can visit the Whittington Center's website, www.nrawc.org, for more information. If you become interested, call Steven Giordano at (505) 445-3615. He is the Whittington Center's Assistant Program Director and is in charge of the program.

Regards, Gilbert Russell - "Gib"
russellz28@hotmail.com

Right on, Gib!

Our Friends of NRA committee (Cameron County) has conducted an essay contest for the past 3 or 4 years and sent two youngsters to this camp each year. The kids always come back & tell us what a wonderful time they had. This year we are sending three to the June 27th session.

This is indeed a wonderful opportunity. I am surprised that there are any open slots, that is unusual.

If anyone has a youngster interested in the shooting sports, this is the place to be!

Thanks for the great job you guys are doing each summer.

Regards,
hm

HM-

Thanks for the kind words about the camp. It truly is a great opportunity for the kids. We'll be looking forward to having the essay winners at the camp.

Regards- Gib

Glad to see that quite a few people have seen this post. Has anyone taken much of an interest? I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have. Just shoot me an email at russellz28@hotmail.com or you can of course call Steven Giordano directly at the Whittington Center (505)445-3615.

Thanks again,
Gilbert Russell - "Gib"
Adventure Camp Program Director

It's been about a week since I posted the original thread. I'll bump it to the top one last time in case someone missed it. Thanks again.

Gilbert Russell - "Gib"