Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. Greg Staunton Giving Is Good For The Heart And Business ou already know you’re part of consecutive year Glock has contributed to Angeles Police Memorial Foundation. an extraordinary industry with a these organizations. For each Kimber SIS .45 ACP pistol sold, long, proud history of supportOver the past year, the De Asis fam- Kimber contributes $15 to the foundation. ing many shooting and hunting heritage, ily and Benchmade Knife Co. donated Gene Lumsden, president and CEO of recreational, conservation and Legacy Sports Internationyouth programs. But those al and an Army veteran, is in this business are also gendonating $50 from the sale erous to worthy causes and of each of Legacy’s Puma charities not connected to the lever-action Wounded Warfirearms industry. rior Project (WWP) comFirearms and outdoor-rememorative rifles to WWP. lated companies donate hunLegacy has a goal to raise dreds of thousands of dollars $25,000 to $50,000 for to a wide range of charitable WWP. organizations each year. Many Lipsey’s made significompanies have been genercant contributions to Baously supporting specific charton Rouge, surrounding ities for a number of years. communities and the state Industry giving generally of Louisiana during Hurcomes in the form of direct ricane Katrina. Lipsey’s cash donations, sponsorships, opened its warehouse for employee contributions or use as a relief staging area, funds raised through various Richard Lipsey, chairman of Lipsey’s, assisted with rescue and relief opera- donated 19 handguns to the organized events, such as char- tions in the New Orleans area during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Sheriff’s Department and ity shoots or auctions. Also, spearheaded search and in-kind support, such as the donation of $50,000 to Clackamas Community Col- rescue operations. Following Hurricane equipment and the use of corporate facili- lege for the military families scholarship Rita, Lipsey’s organized a relief fund for ties, services or access to staff expertise, endowment. Benchmade has joined forces families. For its efforts, Lipsey’s received are donated for worthy causes. Corporate- with the Canby Rodeo to create a donation the 2006 Shooting Industry Academy of giving programs allow dealers to partner program using knife sales to further assist Excellence Citizenship Award. with companies via product promotions to the families of veterans with their educaSmith & Wesson Corp. has designed tion needs. In addition, Benchmade is do- a special M&P9 polymer-frame pistol support various charitable causes. nating 10 percent of the wholesale profits in collaboration with S&W professional Those Who Give from the Pink Griptilian women’s folding shooter Julie Goloski, with sales proceeds Who are some of these generous knife to the Oregon Health and Science designated to benefit breast cancer awarecompanies and what are they doing to University Cancer Institute in Portland. ness and research. make a difference? Here is a sampling. Ellett Brothers, a past winner of the Remington Arms has helped raise mon(Please note, this is not an all-encom- Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence ey for Support Our Troops with a charipassing list of companies that support Citizenship Award, has raised more than table machine-gun shoot, and has donated charitable causes.) $38,000 through its ongoing support of the more than $10,000 to Goodwill Industries Glock Inc. is making donations to American Cancer Society Relay for Life. of Western Connecticut. the Special Operations Warrior Founda- The company also supports local chariJay’s Sporting Goods in Michigan, tion (SOWF), the Young Marines and the ties, such as the Adopt a Family program, another Academy of Excellence CitizenConcerns of Police Survivors (COPS) this which works through a local food pantry. ship Award recipient, has served its local year, totaling to $200,000. This is the third Kimber donated $35,000 for the Los community through the Mentor Read- Y Legacy is donating $50 to the Wounded Warrior Project for each Puma WWP commemorative rifle sold. Visit www.legacysports.com. 18 NOVEMBER 2008 Read SI DIGITAL www.shootingindustry.com