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| Sportsman’s Pantry First Donations |
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| By Steve Burch |
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Posted Tuesday November 22 2011, 4:33 PM |
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Here’s a list and a map of the participants in the new deer-donation program.
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Messages like the one below are becoming common as the Sportsman’s Pantry program takes hold. On Nov. 15, the director of one of our partners — Action Inc. in Oconee County — sent this note about the venison she picked up at Newborn Taxidermy.
“Got it yesterday... beautiful packages... 100 pounds. The folks at Newborn Taxidermy were very nice and have quite an operation. Much larger than I expected and very busy.
“One of my seniors (80 years young) was here waiting on me when I got back. I asked her if she liked venison, and her response was, ‘Oh I love venison.’ I gave her a package, and she went home extremely happy.”
Other partners receiving venison include Action Inc. in Washington County, The Salvation Army in Jackson, Putnam Life Source in Eatonton and the Savannah Baptist Center, among others.
Just three weeks into gun season, the program has already received and distributed more than 2,000 pounds of venison, and we are expecting that number to grow rapidly as the rut wanes and does begin to frequent December food plots.
If you would like to donate a deer, right now there are 11 locations (see photo). We hope to expand the program in the future to a processor in each county and at least one charity partner in each county. We would like to have a processor near you.
To fund this program, we will be conducting fundraisers in each county (after the season is over). We look forward to working with sportsmen who have done programs and helped local groups before. Such efforts come from hunting clubs, from conservation group local committees, from church groups and community groups like the Lions Club or VFW.
If you are a processor and would like to participate, contact us. We are compiling a list of those interested, though we will not expand until next season. Meanwhile, we can remember the 80-year-old in Oconee County who thanked a hunter.
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