One of the best ways to save taxes and help wildlife right now is to make a gift of shares of appreciated, publicly traded securities held for more than one year— such as stocks, bonds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and mutual funds. Why is this? It’s easy to do. Just give us a call for the …
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Remembering Sables Past President, Barbara Strawberry August 21, 1950 – November 23, 2020 By Spencie Netschert, Sables President It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to another member of our Sables family. I wrote about Ginger Byrum’s passing in the last issue of the Safari Times and a few weeks later, Barbara Strawberry lost her …
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In Tucson, most kids are doing online classes right now which puts a damper on the Museum’s outreach programs and field trips. Like others, the Museum has had to adjust to the way things currently are so museum educators have started offering virtual live animal encounters that teachers can add to their curriculum. The live …
By Dan Brooks, Director of Education and Humanitarian Services SCI Foundation Humanitarian Services continues to provide hunting and outdoor recreation opportunities to various groups, including youth hunters, hunters with disabilities, and veterans of our armed forces. Most recently, we were able to provide a once-in-a-lifetime bull elk hunt for a disabled combat veteran through a …
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act, passed by Congress and signed into law on March 27, 2020 in response to the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States provided a couple of changes that can benefit those making charitable donations in 2020. For those …
Fifteen deer were harvested at Music City’s 7th Annual Jim Hall Hunts for Warriors at Tennessee’s Fall Creek Falls State park the first of December. Held annually, the chapter brings 15 combat wounded veterans to the park and furnishes food, lodging and guides for the three-day event. Pop up blinds were strategically located in isolated …
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Entries to the 3-Day Colorado Pronghorn Hunt For Two Hunters have now been closed. The drawing will be held on December 2, 2020 and winner announced once notified. Please continue to follow SCI Foundation on Facebook and Instagram to stay informed about upcoming sweepstakes opportunities which will include hunts for Cape Buffalo, Yukon Moose and …
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It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to SCI’s 29th President Ralph S. Cunningham, Sr., 80, a great friend and champion of both hunting and conservation. Ralph passed away November 7, 2020 at his home in Houston, Texas. Services were held on November 13, 2020. Ralph was born in Ohio and moved to …
Karen Kuciver, wife of a combat veteran who served in the Gulf War, struggles daily to care for her terminally ill husband who complained to her about enduring a myriad of toxins emanating from burning oil wells and burn pits, having to use pesticides to combat swarms of insects and pills containing pyridostigmine bromide to …
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By Spencie Netschert, Sables President Remembering Ginger Byrum, March 25, 1933 – November 6, 2020 – It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to SCI and Sables Life Member and Sables Past President, Ginger Byrum, who was a dedicated supporter of conservation education. Ginger joined SCI in 1979 and served as the 12th …