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Event Cancellation...From the Michigan Chapter of Safari Club International Please be advised that due to our united efforts to control and defeat the COVID-19 Virus. the April 9, 2020 Monthly Member dinner We will keep you informed of any new developments. Thank you for your support of the Michigan Safari Club and we look forward to seeing you all soon! |
| General Donations - Fiscal Year 2019 | Amount |
| Outdoor Discovery Center | 3500 |
| Youth Skeet/Trap Shooting Team, Orange Crushers | 1500 |
| Ivan Carter’s Raindrop Initiative | 1800 |
| Boy Scouts Archery Pavilion | 5000 |
| SCI Hunter Advocacy Fund | 1000 |
| Stewards of Wildlife | 6000 |
| Camp Iron Sights | 6000 |
| Michigan Out-of-Doors TV sponsorship | 5000 |
| Lake Michigan Fishing Trips for Disabled Kids | 6000 |
| Ivan Carter Wildlife Conservation Alliance’s “Tractor and Lion” Project | 25,000 |
| Croton Sportsmen’s Club | 4,000 |
| Norton Shores Hunter’s Safety | 2,725 |
| Ruby Creek for Disable Veteran Hunts | 2,500 |
| North Park Montessori to for National Archery In Schools Program (“NASP”) | 2,364 |
| Purchase supplies for new Zambia school for which Chapter Member is sponsoring construction. | 2,000 |
| 10 Scholarships for Jada Johnson’s Camp for Girls | 2,500 |
| Michigan Involvement Committee | 2,500 |
| American Wilderness Leadership School (AWLS) for a van | 5,000 |
| Totals for Fiscal year ended June 30, 2019 | 84,389 |
Totals for Fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 were $38,800
The Michigan Chapter of SCI - It’s What We Do
Conservation/Public Service
- Partnered with MIC and the DNR to fund reintroduction of the Pine Martin in MI (2004-2006)
- Purchased kayaks to help meet the need of the DNR officers in the field (2005)
- Partnered with MIC and the DNR to fund Predator/Prey studies in MI (2007-2010)
- Purchased a dart gun for the DNR Wildlife Division for use on “problem” animals (2007)
- Awarded the prestigious “Partner in Conservation Award” by the Michigan Natural Resources Commission (2007)
- Purchased 4 radios for the MDNR to be used by officers in the field (2008)
- Purchased an additional kayak for a new DNR officer (2008)
- Purchased a shooting device for handicapped hunters (2009)
- Partnered with MIC/DNR funding Predator/Prey studies (2012)
Protection of Hunting Rights
- Assisted in the passage of the Michigan Hunter Protection law
- Contributor in the unsuccessful fight to protect dove hunting in Michigan (2006)
- Contributor in the successful fight to defeat anti-hunting ballot initiative in Alaska (2008)
- Contributor to the Montana ballot initiative in the fight against eliminating all guide sponsored big game tags and raising the license fees for non-residents (2010)
- Assist SCI and pro-hunting organizations worldwide in preventing anti-hunting legislation
- Donated $1000 to the hunter defense fund (2013)
Humanitarian
- Sponsor a handicap youth hunter (yearly)
- Sponsor “Wounded Veteran" hunters (every year we can make a contact)
- Started a chapter “Blue Bag” outreach program for traveling hunters (2006 – present)
- Contribute cash and food for the SCI “Sportsmen Against Hunger” program (yearly)
- Paid $600 to provide 60 backpacks for an orphanage in Kenya (2007)
- Provided 100 mosquito nets, which has saved the lives of thousands of children, at $5.07/each to be sent to Zambia
(2008 - 2009) - Supported the mosquito net program in Africa with a donation of $750 (2010)
- Provided $500 for mosquito nets (2012)
- Sponsored Missouri whitetail hunt for 3 Michigan Purple Heart veterans (2013)
- Donated $6500 for hunts for veterans and the disabled at Legends Ranch and Ruby Creek (2013)
Education
- Donated $600 to provide “Safari In A Box” for Michigan State Parks educational program
- Provides 3 “Safari In A Box” to loan to area schools.
- Donated $1,500 for the Wounded Warrier Project (2012)
- Paid $10,000 to sponsor “I is For Ivory,” a permanent exhibit at the Grand Rapids Museum
- Send Michigan teachers to the American Wilderness Leadership School in Wyoming (yearly)
- Provide scholarships for Michigan undergraduate and graduate students (yearly)
- Pay to place the MUCC magazine Tracks in primary schools in West Michigan (yearly)
- Provide a Sensory Safari trailer for blind and handicap children, veteran and school groups
- Donated to SCI Sable’s Education programs (2007-2010)
- Co-sponsored an education seminar given by Mark Duda with the other MI Chapters (2009)
- Donated a Safari-In-Box kit to the Michigan DNR to use in their educational trailers and in the trapper education courses (2009) - Value $800
- Donated $500 to the DNR scholarship program (2010-2012)
- Donated $6700 to the AWLS program (2012-2013)
- Donated $5000 to the Outdoor Discovery Center in Holland MI
- Sensory Trailer logged 940 miles for 7,105 visitors (2013)
- Donated $1000 to SCI’s International Wildlife Museum (2013)
| General Donations - Fiscal Year 2018 | Amount |
| CHD Symposium in Lansing | 1000 |
| Sponsor dinner for Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus in Traverse City | 2500 |
| Michigan Involvement Committee | 2500 |
| Stewards of Wildlife | 4000 |
| Hurricane Harvey relief | 1000 |
| Michigan Out of Doors TV | 4000 |
| Outdoor Discovery Center | 2500 |
| Congressional Sportsmen’s Breakfast | 500 |
| Camp Iron Sights | 5000 |
| 10 Camperships for Jada Johnson's Girls' Camp | 2500 |
| Fishing trip for 24 diabled/disadvantaged youths | 3000 |
| Handicap Accessible Restroom - Croton Sportsmen for Youth | 2300 |
| Boy Scouts’ Archery Pavilion | 5000 |
| “Pursuing a Dream” shooting event for 30 disabled kids | 3000 |
| Totals for Fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 | 38,800 |
| General Donations - Fiscal Year 2017 | Amount |
| Disabled Youth and Veteran's Hunts | 7000 |
| Croton Sportsmen For Youth (products for outdoor education) | 550 |
| Kent City Schools National Archery in Schools Program | 695 |
| Outdoor Discovery Center | 2500 |
| Flat River Gun Club | 700 |
| Police Officer Appreciation Night | 1200 |
| Forest Hills School Archery Program | 2600 |
| Camp Ironsights | 5000 |
| Norton Shores Police Department Hunter’s Safety Class (2 new 11-87 20 gauge youth) |
1070 |
| Steward's of Wildlife Preserve | 3500 |
| Boy Scouts Annual Sporting Clays Fundraiser | 2000 |
| 10 Boy Scout “Camperships” | 3450 |
| 6 Lake Michigan Charter Fishing trips for disabled youth/vets and disadvantaged youth |
3000 |
| Protecting Right to Hunt British Columbia Grizzly Bears | 5000 |
| Croton Sportsman For Youth and Disabled Veterans “Wish List” (Equipment) | 2000 |
| 3 benches on the Fredrick Meijer Trail | 3000 |
| Michigan Involvement Committee Grad Grant | 500 |
| Submersible pump and solar panel for water well in Botswana | 2000 |
| Totals for Fiscal year ended June 30, 2017 | 47,765 |
| General Donations - 2016 |
Amount |
| Outdoor Discovery Center (Archery Range Equipment) | 500 |
| MSU Fisheries and Wildlife Grad Student Symposium | 500 |
| DNR’s Outdoor Adventure Center | 500 |
| Disabled and Wounded Vet Hunts | 4500 |
| West Michigan Archery Center | 2500 |
| AWLS | 8000 |
| Wild Hog Research | 2000 |
| Michigan Involvement Committee | 2750 |
| Support Texas' Wildlife Constitutional Amendment | 500 |
| Annual Sponsorship of Michigan Outdoor TV | 3093 |
| Outdoor Discovery Center | 2500 |
| Camp Iron Sights; helping disadvantaged youth | 2500 |
| Sponsor for Boy Scouts Sporting Clays Shoot | 2000 |
| SCI Government Affairs Committee | 1000 |
| Sponsor Hunter’s Safety Class at KCCL | 500 |
| Sponsor MUCC Hunter’s Camp for 5 disadvantaged West Michigan youth | 1900 |
| Totals for Fiscal year ended June 30, 2016 | 48,336 |
| General Donations - 2015 |
Amount |
| Zulu Nyala, Rhino Conservation | 5,000 |
| Outdoor Discovery Center | 5,000 |
| Disabled and Wounded Veteran Hunts | 3,500 |
| AWLS - Camp Improvements | 3,000 |
| Michigan Involvement Committee | 2,750 |
| SCI Museum: Exhibit Repairs | 1,500 |
| Boy Scouts 30 Day Camp Scholarships | 1,500 |
| Sportsman's Outreach | 500 |
| Totals for Fiscal year ended June 30, 2015 | 26,250 |
| General Donations - 2014 |
Amount |
| SCI Wildlife Museum, Educational Needs and Displays | 1,000 |
| Outdoor Discovery Center, Children Enhancement | 2,500 |
| AWLS School Project | 2,700 |
| MUCC | 250 |
| MUCC, Tracks Magazine | 3,311 |
| Citizens for Professional Wildlife Management | 10,000 |
| Citizens for Professional Wildlife Management | 16,000 |
| Citizens for Professional Wildlife Management | 23,000 |
| Michigan Involvement Committee | |
| (including Grad Grant of $500 and General Purpose) | 2,750 |
| Handicap/Veterans Hunts | 12,632 |
| Totals for Fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 | 99,907 |
| General Donations - 2013 |
Amount |
| SCI Foundation, Lion Defense Fund | 2,000 |
| Blue Bag | 75 |
| Ron Johnson, Handicap Hunts | 500 |
| Michigan Involvement Committee | 2,750 |
| SCI Lansing Chapter | 1,000 |
| Hunter Defense Fund | 1,000 |
| American Wildlife Leadership School | 3,000 |
| Legends Ranch, Handicap Hunters | 2,000 |
| Joe Keillor, Handicap Hunters | 198 |
| MUCC, Tracks Magazine | 2,805 |
| Totals for Fiscal year ended June 30, 2013 | 15,328 |
| General Donations - 2012 |
Amount |
| ELK | 100 |
| Mozzie Nets | 500 |
| MCOA College Scholarship | 500 |
| Predator/Prey Program | 2,000 |
| Michigan Involvement Committee, Graduate Grant | 500 |
| Outdoor Discovery Center | 1,500 |
| Blue Bags | 75 |
| Education Books | 343 |
| American Wildlife Leadership School | 4,100 |
| Handicap Hunter | 1,500 |
| MUCC, 75th Anniversary | 100 |
| Vern Edwaards, Handicap Hunters | 411 |
| MUCC, Tracks Magazine | 2,805 |
| Michigan Involvement Committee | 100 |
| Totals for Fiscal year ended June 30, 2012 | 14,534 |
| General Donations - 2011 |
Amount |
| DNR Radio Project | 3,190 |
| Predator/Prey Program | 4,000 |
| Michigan Involvement Committee, Graduate Grant | 1,000 |
| Michigan Involvement Committee, Admin Costs | 100 |
| SCI | 500 |
| MUCC | 250 |
| American Wildlife Leadership School | 6,900 |
| Handicap/Veterans Hunts | 2,500 |
| MUCC,Tracks Magazine | 6,135 |
| Michigan Involvement Committee | 100 |
| Totals for Fiscal year ended June 30, 2011 | 24,675 |
| General Donations - 2010 |
Amount |
| High Places Inc., mosquito netting | 500 |
| Michigan Conservation Club Scholarship | 500 |
| SCI Veterans Committee | 370 |
| United Deer Farmers | 250 |
| High Places Inc., mosquito netting | 750 |
| AWLS School Project | 9,700 |
| Handicap Hunter | 3,748 |
| State Of Michigan | 250 |
| MUCC, Tracks Magazine | 5,235 |
| Totals for Fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 | 21,303 |
| General Donations - 2009 |
Amount |
| Michigan Involvement Committee, Predator/Prey Program | 4,000 |
| Michigan Involvement Committee, Grad Grant | 1,000 |
| AWLS School Project | 7,800 |
| Handicap/Veterans Hunts | 2,000 |
| MUCC, Tracks Magazine | 6,657 |
| Powers Outdoors , DNR Kayak | 450 |
| SCI , Alaska Initiative | 500 |
| United Special Sportsmen Alliance, Transportation Fee for Ill Boy's Bear Hunt | 300 |
| MUCC, Scholarship | 500 |
| Laser Shot Inc, Repair Laser Shot Equipment | 1,330 |
| Totals for Fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 | 24,537 |
| General Donations - 2008 |
Amount |
| DNR Radio Project | 3,945 |
| AWLS School Project | 7,000 |
| Handicap Hunter | 1,000 |
| MUCC, Tracks Magazine | 4,610 |
| Ronald McDonald House | 40 |
| Ada Bible Church, Mully Children | 600 |
| High Places, Mosquito Netting | 502 |
| Sables, Purchase of 2 "Safaris in a Box" | 1,489 |
| Totals for Fiscal year ended June 30, 2008 | $19,185 |
