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The last year has been great for MBS. The membership drive was a success, the RUBS and SCRAPES just keeps getting better and better and people are really pushing their ideas to the forefront and making their desires known.
Now comes the fun part. Over the next few weeks we need volunteers to step up and take ALL of the goals you MBS members have come up with and put them into action and make them come reality. I am asking each and every one of you to give a little bit of your time in service of the MBS and helping further the cause of bowhunting. We have some exciting things ahead and some fun family events that we need to work on. We also need you to volunteer to chair, support, or help out a committee.
The first pressing issue is for the summer picnic. We need volunteers to get this off the ground. We have a tentative date of June 18 or 19 at heart of Maryland in Howard County. This will be an incredible time to get to meet some other members, put faces to a Bowsite name, and spend time with your family and loved ones while enjoying archery.
The Next issue is bringing the National Archery in the Schools Program to our MD schools. The NASP is a middle school/high school program that teaches Olympic style archery. The program started originally in Kentucky and has spread like wildfire to numerous other states across the nation. NASP has gotten rave reviews from state officials, educators and legislators across the country. Students are reportedly better behaved; more focused and show a genuine interest in going to school on the days the program runs in their school. The program has proven to be a win-win situation for all involved. While NASP has been so successful elsewhere MD has not yet instituted a NASP program of our own. Realizing the potential behind this venture, the MBS has decided to fully investigate the program and the actual logistics of bring this wonderful program to our own area. Mr. Roy Grimes, the national coordinator for NASP advised that MD would have to coordinate their program through the state DNR office just as have the other states. He also has advised us that our own Wildlife & Heritage Director, Paul Peditto, has already contacted him and expressed an interest in getting the program up and running. This is indeed good news as it identifies yet another opportunity for MBS to work hand in hand with our DNR folks to bring this nationally recognized program to hundreds of young people in Maryland’s school system. We need people to help us raise the funds needed, about $16,000. With the declining number of bowhunters and the increased age of the average bowhunter we need this program and I need your promise to help make it become a reality.
Guys we have taken some hits in the political arena lately. Bob Lynch, Tim Lambert, Adam Grzybowski and others recently met with delegates in Harford County only to be told the decision not to introduce a Sunday hunting bill had already been decided on. We can not afford to become complacent.
We are looking to try and dedicate an entire edition of Rubs and Scrapes to our youths and their bowhunting experiences. It is so important that along with protecting bowhunting we promote and encourage it for our children. If you have a story you would like to contribute for our summer effort, please contact Bob Lynch directly.
Guys, MBS is not only your responsibility as a bowhunter, but it can be a source of great pride and satisfaction in giving back to the sport that gives each and everyone of us so much pleasure. Without your efforts MBS is nothing but a name on a piece of paper. We need volunteers to help Tim Lambert in the political arena as well.
I look forward to receiving emails from those of you who are willing to help. Trust me the rewards will far outweigh the efforts you will put in to which ever MBS project you dedicate your time to.
Remember, The BEST is yet to come...Steven Rupert
