Pictured, from left, are John Sadler, Co- Chair, Mike Kinsey, VP Kosciusko County Shrine, Levi Ebersole, Two Bear Arms Gun Donor, Don Smith, Chairman, Nathan Ousley, President, Kosciusko County Shrine. All are ready for the annual Shriner Turkey Shoot set for Oct. 14-15.

ETNA GREEN — The Annual Shrine Turkey Shoot will be held  from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 15 and 16, Saturday and Sunday, at Beeson’s Gun Range, 8994 West CR 25 South, Etna Green (just off Crystal Lake Road). Over the years, thousands of local sportsmen and their families have supported the Kosciusko County Shrine Club in raising thousands of dollars to support our multiple missions for Kosciusko County.

The annual shoot is held to support the Kosciusko County Shrine Club. The Kosciusko County Shrine Club, celebrating 80 plus years, is best known for the annual trip for third graders to the “Shrine Circus” (with literally over a 67,000 students, since 1957, taken free of charge, as a conservative estimate!). 

Furthermore, the club supports many other local and national philanthropic organizations and firmly realizes “No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child.” On average, the county has over 125 patients treated by the Shrine Hospitals; regardless of the ability to pay.

The Turkey Shoot is a fantastic way for the community to support the local Kosciusko County Shrine Club and its philanthropic mission. The public is welcome. Bring the family for food, fellowship and plain old Indiana fall fun to support the Kosciusko County Shrine Club.

Shoot a paper target, bring your own gun or we can provide one, shells are provided. Shoot for Maple Leaf Farms Duck and Serenade Food Products, Wal- Mart Turkeys, cash or other prizes. Children, age 12 and under, shoot a .410 to win a Youth .410 shotgun donated by Two Bear Arms of Etna Green (winner determined Sunday). A raffle for a Henry Golden Boy lever action .17 HMR mag rifle is available.

Participants may come for a shoot, or a fantastic sportsmen’s “Silent Auction”. Many local merchants who are sponsoring the event, are committed to community and the Mizpah Shrine Temple’s philanthropic mission to provide world class health care for local children.

Donations for the “silent auction” are still being accepted and greatly appreciated for the local children and families we serve, and may be made by calling (574) 527-5351 or (574) 269-9865.