By Leah Sander
InkFreeNews

ROCHESTER — People may target shoot for a good cause on Saturday, April 26.

The Fulton County Gun Club is hosting its 10th annual Clays for Cancer event then at 3916 N. Meridian Road, Rochester.

Proceeds are going to the Beaver Dam Community Church’s Wheels on Fire-Cancer Crusaders, who help cancer patients in several counties, including Fulton and Kosciusko.

Clays for Cancer starts at 10 a.m. and goes until there are no more shooters. Wheels on Fire’s Christina Morehouse said people don’t have to pre-register.

Clays for Cancer consists of several activities. People may target practice, with 10 targets at a cost of $3.50 or 25 targets for $7.

They may also participate in various games for $7 or try the 25-target competitive event for $10. Both of the latter activities will offer awards. The deadline for entering the competitive event is 3 p.m. that day.

There will also be a silent auction, with shells and shooting and outdoor equipment. Food will be available for purchase, including the gun club’s Road Kill Chili.

Morehouse said people may help by donating a new, unused item for the silent auction. They may do so by contacting the gun club at (574) 223-2072 or emailing [email protected].

She said the gun club’s Don Barker lost his wife to cancer, so Clays for Cancer is “his way of giving back and helping others.”

Morehouse said Clays for Cancer is usually the first fundraiser of the year for Wheels on Fire.

“Around 100 to 150 people show up to shoot, enjoy the food and bid on auction items,” she said of the usual turnout.

She added Wheels on Fire “appreciates all the work that goes into putting this event on.”

Over the years, it’s raised $43,268.35 to help cancer patients.