Pictured from right are Todd Speicher, Kosciusko County Shrine Club president; Randy Riner, co-chairman of the Kosciusko County Turkey Shoot; Scott Tucker, chief executive officer of Maple Leaf Farms; Brent Reinholt, Reinholt’s Furniture and Mattress; Mike Wilson, McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapels; and Scott Wallace, co-chairman of the Kosciusko County Turkey Shoot. Photo provided by Kosciusko County Shrine Club.

News Release

WARSAW — Maple Leaf Farms, McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapels and Reinholt’s Town Square Furniture were recognized on Aug. 13 for more than 20 years of support to the Kosciusko County Shrine Club’s annual Turkey Shoot.

The annual shoot, of more than 25 years, supports the club’s and Mizpah Shrine Temple’s philanthropic mission to benefit the Shriners Hospitals for Children. Locally, more than $200,000 has been raised by the participation of local sportsmen, businesses and contributors. The Shriner motto is: “No one stands so tall as when they stoop to help a child.”

Shriners Hospitals for Children is a system of 22 hospitals in North America dedicated to treating children with orthopedic problems and burn injuries. There are 18 orthopedic hospitals, three burn hospitals and one hospital that provides orthopedic, burn care and spinal cord injury care. The mission is carried out without regard to race, color, creed, sex, sect, disability, national origin or ability of a patient or family to pay. Since the founding of Shriners Hospitals for Children in 1922, about $12 billion has been spent to provide medical care to nearly a million children with orthopedic problems, severe burn injuries or spinal cord injuries.

The annual Turkey Shoot is scheduled to take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 13 and 14, at Beeson’s Gun Club, 8994 W. CR 25S, Etna Green. The public is encouraged to attend. For more information, call (574) 551-3770 or (574) 265-5748.