The National Rifle Association recently recognized the STX-01 Committee from Corpus Christi, Texas, as winner of the 2008 Most Outstanding Friends of NRA Committee award at its September Board of Directors meeting.

The Boy Scouts of America Golden Spread Council will host an NRA Day Shooting Sports Camp at Camp Don Harrington near Amarillo, Texas. The event will be held July 10 through July 12 and is open to all registered Boy Scouts and Venture Scouts.

Approximately 100 Venturing Scouts will learn about firearms safety while having the opportunity to fire .22 rifles, shotguns, muzzleloaders, and practice archery. This free event is held to recruit new Venturing Scouts to the program and teach them about handling firearms safely. Fifteen to twenty NRA Certified Instructors will be on hand to provide instruction and supervision.

The LaRue Tactical Three-Gun Match, NRA's first officially sanctioned three-gun competition, will be held March 28-29, 2009 in Waco, Texas at the famous Tiger Valley training facility.

NRA Publications will present its annual Golden Bullseye Awards and Golden Bullseye Pioneer Award at an invitation-only reception during the 2009 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits, May 15-17, in Phoenix, Arizona.

NRA Collegiate Shooting is pleased to announce their co-sponsorship of the 2009 Association of College Unions International (ACUI) Clay Target Championships March 18-22 in San Antonio, TX.

NRA Collegiate Shooting will announce First and Second Team All-Americans at the 2009 NCAA Rifle Championships March 13-15 in Fort Worth, Texas.

The National Rifle Association is pleased to announce that this year's Intercollegiate Pistol Match will be held March 16-20, 2009 at Fort Benning, GA. This annual championship determines the national individual and team champions in NRA Intercollegiate Pistol competition. Events include NRA Intercollegiate Free Pistol, Standard Pistol, Open Air Pistol, Women's Air Pistol, and Women's Sport Pistol.

NRA Competitive Shooting Division is proud to announce its entrance into tactical multi-gun or three-gun competitions. The first NRA-sanctioned multi-gun match will be held in Waco, Texas March 28-29, 2009. A ceremony sanctioning the NRA's Multi-Gun Competitions will take place at this year's SHOT Show in Orlando, Florida.

Hunters who feel like their opinions on important issues are being ignored now have a place to make their voices heard. NRA's all-hunting website, www.nrahuntersrights.org, has unveiled a new interactive section that will allow hunters to share their opinions on hot-button hunting issues.