From Club Connection:
Sixty-eight clubs across the country were recognized with the NRA Gold Medal Club Award for 2009. Gold Medal Clubs receive a wall plaque to display proudly at their club to show off their achievement. Clubs are required to reapply each year in order to maintain Gold Medal status. Every club that reapplies will receive a gold plate with the year of renewal to mount onto their plaque. To receive the NRA Gold Medal Club Award, your club must meet ALL of the following criteria:
1. Become a 100% NRA Membership Club
A club becomes a 100% NRA Club when all members of the NRA-affiliated club actively maintain individual NRA membership. By becoming 100% NRA, your club will also become eligible for to receive funds from the NRA Range Grant program. Please submit a list of your members or a copy of your bylaws stating NRA membership is required to be a member of your club.
2. Produce a club newsletter
Club newsletters do many things for the members. It helps to keep the members informed of the club’s happenings and it can address information on local and statewide issues. Newsletters help to provide the communication within the club to its members to help them stay in touch in this busy world. The newsletter may be in digital or print format.
3. Belong to the State Association within your own state
Your State Association will help to keep your club informed on the latest updates within your state that may affect your Second Amendment rights. Joining the Official NRA State Association enables your club to be informed with up-to-date information about your rights as a gun owner at the state and local levels of government. State Associations also have access to offering grants to local clubs who are members. More information about your State Association can be found at www.nrahq.org/clubs/state.asp.
4. Administer or currently incorporate an NRA Youth Program into the club’s agenda
Your old gun in the hands of a new shooter is one of the best things to help carry on the shooting sports. Youth Programs are used to teach the responsibilities and the pleasures of shooting and hunting skills. As the nation’s population continues to age, it will be up to clubs to educate and recruit youth to be the next leaders and to help continue to protect the Second Amendment. For more information, visit www.nrahq.org/youth.
5. Be an active participant in the NRA’s Membership Recruiting Program
NRA Clubs throughout the country are earning money for their club through this program. Clubs can earn up to $10 for each new membership submitted and $5 for each membership renewal. This is a no cost program, and all supplies are even provided by NRA for free! For more information, contact the NRA Recruiting Department at (800) 672-0004 or email recruiting@nrahq.org.
Learn more about Gold Medal Clubs.