Banquets in North Carolina, Louisiana, Iowa and more

Thanks to Senior Event Services Coordinator Nicole McMahon we have the list of upcoming Friends of NRA events for the next few days and it's a doozy.

Now that schools have started and everyone's returned from their beach vacations, Friends of NRA banquets are picking back up. Fall is the busiest time of the year for banquets, hosting the majority of the roughly 1,200 events held each year.

With so many events going on, there's sure to be something near you coming up. If you haven't already bought a ticket for an event nearby, now would be a great time to do so. The money raised at Friends of NRA events goes a long way towards helping out shooting sports programs in both your area and nationwide - national and local funds are split down the middle.

Visit the Friends of NRA website to learn more about their events if you've never been to one. And if you don't see something near you this week, there's a great map of the United States where you can see the full list of upcoming events by state. You're sure to find something there.

Let's see what we have this week:

09/12/2012
Bad Axe, Michigan

09/13/2012
Beckley, West Virginia
Crossville, Tennessee
Deland, Florida
Ft. Pierre, South Dakota
Greenwood, South Carolina
Ivyland, Pennsylvania
Kirksville, Missouri
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Monroe, Michigan
Muscatine, Iowa
New Bern, North Carolina
San Mateo , California
Staten Island, New York
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Webster, New York