Savage Arms Supports Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors

Outdoor Mentors announced today that Savage Arms has stepped up to sponsor the Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors Shooting Sports Outreach Program. Launched in Kansas in 2019, the Shooting Sports Outreach Program engages high school and college student-athletes involved in the shooting sports with hunting and fishing opportunities.

“With support from great companies like Savage Arms, we are able to expand our efforts to bridge the gap between target shooting and hunting,” said Brittany French, Vice President of Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors, Inc. “Since launching this program, we have added three full-time employees to our team and are planning to coordinate over 500 events in 2022 serving over 1,250 youth in across Kansas and Iowa.”

Beth Shimanski, Director of Marketing for Savage Arms, said, “We began working with Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors a few years ago through our Traveling AccuFit campaign. We were so impressed at not only the mission of this organization, but the passion that all of their team members share for the work they do. Groups like this are what the future of our industry needs. We are proud to be able to support them as they continue to educate and grow our hunting and shooting population.

“Since the start of our Shooting Sports Outreach Program we have been able to double the number of events planned and youth served” said Brittany French “By being able to hire full-time employees to broker these opportunities, we have been able to prove the importance and the scalability of this program.”

Savage Arms also is a major supporter of deer hunting in Georgia as a major sponsor of GON’s Truck-Buck Contest, providing 12 Savage deer rifles to weekly winners in the big-buck contest.

Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors is working with student athletes from the USA Clay Target League and the Scholastic Clay Target Program.

“Many of these youth have taken hunter safety, they have been taught hands-on safe gun handling and have learned one of the basic skills needed to hunt,” Brittany said. “Our goal is to increase their interest and motivation to hunt by providing as many different hunting opportunities as we possibly can.”

The Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors program guides high school and college student-athletes to outdoor opportunities.

“Our goal with this program is to provide new and continued outdoor opportunities for youth,” Briittany said. “Coordinating these opportunities allows us to recruit new hunters, retain youth who are already hunting and reactivate lapsed hunters such as parents and coaches. This model can be applied to numerous different cohorts in hopes to inspire others to have a passion for hunting and fishing.”

To accomplish this, Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors partners with local chapters of NGOs, state fish and wildlife agencies and private landowners to provide access and volunteer mentors who assist with the events.

About Savage Arms
Headquartered in Westfield, Massachusetts, Savage has been producing firearms for more than 125 years. Savage is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of hunting, competition and targeting shooting centerfire and rimfire rifles, and shotguns. Their firearms are best known for accuracy, performance and innovation. The entrepreneurial spirit that originally defined the company is still evident in its ongoing focus on continuous innovation, craftsmanship, quality and service. Learn more at www.savagearms.com.

About Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors
Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors is a Wichita, Kansas-based national organization dedicated to providing children with mentors who will share with them the experiences of traditional outdoor activities. The heart of the group’s mission is to give children opportunities to connect with nature that they more than likely won’t have without a mentor showing them the way. For more information about Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors, please visit http://www.outdoormentors.org.