The Kosciusko County Shrine Club’s annual turkey shoot is Oct. 14-15 at Beeson’s Gun Range. Pictured from left are Fred Vining, Sons of the American Legion; Don Smith, chairman, Shrine Club Turkey Shoot; Don Wallen, with Two Bear Arms’ gun donation; Michael Wilson, with McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapels’ gun donation; John Sadler, co-chair of the turkey shoot; and Jim Brennan, Shrine Club member. Photo provided.

News Release

WARSAW — The annual Shrine Turkey Shoot will be held Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 14-15, at Beeson’s Gun Range, 8994 W. 25S, Etna Green, just off Crystal Lake Road.

Over the years, thousands of local sportsmen and their families have supported the
Kosciusko County Shrine Club in raising thousands of dollars to support its multiple missions for Kosciusko County.

The Kosciusko County Shrine Club, celebrating 80 plus years, is best known for the annual trip for third-graders to attend the “Shrine Circus,” with more than 70,000 students since 1957 taken free of charge.

The club also supports many other local and national philanthropic organizations, and members firmly believe the Shrine motto, “No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child.” On average, the county has more than 125 patients treated by the Shrine Hospitals regardless of their ability to pay.

The turkey shoot is a way for the community to support the local Kosciusko County Shrine Club and its philanthropic mission. The public is welcome. Bring the family for food, fellowship and plain old Indiana fall fun to support the Kosciusko Shrine Club.

Shoot a paper target; bring your own gun or the club can provide one; shells are provided. Shoot for Maple Leaf Farms duck and Serenade Foods products, turkeys from Walmart, cash or other prizes.

Children 12 and under shoot a .410 free of charge to win a youth .410 shotgun donated by Two Bear Arms of Etna Green. The winner will be determined Sunday, Oct. 15. A raffle for a Henry H001 .22-caliber rifle donated by McHatton Sadler Funeral Chapel is available.

Participants may come for the shoot or a sportsman’s “silent auction.” Many of the local merchants who are sponsoring the event are committed to the community and the Mizpah Shrine Temple’s philanthropic mission to provide world class health care for local children.

The local Shrine Club members look forward to seeing old and new friends and thank everyone in advance for coming out to support their mission. Donations for the silent auction are still being accepted and are greatly appreciated by the local children and their families that the Shrine Club serves. For donation information, call (574) 527-5351 or (574) 269-9865.