August Sponsor Spotlight: Mossberg, SKB Cases, Carhartt, and ESEE Knives

We’re excited to feature Mossberg, SKB Cases, Carhartt, and ESEE Knives this month!

Founded in 1919 by Oscar Frederick Mossberg, Mossberg is one of the oldest family owned firearms manufacturers in America, now run by the fifth generation of the Mossberg family. Their 940 series shotguns are staples on the Shoot For A Cure trailer, and this year we’re raffling off some 940’s at our event raffles. Many thanks to Scott for your continued support!

For more info visit mossberg.com.

SKB Cases has spent decades building some of the toughest hard cases in the business, protecting everything from shotguns to sensitive gear on the road with us at every stop. This year we're featuring their USA Made I-series cases in our event raffles. Many thanks to Dennis, CeeCee and Steve for their longstanding support!

For more info visit skbcases.com.

Started by the Carhartt family in 1889, Shoot For A Cure is proud to have a great American company like Carhartt as part of our family. Carhartt has a long tradition of making top quality, MADE IN THE USA apparel. This year we’re raffling off the OG Detroit Jackets at our event raffles. Many thanks to Lori and Mark for your continued support!

For more info visit carhartt.com.

In 1997, ESEE founders Jeff Randall and Mike Perrin started down the path of changing the way the survival and wilderness industry did business, later bringing their training stateside and adding sister company ESEE, which produces high quality USA Made field grade knives and gear. ESEE has been a sponsor since 2011, and this year we're featuring the ESEE 6 Knives, EXPAT Cleavers and Gibson Axes in our event raffles. Big thanks to Bruce, Ash and Jeff- we love you guys!

For more info visit eseeknives.com.

MIDSEASON NEWSLETTER

Dear Friends,

What an exciting season we're having already! I can't believe we're halfway through, and the events yet to come are some of our favorites each year.

We always take a break in July and feel rested and ready to hit the road again come August, when we'll be headed to Ohio for our Great Lakes Shoot, Wisconsin for our Midway Shoot, and then Minnesota, too. September brings us to Mesa, AZ and Corona, CA, before we close out the season in October in NORCAL.

Our goal this year is to net $1,900,000 for all our charitable causes, and with your support, we're confident that we'll get there.


Please check the schedule page for updates and to register for our event nearest you, and watch social media for our news, event reminders, featured sponsors, event pictures, and more:
Instagram / Facebook / X

See you on the Course!!!

Mark Gagliardi

Read our Midseason Newsletter for our latest news, plus where we're headed next for our 2026 season, and more!

COMING SOON FROM MUCK BOOTS

The Original Muck Boot Company has three new collections coming soon that we're really excited to see. Keep an eye out for Xplorer, Outmax, and Woodland Pro.

Read all about 'em:

Xplorer: Built for the land. Introducing the all-new Xplorer. Engineered from the ground up for rugged performance, with a high-traction outsole designed to grip through mud, muck, and debris.

Outmax: Made to move. The all-new Outmax is built for high-performance, all-terrain comfort with an athletic fit that keeps you moving mile after mile. 

Woodland Pro: Performance Taken Further. Meet the all-new Woodland Pro, the most advanced Muck Boot ever designed. Engineered for energy return, lasting comfort, and dependable protection, it’s built to take on whatever the day demands.

Keep an eye on muckbootcompany.com!

SAVE UP TO $400 AT LEUPOLD OPTICS

Longtime sponsor Leupold Optics are running a number of promotions right now on their high quality products, including $400 VX-6HD Gen 2 Riflescopes.

Shop these deals through 8/31:

VX-6HD Gen 2
$400 Instant Savings on VX-6HD Gen 2 Riflescopes

VX-3HD
$100 Instant Savings on VX-3HD Riflescopes

Freedom RDS (34mm) Red Dot
$50 Instant Savings on Freedom RDS Red Dot Muzzleloader

BX-5 Santiam HD Binocular
$200 Instant Savings on BX-5 Santiam HD Binoculars

SX-5 Santiam HD Spotting Scope
$300 Instant Savings on SX-5 Santiam HD Spotting Scopes

BX-2 Timberline HD Binocular
$50 Instant Savings on BX-2 Timberline HD Binoculars

RX-5000
$100 Instant Savings on RX-5000 Rangefinder

FullDraw 5 Rangefinder
$100 Instant Savings on FullDraw 5 Rangefinder (July 24 – Aug 31)

First Shots: Theron Shields of Pennsylvania

Theron Shields from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania first shot the Mossberg 940 Pro at our PA shoot and then his father went out and bought him his own. Theron bagged his first turkey on 5/2/26 at 7:30 AM with his new Mossberg!

Congratulations Theron!!! We look forward to seeing you at the PA shoot this year!

NEW SPONSOR SHOWCASE

This month we're highlighting the newest round of Sponsors to join us!

Axil Ear Protection delivers top hearing enhancement, protection, and audio devices focused on ultra comfortable fitting processes, stereo quality sound performance, and reliable and durable engineering. A family business with over 60 years of design, manufacturing, and retailing experience, Axil continues to deliver the highest quality and most advanced product line to the sporting goods market. This year, we’re featuring (and giving away) their Axil GS Extreme 2.0 earbuds in our event raffles!

Visit goaxil.com to shop.

The legendary Ford Trucks has joined the Shoot For A Cure family! Whether you’re hauling tools and equipment to a job site or your family to a weekend getaway, count on the lineup of versatile, hardworking Ford trucks and vans to get the job done. Their rugged capability, outstanding performance and legendary dependability earns them all the label of BUILT FORD TOUGH®. This April, we will be trading in the 2018 Ford F650 and taking delivery of a brand new Ford F450 to move our trailer and supplies to our events coast to coast!!!!!

Check out ford.com/new-trucks.

Veteran owned and operated, Relentless Knives has put 15 years of blood, sweat, and hard work into developing a new technology that will take knives into the future, like with their Perpetual Edge technology which is engineered to control the way the edge of a knife wears, rarely requiring any edge maintenance. We're excited to feature their Game Changer and Boning Knives in our event raffles!

Learn more about their innovative knives here: relentlessknivesusa.com

Vortex Optics is an employee-owned and operated team of hard-working folks headquartered in Barneveld, Wisconsin where their customer and experience-focused work produces some of the best riflescopes, rangefinders, and optic gear we've ever seen (pun intended). We're honored to have their Diamondback 3-9x40 BDC riflescopes in our event raffles!

Shop Vortex and learn more at vortexoptics.com.

Big thanks to these incredible folks for all your support!

The WHY Behind Shoot For A Cure

When we can’t find the words to explain why we do what we do here at Shoot For A Cure, we let these powerful stories speak for us. Watch these short videos from Globe Life Inc. and March of Dimes.

This is our WHY, and why your support matters so much to us year after year.

February Sponsor Spotlight: SSP Eyewear

We're excited to feature SSP Eyewear as our Sponsor of the Month for February 2026! SSP Eyewear has been manufacturing world-class eyewear for over a decade. Their wonderful mission to spread the word that safety eyewear is necessary is one that we are fully on board for. To accomplish this mission, they are committed to creating safety sunglasses that provide exceptional protection, great styles, coordinated colors and superior fit for activities like shooting sports as well as every day life. We are honored to feature their Methow Shooting Glasses (shown in the photo!) in our event raffles at all of our events this season!

Many thanks to Mike for all of your support!

2026 Season Events Schedule Announced!

Happy New Year, folks! We are excited to kick off our 24th season soon, with a goal of raising $1,900,000 for all of our charitable causes.

Our 2026 event schedule is now live! See where we are headed here, and save the date nearest you on your calendar!

By the way, registration is open now for our 18th Annual PSW Shoot happening on Saturday, March 21st. You can download the registration form here.

See you on the course!

Buckster Alert!

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Cameron Chorpenning, Son of UFCW LOCAL 27 President Jason Chorpenning, killed this beautiful chocolate buck on opening day of Rifle Season in Maryland on Dans Mountain at 7:45 am.

His family reports, “He shot him with a 30-06 with a scope on his gun that he won at the Shoot For A Cure event held annually on the eastern shore in Maryland. Thanks again to Shoot For A Cure for this awesome prize at the best fundraiser there is!!!”

This buck weighed approximately 145 pounds and all of the meat will be enjoyed by Cameron‘s entire family!

Way to go, Cameron!

Pictured above: Cameron with his wife Katlyn and his son Jace!

2025 Yearly Raffle Winners Announced!

Huge congratulations to our 2025 Yearly Raffle winners! It’s such fun for us each year to be able to give away these incredible prizes, all from our generous sponsors. We love making these phone calls to the winners and hearing the joy we get to share with you.

Here are this year’s big winners. Congratulations, all!

Grand Prize
Scott Dearwester
Canonsburg, PA

2nd Prize
Billy Archibald
Waxahachie, TX

3rd Prize
Lance Barnes
Cotati, CA

4th Prize
Tim Angelo
Montclair, CA

5th Prize
PJ Newman
Glenwood, MD

Many thanks to our sponsors. Take a look at these prizes!

We can’t wait to do it again next year.

See you on the course in 2026!

Buckster Alert!

First buck ever!

Cohen Morris sporting his Shoot For A Cure hat!

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Cohen is Chad Young’s grandson. Chad was our good friend who passed away a few years ago. He was instrumental in the success of our Texas event and we renamed the event in his honor after he passed. His wife and family attend (and shoot) every year. 

Congratulations Cohen!

SHOT Show 2025 Recap!!!

What a terrific time we had at SHOT show 2025! Thank you to our generous sponsors, longtime and brand new to us, for your support of our mission. Here’s a look at the fun we had and the products we were awed by. (Photos are below, and videos are on our social media!)

Here’s to our 23rd season ahead!

By the way, you can see the first half of our schedule now, and the fall dates will be added soon.

See you on the course!!

Here we go! Our 2025 Schedule Through June!!

We are so excited to hit the road for our 23rd year, and we’re kicking things off in just a few weeks. Here’s a look at the schedule through June, and the second half of our year should be finalized by March, so stay tuned for more dates to come.

See you on the course!

December Sponsor Spotlight: American Outdoor Brands

We've got a great round up this month to close out the year! These folks are some of the best out there when it comes to supplying gun owners with all the tools and aids to make your life - and every shot - better.

American Outdoor Brands (AOB) are a HUGE part of our Shoot For A Cure family. Their brands help get you on target, sighted in, resting solidly with great optics-and then clean your gun for the next time. Get to know them here:

Crimson Trace's lasers, lights, sights, and scopes are among our favorite pieces of gear. We are giving away their HALO Rad pistol optics and their Brushline 3x9x40 scopes this year.

Wheeler Tools makes high quality gunsmithing tools for your bench. This year we have the FAT STIX, digital FAT wrenches, scope leveling kits, laser bore sighters and more.

Caldwell Shooting Supplies provides the marksman with quality must-have gear to eliminate the variables that make you miss. This year we’re featuring Caldwell shooting bags and the CLAYMORE and PULL PUP clay throwers.

Tipton makes the best line of gun cleaning products you could ask for, providing you with everything you need to ensure your firearms stay clean, maintain perfection, and always perform admirably. This year we are giving away the Best Gun Vise 360’s and the Nope Ropes.

Since 1852, Smith & Wesson Accessories has been one of the world's largest manufacturers of quality firearms and firearm safety/security products and accessories. Throwing axes - YES!!!

BOG is dedicated to constant improvement.This year, we have their new KINETIC and AGILITY backpacks and the Adrenaline Tripods.

Hooyman provides ground-breaking land management tools to fuel the desire to preserve our hunting heritage. This year we’re featuring the Megabite Hunter’s Combo Saw.

Thank you to American Outdoors Brands for your ongoing support of us and our mission!

2024 Yearly Raffle Winners Announced!

Huge congratulations to our 2024 Yearly Raffle winners! It’s such fun for us each year to be able to give away these incredible prizes, all from our generous sponsors. We love making these phone calls to the winners and hearing the joy we get to share with you.

Here are this year’s big winners. Congratulations, all!

1. Tim Angelo - Montclair, CA

2. Lindsay Maldonado - Loxahatchee, FL

3. Jordan Bremseth - Hinckley, MN

4. Scott Flynn - Justice, IL

5. Joey Berardinelli - Palm City, FL

6. Ellen Roberts - Vero Beach, FL

7. Jodee Bowers - Punxsutawney, PA

Many thanks to our sponsors. Take a look at these prizes!

We can’t wait to do it again next year.

See you on the course in 2025!

August Sponsor Spotlight: Beretta, Leupold, and Yamaha

Our August Sponsors of the Month are all longtime supporters of our cause, and ones you'll easily see represented at every event!

Beretta has been making fine Italian firearms since the 1500s. Through those centuries of experience, Beretta has held true to their core value of quality without compromise, and their investments in technology have resulted in some of the best firearms on the market today. Every year, SFAC has on hand the latest Beretta shotguns for our participants to check out and shoot-and we are giving away A300’s in our event raffles! Beretta's ongoing support means the world to us! For more info visit beretta.com.

Leupold is the #1 most trusted name in riflescopes and outdoor optics and is a longtime supporter of Shoot for a Cure. Based in Beaverton, OR, Shoot for a Cure features their NEW USA MADE Performance Eyewear at each of our event raffles. And this year, we are giving away a USA MADE VX-5HD scope in our BIG Yearly Raffle!!! Special thanks to all the folks at Leupold for their continued support. For more information, visit leupold.com.

Everywhere we go, Yamaha provides us with the best in transportation at our events (the Kodiak Quads and the Viking side by side) as well as powering the SFAC shoot trailer with their powerful (and extremely quiet) Yamaha generator. Special thanks to all the folks at Yamaha for keeping us powered and moving. Your support means so much to us! For more info, please visit yamaha-motor.com.

New Sponsor Banners Revealed

If you’ve been following Shoot for a Cure for even a little while - and especially if you’ve been to one of our events - you know how important our sponsors are to us. These folks are so generous in their support of our work and mission, and we wouldn’t be here without them.

Here are the newest sponsor banners!

Want to join us as a Corporate or Patron Sponsor? Connect with us here!

PEOPLE WIN AT SHOOT FOR A CURE

Pictured here is Gary Rice, our recent shotgun winner from our Florida ‘24 shoot. Gary is the proud recipient of a brand new Benelli M2, courtesy of Benelli USA, one of our new sponsors this year. Congratulations Gary!!!

Big Congrats to our Turkey Hunt Winner!

People do win at Shoot For A Cure!

Pati Piro, our 2022 Dream Turkey Hunt winner, is pictured here at Blaine Gibbons Outfitters in Nebraska with her daughter and son-in-law who both shot beautiful gobblers!!!

Pati’s daughter had Blaine call in 3 toms and 3 jakes to 10 yards (or less) and she harvested this beautiful bird.

Then Pati’s son in law got his bird at 10-15 yards with Blaine’s other guide.

Many thanks to all of our great sponsors for this awesome experience!