August 2022 Membership Meeting
On August 1st over 50 people gathered at the Mount Pleasant Comfort Inn for a Mid-Michigan membership meeting. It’s important for readers to know you don’t have to be a member to attend, so feel free to invite a friend who isn’t a member to show them some of the many things SCI does.
The evening started at 6:00 with a social hour followed by an excellent meal of chicken, phenomenal potatoes, green beans, salad and several different types of deserts. As the meal was coming to a close Jon Zieman, our current treasure and former chapter president, came around to all the tables and told the kids, with a smile on his face, there was a minimum quota for kids of two desserts each. At the conclusion of the meal the program began.
For this meeting board members Doug Chapin and Josh Christensen described their experiences on their recent trips to Africa. Both Doug and Josh booked their safaris at our annual fundraiser and encouraged people in attendance to come to the fundraiser if they too were interested in hunting in Africa or anywhere else for that matter.
Chapin spoke first of his and his wife’s adventure with Steele Game Safaris. He had a slide show with many pictures to go along with his presentation, highlighting a few of his hunts, the lodges he stayed and animals taken on his trip.
Christensen spoke next on his family trip with Marupa Safaris. Josh was accompanied on his trip by his wife and their two sons. Christensen started with the point that it is very safe to travel to South Africa to hunt and anyone with a family thinking about the adventure should seize the opportunity. He also had a slide show to accompany his description of his and his family’s adventure, highlighting several of the hunts and adventures his family had. He mentioned several times there would be stories coming in the Front Sight magazine from him, and his sons Elijah and Ivan.
To end the meeting there were drawings for the youth gun, where one lucky young lady won a .410, one person won over $150 in the 50/50 raffle and many people went home with door prizes. There are two more membership meetings this year. One on Monday, September 11th and one on Monday October 2nd. Please join us for a fun night of socializing and comradery and bring a friend or two.
