Gaston J. Glock Style Will Exhibit at 41st Annual SCI Hunters’ Convention
Safari Club International 09.25.12
Safari Club International (SCI) is proud to welcome Gaston J. Glock Style, purveyors of some of the finest eco-friendly hunting clothes, as a sponsor for the 41st Annual SCI Hunters’ Convention in Reno, NV January 23-26, 2013.
“We are excited about SCI’s new partnership with Gaston J. Glock Style,” said SCI President John Whipple. “Gaston J. Glock Style is a pioneer in the field of high quality and eco-minded hunting apparel. We are extremely proud to have such an innovative company join us for the 41st Annual SCI Hunters’ Convention.”
“Becoming a corporate sponsor to SCI was essential to our company’s long term business model, to join the largest, most well respected organizations in the hunting community,” said Beate Arnold, CEO of Gaston J. Glock Style. “The SCI Hunters’ Convention embodies the highest echelon of hunting, which we believe our hunting gear and clothing complements perfectly.”
Since 2009, SCI’s convention attendees and vendors from around the world have made SCI’s Annual Hunters’ Convention one of the top 25 fastest growing trade shows by attendance, according to Trade Show News Network. TSNN will be honoring SCI’s amazing accomplishment during the awards ceremony at the 3rd Annual TSNN Awards, “Celebrating Trade Show Excellence” on November 3, 2012 in Louisville, Ky.
Learn more about the 41st Annual Hunters’ Convention at www.ShowSCI.org. Register now to take advantage of any advance ticket/registration early bird special rates! Tickets for the 2013 evening entertainment are selling faster than any show in SCI history!
Protecting hunters’ rights and promoting wildlife conservation, SCI’s two areas of focus, historically has been the interest of hundreds of individuals long before SCI was established. But how did SCI as an organization begin?
Forty years ago, there were many safari clubs across the country made up of local, unaffiliated groups of hunters. One such was Safari Club of Los Angeles, which was formed in April 1971 by forty-seven individuals. In early 1972, an out-of-towner from a similar club in Chicago attended one of the monthly Wednesday night meetings, and it was decided that the L.A. club should attempt to combine with the one in Chicago to make it an affiliated chapter. The founder of Safari Club of Los Angeles, C.J. McElroy, went to the Windy City and instituted the new chapter.
Eleven months after the formation of Safari Club of Los Angeles, on March 9, 1972, the name was changed officially to Safari Club International. SCI continued to reach out to other independent safari clubs throughout the United States in an effort to combine them into a single overall organization.
Today, interest in SCI’s two primary missions has grown a worldwide network. Subsequent involvement and promotion of these missions is rooted in each of our 55,000 members, supported through each of our 190 membership chapters found across the globe, and put into action by government representatives and personnel both nationally and internationally.
In this way, we can encourage an appreciation for nature and wildlife so that conservation efforts remain strong, while also fighting to protect our rich hunting heritage. Big changes can be achieved through the endeavors of many who are united in a mission – the mission of Safari Club International.
