Join Like Your Way of Life Depends on It & Reap the Benefits at the 2015 SCI Annual Hunters’ Convention
Safari Club International 08.28.14
SCI is one of the most powerful pro-hunting and pro-conservation organizations in the world, and works tirelessly on the behalf of hunters. Members stay involved with state legislative and regulatory issues; with federal plans that affect management, conservation, and hunting access on public lands; as well as national legislative issues. There is strength in numbers, and SCI would not be able to produce results without supporters like you– united in the same fight. For $65, you can become an SCI Member and join like your way of life depends on it..
There is an array of benefits that you will receive as a member of Safari Club International, including the bi-monthly Safari Magazine, the eligibility to attend SCI’s Annual Hunters’ Convention, and free admission to the International Wildlife Museum. Associated sponsors also offer additional benefits and discounts on anything from travel insurance to hunting gear. A full list of benefits is below.
- Join a Chapter
- Become eligible to attend SCI’s Members Only Annual Hunters’ Convention
- Bid on auction items at the SCI Hunters’ Convention
- Receive 6 bi-monthly issues of SCI’s award-winning SAFARI MAGAZINE
- 12 monthly issues of SAFARI TIMES Newspaper
- Annual World Hunting Awards Publication
- Participate in the SCI Record Book of Trophy Animals and World Hunting Awards Programs
- Access to Hunt Reports
- SCI “In the Crossharis” e-Newsletter
- Access to SCI First for Hunter’s Website
- Free Admission to the International Wildlife Museum at SCI Headquarters in Tuscon
- Official SCI Membership ID Card
- Free access to SCI Online Record Book
- Global Rescue’s SCI Hunters Hotline, an SCI Exclusive!
For more information on Safari Club International, visit www.scifirstforhunters.org or join now.
Contact:
www.safariclub.org or call 520-620-1220
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.
