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sored Texas Brigade teens to go to camp.
Jim’s favorite activities involve troops from
Fort Hood: inviting wounded warriors for
fishing and dinner; hosting a party with
troops and their families in December;
and sponsoring a golf hole for the Thanks
to Troops tournament at Sun City Texas.
This is not just a guy group, Jim is quick
to say. The club is always interested in
recruiting more women and, on a recent
salt water fishing trip, it was the women
who won all the prizes (not a huge sur-
prise; right, ladies?).
To learn more about the Hunting & Fish-
ing Club, visit them online at
.
org > Site Index > Hunting & Fishing
Club, or see the club’s monthly article in
the Chartered Clubs section on page 102.
I
f you talk with President Jim Grier
about the Hunting & Fishing Club, he
will tell you about the 50 fishing trips
a year for crappie, black bass and salt
water fish. He will tell you about pistol
shooting and skeet shooting opportuni-
ties. He will talk about how the club’s
Director of Hunting is able to provide club
members with access to a couple of dozen
leases every year, which offer hunting for
doves, deer, quail, duck and pigs.
But, what Jim and his 350 members take
the greatest pride in is the club’s commit-
ment to giving back: to Sun City Texas, to
Central Texas, to their members and to the
Georgetown community at large. For the
past 14 years, the club’s single fundraiser,
the always sold-out annual Fish Fry, has
been enough to sponsor all club activities.
In Sun City Texas, the club is an active
participant in Junior Camp each summer,
stocking the Berry Creek Pond with fish,
providing equipment and bait (and exper-
tise), and giving prizes to campers. The
club also imports 500 live rainbow trout
from Missouri each year, which mem-
bers deposit into Berry Creek Pond before
hosting their annual fishing tournament
for Sun City Texas residents.
The club works annually with Texas Parks
& Wildlife to create and maintain fish
habitats in Lake Georgetown. At Lake
Granger, they planted 150 willow trees
for erosion control. They have provided
funding to support hunting and fishing for
Central Texas Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts;
paid to support a therapy horse at the Ride
On Center for Kids (R.O.C.K.); and spon-
Photo by sherry mcrae
Movers
& Shakers
The Hunting &
Fishing Club is out
and about in the
community
By Sandy Nielsen
