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You are here: Home / FEATURED POSTS / Sportsmen’s Caucus Presents Check to ‘Hunters for the Hungry’

Sportsmen’s Caucus Presents Check to ‘Hunters for the Hungry’

September 5, 2019 By Dick Cook and Contributed Article 0 Comments

From left to right: Representative Clark Boyd (R-Lebanon ), Senator Paul Rose (R-Covington), Senator Mike Bell (R-Riceville), Representative Chris Todd (R-Madison County), Representative Jeremy Faison (R-Cosby), Tennessee Wildlife Federation Director Mike Butler, Representative Jason Potts (D-Nashville), Representative Michael Curcio (R-Dickson), Representative Jesse Chism (D-Memphis), Representative Bob Freeman (D-Nashville), and Representative Andrew Farmer (R-Sevierville).]

NASHVILLE – On Tuesday, at the 2nd Annual Tennessee Sportsmen’s Caucus Dove Hunt in Houston County, the Tennessee Sportsmen’s Caucus donated $5,000 to Hunters for the Hungry, a non-profit program that provides healthy protein to hungry Tennesseans.The check was presented to Mike Butler, Director of the Tennessee Wildlife Federation for Hunters for the Hungry, who also attended the dove hunt.

Co-Chairman of the Tennessee Sportsmen’s Caucus, Senator Mike Bell (R-Riceville) said he was pleased to have the opportunity to donate to Hunters for the Hungry.

“Hunters for the Hungry is a great organization that makes it possible for Tennesseans in need to get healthy proteins necessary for a balanced diet,” said Bell. “As a sportsman, I am happy to support their cause and look forward to continuing to work with this program to ensure they are able to reach and feed hungry Tennesseans for many years to come.”

Since 1998, Hunters for the Hungry has provided more than 6.5 million meals to Tennesseans in need. When hunters harvest a deer, they may donate it to Hunters for the Hungry at a participating processor. The venison is processed for free or at a reduced rate and then provided to area food banks or soup kitchens. One deer provides as many as 168 meals of venison.

The Tennessee Sportsmen’s Caucus is a bi-partisan group of Tennessee state legislators interested in issues facing hunters and anglers in Tennessee. They work to support conservation policies and growth for sportsmen.

Filed Under: FEATURED POSTS, News, Sports

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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