Backpack Blast is a hit!

More than 200 people gathered on Tuesday, September 9th for a full day of clay shooting, shooting games, awards ceremony and barbecue dinner at the inaugural sporting clays tournament at the Greater Houston Gun Club. Attendees shot down hunger with proceeds benefiting the Houston Food Bank’s Backpack Buddy program.

The Backpack Buddy program provides child-friendly, nonperishable and easily consumed food for children in need over the weekends. Many of the children who participate in the program go home to meager or no meals on the weekends and rely on free or reduced-priced lunches during the school week. Backpack Blast raised nearly $300,000 that will go towards the Backpack Buddy program.

Brad Kidd Jr., the six time All-American shooter and winner of the National Sporting Clays Championship showed his support and shot with Chairs George Ball, Sanders Morris Harris CEO, and Tom Burke, The Rowan Companies CEO. The event was also co-chaired by Tom and Joe Rovig. Food and beverages for the event were provided by H-E-B and Scott McClelland, Chef Bart Black of Black’s Market Table, J.B Royer and Hunter Smith of Royer’s Round Top Café, and Jim Mills of The Houstonian.

Interested in securing a spot or learning more about next year’s Backpack Blast on October 5, 2015?  Please contact Emma Langley at 832-369-9223