NRA Foundation awards grant to Bosco Gun Club
The NRA Foundation has awarded the St. John Bosco Academy Gun Club a grant totaling $3,522 to fund training materials for the schools pistol club. Grant money will fund items of ammo and targets. The students in the SJBA Gun Club can participate in free training once a month for pistol courses which include gun safety, marksmanship, and tactics. The students travel to American Freedom Defense (AFD) in Greencreek for the training. Jim and Amy Gorges, instructors at AFD provide the training for free, and with this grant the NRA Foundation provides most of the necessary supplies and equipment.
  "We are very excited about St. John Bosco Academy being able to continue with free gun training for our students" said Amy Gorges, gun club leader, "and pleased that the NRA is making an investment in our community."
St. John Bosco Academy would like to extend an invitation to the youth in the community to join our club! Students that are home schooled or at the public school are welcome to join.
Prior to attending the monthly 2 hour training, each student is required to attend a Basic Pistol Course.
There is only 1 scheduled Basic Pistol Course that is FREE. It will be held on June 19thfrom 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at AFD in Greencreek.  The first 14 students to sign up will be accepted. To register, please sign up at the website AFDidaho.com and then to the “join a class” page. Students need to be 12 years of age to attend.