Nashville celebs bring local “flavor” to USA’s Ironworkers shoot, celebration.
Titans Cheerleaders and Curb Recording Artist Rachel Holder bring Nashville “flavor” to celebration of Ironworkers, retirees, U.S. Veterans at USA’s 1st Ironworkers International Sporting Clays Shoot.
The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance, a non-profit, conservation organization based in Nashville, along with the Ironworkers International and Ironworkers Local 492, hosted a round of sporting clays and family picnic on Saturday, Sept. 20 at Nashville’s Tennessee Clay Target Complex. While serving as a fundraiser to support the USA and its conservation mission, the event also provided a great opportunity to recognize union members, retirees, U.S. Veterans and their families. More than 300 people came out to enjoy a day of family-fun activities and entertainment.
Highlights of the program included a full sporting clays tournament and special appearances by Titans Cheerleaders and Nashville’s own Curb Recording Artist Rachel Holder. Titans Cheerleaders signed autographs and posed for photos with fans of all ages. Rachel Holder and her band performed an energetic set of old and new hits, after Holder’s impressive display of busting clays with attendees on the shooting course. Darrell Roberts, Executive Director of Helmets to Hardhats, was on-hand to inform attendees about the organization’s mentoring, training programs and job placement services for veterans.
When scores were tallied, it was Ironworkers International Team B that took home top honors with the High Over All (HOA) score of 470 out of 500. The HOA Individual award went to Hugh Bennett. Amanda Pilcher earned the HOA Female award for the event.
“We appreciate the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s efforts to unite the union community through conservation, so we were happy to lend our support by hosting a fundraising event in Tennessee,” said Dick Ward, First General Vice President of Ironworkers International.
“This event was a true celebration of the union community and our veterans,” said Fred Myers, Executive Director and CEO of the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance. “It was planned with the local flavor of Nashville at the forefront, and we appreciate the Tennessee Titans Cheerleaders and Rachel Holder for being a part of this important day of recognition for the Ironworkers and our veterans.”
In 2012, Ironworkers Local 492, IBEW Local 429 and Insulators Local 86, volunteered through the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s Work Boots on the Ground conservation program conservation program to build the Tennessee Scholastic Shooting Complex. Union Sportsmen’s Alliance members and staff assisted with the building, installation and painting of the facility’s entrance gate, secured electrical supplies and volunteered their services for future projects in the construction of a scholastic youth shooting complex.
Also in 2013, the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance, along with volunteers from the Nashville Building & Construction Trades and Spann Brothers Lumber Co., volunteered their time and talents to build a new walking bridge in the heart of Montgomery Bell State Park to replace the one that was washed away by the 2010 floods.
About the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance: The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) is a union-dedicated, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, whose members hunt, fish, shoot and volunteer their skills for conservation. The USA is uniting the union community through conservation to preserve North America’s outdoor heritage. For more information, visit www.unionsportsmen.org or www.facebook.com/unionsportsmen.
