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Scheels Renews SCI Corporate Sponsorship

Scheels, rapidly becoming one of America's largest sporting goods retailers, has renewed their sponsorship of Safari Club International.

"Safari Club International is proud that Scheels has seen fit to renew their support of SCI and its mission to save hunting around the world," said SCI CEO W. Laird Hamberlin. "Scheels' commitment to the tenets that define SCI's mission and the fight to defend the rights of hunters and the preservation of our hunting heritage stands as an inspiration to the outdoor community everywhere. Their support is crucial to our combined efforts to retain wild places for future generations."

Beginning as a single hardware and general store in 1902 in Minnesota, Scheels has grown to 27 locations in 13 states and employs more than 6,000 associates.

Safari Club International - First For Hunters is the leader in protecting the freedom to hunt and in promoting wildlife conservation worldwide. SCI's approximately 200 Chapters represent all 50 of the United States as well as 106 other countries. SCI's proactive leadership in a host of cooperative wildlife conservation, outdoor education and humanitarian programs, with the SCI Foundation and other conservation groups, research institutions and government agencies, empowers sportsmen to be contributing community members and participants in sound wildlife management and conservation. Visit the home page www.SafariClub.org, or call (520) 620-1220 for more information.

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