SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL

SCI - LEHIGH VALLEY CHAPTER REGULARY HOLDS MEETINGS FOR ITS CHAPTER MEMBERS WHICH PROVIDE AND PROMOTE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION THROUGH SPEAKERS, VIDEOS AND DISCUSSION. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS AN ANNUAL BANQUET AND AUCTION. BOTH FUNDRAISING EVENTS AND DUES PROVIDE MONEY TO ADVANCE THE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION. A MAJORITY OF THE MONEY IS DONATED TO SCI, THE HEAD ORGANIZATION. OTHER DONEES INCLUDE WILDLIFE PRESERVATION ACTIVITIES AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDING FEDERAL, STATE, & LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 600 MEMBERS IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY CHAPTER. MEMBERS ATTEND THE MEETINGS AND COME AWAY MORE AWARE OF THE SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL'S PURPOSES: 1)TO REINTRODUCE, RESEARCH AND PROTECT WILDLIFE, INCLUDING MAMMALS, BIRDS, & REPTILES. 2) TEACHING YOUNG PEOPLE THE VALUE OF WILDERNESS AND WILDLIFE THROUGH SCHOOLS. 3) PROMOTE CONSERVATION EDUCATION WITH SPORTSMAN AND THE PUBLIC. THESE VALUES ARE THEN CARRIED OUT INTO THE PUBLIC WHERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE MADE AWAR