NASP® Establishes "National Archery Day"

One person did make a difference!

This past March a home school teacher in Greenville, South Carolina, Colleen Pusateri contacted the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP®). She thought archery deserved a "special day". Ms. Pusateri, coach of the Hurricanes School Archery teams remarked, "NASP® enables us to bring children together to participate in a safe and competitive archery community creating friendships, memories and skill sets that will last a lifetime."

By the end of that day, NASP® had arranged with the "National Day Calendar" group to establish the second Saturday of May as "National Archery Day" (http://nationaldaycalendar.com). NASP® did this to celebrate the millions of student archer graduates and current and future participants in it's in-school archery program. According to the Archery Trade Association, archery participation in the U.S. has nearly tripled from about 7 million to 19 million archers in just over a decade.

Setting aside the second Saturday in May is significant in the archery realm. This is the day the largest competitive archery tournament in the world conducts its award ceremony in Louisville, Kentucky.

The twelfth annual National Archery in the Schools Program's (NASP®) national tournament will be May 7-9 at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky. This event has set, broke and re-established the Guinness World Record for the largest archery tournament on the planet. NASP® itself has been one of the fastest growing shooting sports programs for the past 14 years. Nearly two and a half million students participate in NASP® annually. More kids than even everyone's favorite, Little League Baseball! Obviously, archery has become a very big deal for millions of kids, parents, and teachers throughout the United States.

This year National Archery Day will be May 9, 2015. This is the same day as the awards ceremony for 12,399 student archers who have registered for this year's U.S. NASP® National Tournament. In addition to trophies, plaques, medals and banners, NASP® will award 10 terrific archers, grades 4-12, a total of $105,000 in post-secondary scholarships.

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For more information about the non-profit NASP® and its sponsors see: www.naspschools.org