PLEASANT GROVE, UT – Utah Youth Education in Shooting Sports (UTYESS) has been awarded a $10,426 donation from USA Youth Education in Shooting Sports. This donation will be made to the MidwayUSA Foundation’s Team endowment program, which provide funding in perpetuity to promote Utah’s youth shooting sports activities.

Funds were made available for this match through a personal donation to USAYESS from Larry and Brenda Potterfield. This match was offered from USAYESS alongside the MidwayUSA Foundation’s GivingTuesday Drive which was held on December 1. Any USAYESS team receiving a donation to their endowment account on GivingTuesday received a match. All donations received were able to be matched. This is in addition to $175,000 in matching funds offered by MidwayUSA Foundation on GivingTuesday, again through a personal donation from Larry and Brenda Potterfield.

The USAYESS donation will be made to the following endowment accounts held at the MidwayUSA Foundation:

• $2,887.72 to the Cache Valley Crushers Team Endowment, Logan, Utah
• $210.16 to the Cedar Clay Breakers Team Endowment, Cedar City, Utah
• $630.48 to the Milford Young Guns Team Endowment, Milford, Utah
• $420.32 to the Ogden Clay Dusters Team Endowment, Ogden, Utah
• $4,203.20 to the Phoenix Clay Target Shooting Team Endowment, Farmington, Utah
• $1,299.48 to the Skyline X Team Endowment, Spanish Fork, Utah
• $630.48 to the Trigger Therapy Team Endowment, Ephraim, Utah
• $144.39 to the Wasatch Wing & Clays Youth Program Team Endowment, Cedar Fort, Utah

About MidwayUSA Foundation
The MidwayUSA Foundation is a public charity working to sustain the shooting sports industry by providing long-term funding to youth shooting teams. Each year, teams can apply for a grant for 5% of their endowment balance to use for expenses, such as range fees, travel, ammunition, uniforms, and more. Every donation made to the MidwayUSA Foundation Team Endowment program is 100% tax-deductible and supports the mission to help communities and organizations raise funds to support their youth shooting team. For more information about the MidwayUSA Foundation and the Team Endowment Account Program, please visit midwayusafoundation.org or call (877) 375-4570.

About Utah Youth Education in Shooting Sports
Utah Youth Education in Shooting Sports is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to educating youth in Utah about wildlife conservation and firearm safety and promoting youth shooting sports on a competitive and scholastic level throughout the State of Utah. Our purpose is to provide training and guidance to the youth shooting programs of Utah, to develop self-confidence, self-esteem, self-reliance, respect, personal discipline, responsibility, citizenship, teamwork, and sportsmanship through regular practice and competition at local, state, and national events. For more information on the Utah Youth Education in Shooting Sports program or to find a team near you, visit www.utyess.org.