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Herbert A. Lanford, Jr., of Columbia, South Carolina, was recently re-elected to The NRA Foundation Board of Trustees. Mr. Lanford is also a member of the National Rifle Association's Board of Directors as well as a Benefactor member and a former five-term NRA state association President. In addition, Mr. Lanford was the first recipient of the James M. Smith Award for distinguished service to the right to keep and bear arms, and was also named South Carolina's leading citizen in the defense of our firearms heritage.
"Herb Lanford was first elected the Board of Trustees of The NRA Foundation in May of 2001, and it is a great pleasure to welcome him back," said James W. Porter II, the President of The NRA Foundation. A lifelong hunter, competitive shooter and legislative/grassroots activist, Mr. Lanford is active in various professional, civic and sportsmen's organizations at the local, state and national levels.
Mr. Lanford has been a longtime supporter of The NRA Foundation, and chaired the Southeast's first Friends of NRA event. He is the chairman of the NRA's Clubs and Associations Committee, and is a life member of the South Carolina, Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, New Mexico, North Carolina and Texas NRA-affiliated state associations.
Since its establishment in 1990, The NRA Foundation, Inc., a 501(c) (3) tax-exempt organization, has funded more than 11,000 grants totaling over $71 million dollars, becoming America's leading charitable organization in support of a wide range of firearm-related public interest activities of the National Rifle Association of America and other organizations that defend and foster the Second Amendment rights of all law-abiding Americans. These activities are designed to promote firearms and hunting safety, to enhance marksmanship skills of those participating in the shooting sports, and to educate the general public about firearms in their historic, technological and artistic context. More information about The NRA Foundation can be found online at www.nrafoundation.org. |