Interstate Restoration raises $60,000 for homeless-vet nonprofit

A skeet-shooting competition sponsored by Fort Worth-based Interstate Restoration raised $60,000 for the North Texas Veterans Initiative. The North Texas Veterans Initiative (NTVI) focuses on providing aid to former military members whose circumstances have caused them to become homeless.

The 17-team event in Dallas, called the Interstate S.H.O.W., featured a full afternoon and evening’s worth of competitive events, food and ceremonies, all designed to benefit local military veterans.

S.H.O.W. stands for “Shoot Honoring our Warriors,” and Interstate plans to make it an annual event.

“Our work depends upon the support of organizations like Interstate Restoration and all the sponsors of this event who have contributed so much,” Brian Taylor of NTVI said in a statement. “We are very grateful for their involvement.”

Everyone’s a winner

Event organizers handed out trophies and awards to the following team winners:

• A Mighty Fine Car Wash — first place
• Sedgwick — second place
• United Building Services — third place

The following individuals also won awards:

• Jarrad Ramsey, the grand prize winner, won the Interstate Restoration-sponsored helicopter hunt
• Chris Wiggins, a raffle winner, won the SIG M17 Mil handgun
• Brett Conrad, a raffle winner, won the 12-gauge Keltec Bullpup shotgun
• Michelle Johnson, a raffle winner, won the Beretta A400 shotgun

“At Interstate, we’re in the business of helping people put their lives back together after natural and man-made disasters, so it makes sense that we would want to help veterans to reestablish their lives as well,” Harley Jeanise, Interstate’s regional director for Texas, said in a statement.

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