Central Illinois Preparedness Expo - Sat, August 9th, Clinton, IL

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The fifth annual Central Illinois Preparedness Expo will be held Saturday, August 9th at the DeWitt County Sportsman's Club.

Hours are from 9am - 5pm, with hourly presentations both inside the clubhouse and outdoors under canopies.

Topics include:
Blacksmithing
Outdoor Cooking
Personal Protection (including firearm & ammo selection for self-defense)
Canning
First Aid
Knife defense
Self-defense law
Wilderness survival
Alternate Power
Water purification
And, potentially, bug out bag basics.


There will also be displays and potentially, vendors selling their wares.

Segments are taught by experienced presenters, and firearms and survival instructors.

There is no charge to attend. It's family friendly and lunch will be available on site from 11am - 1pm. (Roughly $5 if last year is any indicator.)

Here's a write up from GunNews Magazine following last year's event (I'm the author. Permission to reprint granted).

Guns Save Life was proud to be a co-sponsor of the Fourth Annual Central Illinois Preparedness Expo held at the DeWitt County Sportsmen’s Club just east of Clinton, IL on Saturday, August 10, 2013.

Nearly 300 people came through the gates to see 16 presentations on all sorts of preparedness and self-reliance topics from a host of instructors and presenters.

Topics discussed included canning, first aid, personal protection firearm selection, counter-knife defense, disaster and emergency preparedness, outdoor preparedness cooking, self-defense law, wilderness survival, basic emergency preparedness supplies, alternative power, bug out packs, primitive pioneer skills, water purification, long-term fuel storage and master gardening.

This was the fourth year of the event, first held in Urbana, IL in 2009, which saw roughly 35 people attend. This year, with an attendance of over 300, shows word is getting out about emergency preparedness and self-reliance and a growing interest among the general population. It’s also a clean double from last year’s attendance.

Organizer Marge Maier of the DeWitt County Sportsmen’s Club did a magnificent job lining up presenters and planning the event, working with local emergency and disaster service officials along with Guns Save Life, the United States Rifleman’s Association, GSL Defense Training, LLC, and Live Free USA to help make this year’s event a huge success.​

Sponsors this year include the DeWitt County Sportsman's Club, Guns Save Life, Live Free USA and GSL Defense Training.

VENDORS WELCOME. Bring your own shade.

For more information contact me, John Boch, at my username/handle here @comcast.net or Marge Maier at mrgmaier --at-- gmail.com.

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