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Today’s donor spotlight is my friend Daniel S. of Among the Leaves, purveyors of quality survival kits, bug out bags, and other outdoors and survival gear. This year’s donation is one of our featured prizes, a 72-hour fully stocked bug out bag valued at over $400. That is one awesome prize, and we’re grateful as can be to Among the ...

Today’s donor spotlight is kilted blacksmith Kyle Leslie of Gobha Iron and Wood Works. Kyle has been gracious enough to donate a set of hand-forged iron candlesticks. Each set has been forged in a propane forge, using 1/4 round or square stock. They fit a standard 7/8″ round taper candle. Kyle does all twists, bends, scrolls and designs by hand, ...

We’ve got a new Kilted fundraiser this year, one Dennis Badurina of Dragon Leatherworks. Aside from being one of the best custom holster makers out there, Dennis is also holster maker to the stars, with products appearing in everything from NCIS to the new Jurassic World movie. This year, Prize Package 4 includes a Dragonworks Valkyrie 1911 paddle holster to ...

New to the KTKC donor list this year is Blauer public safety apparel. Each of the prize packages this year contains a pair of Blauer 6″ Clash LT boots. I’ve owned both the Clash and Blitz duty boots, Blauer tactical pants, and their high visibility jacket, and been impressed with everything I’ve reviewed. Their duty boots are the most comfortable ...

Today’s donor spotlight is Cody Richardson of Richardson Reloading in southern Illinois. Richardson Reloading is a licensed and insured Type 06 manufacturer of ammunition, specializing in highly accurate remanufactured ammunition that looks and shoots better than new ammunition from even the most revered of manufacturers. I’ve shot Richardson ammo, and it’s ammunition as good as one could wish for; accurate, ...

If you’re of a certain generation, you probably carried a Buck knife in your pocket. It was likely given to you by your father or grandfather, already well-worn but still razor sharp. Solid, well-made, it was a reminder you carried around with you every day that your old man thought you were man enough now not to cut your darned ...

New to the KTKC donor team this year is Columbia River Knife and Tool, known to the vast majority of outdoors types as CRKT. Hey, we’re feel a sense of solidarity for organizations with long names shortened into handy four-letter acronyms. CRKT makes quality knives, and there is a representative example in each of our four prize packages. I almost ...

Alex Wakal of Dreadnaught Industries in Von Ormy, TX, has been supporting KTKC for several years now. In 2013, Alex kicked in an AR15 lower as a pot sweetener for people donating on behalf of my campaign. Last year, he donated a matched lower and upper for one of the prize packages, and that donation has since become an AR15 ...

Today’s spotlight donor is my friend and fellow Kilted fundraiser Ross Schacher. For Ross, the fight against cancer is a personal one. It has touched people close to him, and for that reason he is also one of our Kilted fundraisers this year. The Kel Tec P3AT -perfectly sized for a sporran – in this year’s prize package is courtesy ...

When I first went begging, hat in hand, for prizes for our first fundraising challenge, people told me, “You need to call Larry Weeks of Brownells. Great company, and one of the nicest guys in the gun biz.” Our first conversation was short and sweet: “Cancer charity? Organized by EMTs, cops and shooters? bunch of gun bloggers participating? What can ...

When we first started the Kilted to Kick Cancer Fundraising Challenge back in 2011, Virginia Arms Co. of Manassas, VA was one of the first companies to take a chance on a fledgling cancer charity, back when we weren’t even a 501(c)3 charity and they couldn’t even write off their donation. They gave us a Ruger .22/45 that first year, ...

Just got back from the CT EMS Expo, which is an excellent example of the Ray Kinsella Effect: build it and they will come. I lectured at this conference for several years, when it was hosted in Cromwell. The participants were nice, great folks to hang around with, as are most participants at EMS conferences. But the venue and conference ...

Spent an enjoyable night this weekend re-reading J.L. Curtis’ second book, The Grey Man: Payback. Payback is a strong sophomore effort from Curtis. Jim addresses the criticism of The Grey Man: Vignettes with an eye to honing his writing craft, and as a result, his second book is an even more entertaining yarn than the first. The plot development is ...

Just a brief after-action report on the Metro Atlanta EMS Conference: Great folks, great venue, price you can’t beat. Seriously, $25 is a flat-out steal for three days of educational content of this quality, snacks and lunch provided. If you live in the southeast, you should definitely put this conference on your list to attend next year.

Voting in the NAEMT elections opened October 15, and closes at midnight, October 28, 2014. You’ve got until then to cast your vote. If you’re not a member of NAEMT, why not? It may have its flaws as an organization, some of which I have bitched about publicly before, but it’s the most visible advocacy organization we’ve got, and it’s ...