Bud Greevy wins outdoor award

From the Williamsport Sun-Gazette December, 2005: 

Greevy wins outdoor award

By JONATHAN McVERRY

A local man won an award for his work with youth and enhancing their development in outdoor sports and conservation.

Lester L. “Bud” Greevy Jr. of Upper Fairfield Township, received the annual Pennsylvania Outdoor Writer’s Association Youth Mentor Award, a release from the association said.

“I have been a member of POWA for a number of years and I was surprised but very honored,” Greevy said. “To have been recognized, it means a lot.”

Greevy has been a member of the association since 1994. He coaches Olympians in shot gun sports and runs the Advanced Junior Shotgun Camp at The North Mountain Sportsmen’s Club range on the Lycoming-Sullivan county line, the release said.

The association’s Youth Mentor Award is designed to salute an individual’s accomplishments in sparking the interest of youth in outdoor sports and the conservation of natural resources.

“I enjoy working with kids an awful a lot,” he said. “Seeing them improve and seeing them develop and grow and be successful... it is extraordinarily fulfilling.”

The award honors a state resident who does excellent work with children in the out door world and demonstrates a desire to engage young people that are interested in outdoor sports and the environment, the release said.

Greevy has been coaching young shooters since 1981. He is a certified shotgun coach with U.S.A. Shooting and a member of the National Coaches Development staff, the release said.

Greevy said his plans for the future are to keep doing what he is doing. He said a number of his students have a good chance to represent the country at the shooting championships in Croatia.

‘We have a number of kids that have the opportunity to win in the world championship,” he said.

Greevy said seeing the success of his students on and off the shooting range is what inspires him and keeps him going.

“Some kids I saw when they were young and now they are in college and I see them success flu, not only in shooting but in life,” he said. “I suppose that is what recharges the batteries when I get tired.”