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budgets. That's also why we prefer to invest in public agency programs <br />and to lobby for the use of public funds and resources for archery programs. <br />In the long term, public dollars and resources will be available for many <br />years to come and if archery is a priority, our sport has an opportunity to <br />become a mainstream community activity. <br />As we've seen with school archery programs, it will take much more than <br />promises and good intentions to establish and maintain OAPs. By providing <br />ATA grants, demanding accountability, administering programs with <br />professional staff and working with state agencies to use the excise taxes <br />paid by archery manufacturers, we can create a solid foundation that will <br />withstand the test of time. Unlike most volunteer -based programs, the <br />CAP won't evaporate the first time an unpaid instructor takes ill, leaves <br />town or quits. Together with the support of area agencies and organizations, <br />we can demonstrate archery's viability in becoming part of the lifeblood of <br />widespread communities. <br />In order to grow archery, we need to locate archery parks in areas where kids, families and other citizens in <br />a community gather to recreate. The ATA provides state agencies with plans for archery parks that have <br />three ranges: a beginner's range, a target range and a field range. <br />