#Backwoods Blast 2025: Champions, Clay Targets & Canines for Heroes
🐾 Where Precision Meets Purpose
The smell of gunpowder mingled with Florida pine as Sarasota’s sharpest shooters took aim at this year’s Backwoods Blast, hosted at Sarasota Trap & Skeet. But this wasn’t just sport — it was service. Every pull of the trigger supported Canines for Heroes, the nonprofit that trains and donates medical-alert and service dogs to veterans, first responders, and families living with PTSD or traumatic brain injuries. Save the date for next year: 10/25/2026 https://backwoods-blast.perfectgolfevent.com/
“Every shot fired represents another step toward healing for a hero who’s given everything for our country,”
— Sandra LaFlamme, Founder, Canines for Heroes#Where Precision Meets Purpose
🏆 The Best of the Best
From seasoned competitors to first-time shooters, champions across Sarasota and Manatee came out to compete with heart. Teams displayed remarkable accuracy — and even greater compassion — as funds were raised to train more of the highly skilled Belgian Malinois that serve as lifelines to their human partners.
This year’s event broke records in attendance, fundraising, and awareness, proving once again that Sarasota doesn’t just talk about community — it lives it.
#The Best of the Best
💙 Heroes Helping Heroes
Each service dog placed by Canines for Heroes represents months of training, precision, and deep emotional bonding. These dogs can detect medical episodes before they happen, interrupt anxiety spirals, and offer the kind of security that no medication or counseling session can replace.
The Backwoods Blast connects two worlds — marksmanship and mentorship — in one unforgettable day of purpose-driven fun.
#Heroes Helping Heroes
🎯 Sarasota Shows Up
Local businesses, civic groups, and families sponsored teams, donated prizes, and volunteered time. From local veterans’ clubs to community leaders, Sarasota showed once again why it’s a city defined by generosity.
As the trophies were handed out and laughter echoed through the pavilion, one truth stood clear: purpose never misses its mark.
“When the community steps up, lives are changed — not someday, but right now.”
— Canines for Heroes Team#Sarasota Shows Up
🌅 Looking Ahead
With another record-breaking year behind them, Canines for Heroes sets its sights on expanding outreach, graduating more service dogs, and touching more lives across Florida and beyond.
You can be part of the story. Sponsor. Volunteer. Donate.
Because every dollar helps give a hero their wings — and a loyal companion by their side.
#Looking Ahead
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👉 CaninesForHeroes.org
🐕🦺 Email: Canines4Heroes@gmail.com