Photo by Janet Robbins
Members of the Sesser-Valier Outdoorsmen Club include (front row, left to right) Kenzie Tindall, Shelby Payne, Logan Farmer, Elijah Pearce, (middle row, left to right) Mariah Miller, Marriah Montgomery (back row, left to right) Assistant Sponsor Brandon Dilliner, Matt Bays, Fallon Dublo, Emma Robbins, Marie Myers, Taylor Dilliner, Hunter Sample and Sponsor Mike Sample.

Disabled deer hunters got a morning in the woods today thanks to a special program at Rend Lake hosted by the Sesser-Valier High School Outdoorsmen Club.

For more than three decades, students have risen in the wee hours one day a year to build blinds, prepare breakfast, place scent and escort disabled hunters out to a designated spot at Rend Lake for hunting.

More than 800 hunters have been served through this volunteer program through the years, with more than 30 going out each year.

Mike Sample and Brandon Dillner are the sponsors of the Outdoorsmen Club at SVHS.