Henry Repeating Arms Donates 88 Rifles To Raise Funds For A 2-Year-Old Boy's Fight With Cancer

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Jul 09, 2020, 10:15 ET

RICE LAKE, Wis., July 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Henry Repeating Arms President and Owner, Anthony Imperato, designed and donated 88 limited edition Henry "Ethan's Army" Edition Golden Boy lever-action rifles to benefit the family of 2-year-old Ethan Shaw from Pleasant View, Tennessee and assist with the medical expenses associated with childhood cancer treatment. These rifles are available now through Henry Repeating Arms' website and the first in the series, ETHANSARMY01, is currently up for auction on Gunbroker.com. All proceeds from the sales of the "Ethan's Army" rifles will be presented to the Shaw family.

2-year-old Ethan Shaw of Pleasant View, TN was diagnosed with ETMR and passed away in June 2020.

Ethan Shaw was the youngest child in a family of 11 and passed away with an army of love and support behind him.

The “Ethan’s Army” limited-edition rifle features an engraved and hand-painted buttstock with a silhouette of Ethan Shaw in the foreground and his entire family standing behind him.

Imperato first learned of Ethan's battle with Embryonal tumors with multilayered rosettes (ETMR) in May of this year and immediately offered assistance through Henry's 'Guns For Great Causes' program, a division of Henry Repeating Arms focused on charitable donations for sick children and hospitals, veterans organizations, and shooting sports and wildlife conservation. ETMR is considered one of the most aggressive forms of brain tumors encountered in children, and the family was incurring medical expenses outside of their insurance coverage in excess of $17,000 a month for the medications alone. From the sales of the "Ethan's Army" rifles, Henry Repeating Arms expects to present the family with over $50,000.

With the production of the rifles well underway, on June 11, 2020, Imperato received the devastating news that Ethan Shaw had succumbed to his illness. Imperato says, "My heart is broken for Ethan's parents and his eight older siblings. We set out to make these rifles to show Ethan that the Henry Family is standing with him in his battle, and now we must release these rifles in honor of his life." He continues, "The last thing parents want to think about after losing their child to an illness like this are finances, so we hope that this Guns For Great Causes initiative helps ease that burden."

The "Ethan's Army" edition rifle, chambered in .22 S/L/LR, is built with a Brasslite receiver cover, barrel band, and brass buttplate. It also features a 20-inch blued steel octagon barrel with fully adjustable sights. The genuine American Walnut buttstock is engraved with a silhouette of Ethan in the foreground with his entire family standing behind him. Ethan's profile is hand-painted with a Tennessee flag motif. Baron Engraving of Trumbull, CT, donated the engraving and design work for these rifles.

The limited-edition series of 88 rifles bears a unique serial number ranging from "ETHANSARMY01" to "ETHANSARMY88". All the rifles are available for purchase directly from Henry Repeating Arms at HenryUSA.com with a price of $550, and serial number ETHANSARMY01 is up for auction as Listing # 873570513 on Gunbroker.com.

Henry firearms can only be purchased through a licensed firearms dealer. For more information about Henry Repeating Arms and its products, visit henryusa.com or call 866-200-2354.

About Henry Repeating Arms:
Henry Repeating Arms is one of the leading rifle and shotgun manufacturers in the United States and a world leader in the lever action category. The company motto is "Made in America, or not made at all" and its firearms come with a lifetime guarantee backed by award-winning customer service. The company is also known for its charitable endeavors under its Guns For Great Causes program, which focuses on sick children, both individual cases and children's hospitals, veteran and wounded veteran organizations, Second Amendment and wildlife conservation organizations. The company currently employs 535 people and has 250,000 square-feet of manufacturing space in its Rice Lake, Wisconsin and Bayonne, New Jersey facilities. The company is named in honor of Benjamin Tyler Henry who invented and patented the Henry rifle in 1860 – the first repeating rifle, the lever action rifle, which is America's unique contribution to international firearms design and is one of the most legendary, respected and sought after rifles in the history of firearms. Visit Henry Repeating Arms online at www.HenryUSA.com, on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/HenryRepeating, and on Instagram @Henry_Rifles.

SOURCE Henry Repeating Arms