A local organization is asking you not to toss your prize buck's hide this year, and donate it to them instead.

The Merrill Evening Lion's Club is collecting hides to help send disabled kids to camp.

Club members tell us that your donation will open up a world of possibilities for children across the state.

For 6 years the Merrill Lion's Club has been working with area hunters to raise money for a camp for disabled children in Rosholt.

The group and others like it across the state sell the donated deer hides, and then use the money to keep the Wisconsin Lion's Camp running.

Every summer disabled children throughout the state get a chance to be a kid at a place designed just for them, including a few from our area.

"I happen to be the father of a disabled child who has attended the camp, and you get to go down there and watch the children blossom and do things that they don't get to do at home probably," says Dennis Knott, Chairman of the Merrill Evening Lions Club.

The camp is free of charge to any disabled child in Wisconsin thanks to the support of programs like this one.

Organizers hope to collect thousands of hides throughout the state this season.

So far the group has collected about 15 hides in Merrill alone, but say that number will greatly increase once the gun hunting season closes Sunday.

The hides will be turned into leather gloves, jackets, and accessories.

The Merrill Lion's Club will be collecting hides through December at the Peterson Bus Service located on Highway G in Merrill, just 2 miles west of the high school.