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Member Posts: 160 Location: Menasha, WI | Thank you for taking the time to come to this page and read about our upcoming event. In June of 2008 we are planning our 3rd Annual Kids Wish For Fish Event. It is not a tournament or a contest, but an event where we are taking several kids out on the lake for a day of fishing and fun, that normally would not get the chance to go out on a fully rigged boat.. The event will last for about 3 or 4 hours of fishing from Calumet County Park boat launch, and then after we are done fishing, we are going to go to the Brickyard Fishing Club for some quick lunch and to give away some door prizes. I am looking forward to this more than I am about any of my upcoming tournaments. This lake has given me so much and I feel this is a chance for me to give something back to both the lake and to those that do not have the opportunity to fish it like we all do. I hope you consider helping out for this event. We are in need of volunteers for this great event, and we would love to have you jump on board and help out. If you can skip a day of fishing and want to help out, please contact me, and let me know your availability. You will not be turned away. We choose this day every year, because it is the free fishing weekend in WI, and this way, there are no expenses occured to the parents/guardians that accompany the child. We are in need of several boats for the event as well. All boats must be USCG approved, proper PFDS, have a marine radio or cell phone in the boat, fire extinguisher, all safety gear must be current and in place, flares, cell phone, flat bottom,and there will be no tillers allowed. The boaters that participate in this event will not get paid, you must have a partner with you, and must be willing to use your own equipment,gas, and bait. Remember, you are donating your time, so please consider that before you volunteer your boat. You must also have your own insurance for your boat. I want to thank the Darboy/Sherwood Optimist club for being a major sponsor and contributor to this event. We are in need of funds as well. This is the tough one. This event will cost us about $3,000.00 for one day. If there are extra funds available after the event is done, it will go into a bank account for the following year. We hope to have this grow on a yearly basis. There is a lot of red tape that needs to be taken care of before we can hold the event. We are asking for donations to this event as well. I have set up a few donation buttons below for you to choose from. All donors names will be posted at Val's Bait and Tackle for those attending the event to see who helped support the event. If you do not want your name to be known, we can keep that discreet as well. There are several costs involved in this event, and I will list a few for you to see below: Liability Insurance Waiver Forms Medical Staff Boat Launch Fees Food Pop Ice Chips Door Prizes for the kids Transportation to and from the event Miscellaneous expenses related directly to the event If you can or will help us out with this event please either E-mail me at [email protected] or feel free to call me at 920.268.5155. The kids thank you and so do I. Scott "AXL" Ehricke Attachments ----------------  kwff24.JPG (64KB - 123 downloads) | ||
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Member Posts: 160 Location: Menasha, WI | We are looking into that for 2008. We tried last season as well with little luck. I believe we were told that Calumet County Boat launch is a public launch and that they had no way of regulating who would or would not use the launch that day. We do not charge our boaters for launching, The Kids Wish for Fish program takes care of that for them. I hope you can make it that day, it is awesome to see these catch catch their first fish. Attachments ---------------- kwff23.JPG (54KB - 116 downloads) | ||
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We participated in the event last year and it was AWESOME. Didn't get much time to fish but they still caught a few. Won't be able to do it this year because dad uses the boat for walleye weekend and it is the same weekend. In the short amount of time they managed to catch about a dozen fish and kept eight from 14-21 inches. The look on the kids face was awesome.  | |||
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| We participated in the event last year and it was AWESOME. Didn't get much time to fish but they still caught a few. Won't be able to do it this year because dad uses the boat for walleye weekend and it is the same weekend. In the short amount of time they managed to catch about a dozen fish and kept eight from 14-21 inches. The look on the kids face was awesome. | |||
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