Outreach

The Wildlife Forever Art of Conservation® Fish Art Contest is thrilled to announce their newest partnership with the International Game Fish Association (IGFA).

Seventy-five youths and their families lined the banks of the lagoon at Chicago’s Columbus Park alongside volunteers from Chicago Fire Fighters Local 2, Chicago Police Sergeant’s Association, Black Fire Brigade and New Concept Benefit Group at the first Chicago Fish with a First Responder event.

Morris, Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s are donating more than 55,000 rods and reels to not-for-profit partners that help kids from all backgrounds connect to the great outdoors to kick off Gone Fishing.

Zanders Sporting Goods and several industry companies have joined forces in support of growing youth shooting through SCTP. This unique partnership collaborated to develop SCTP’s “New Team Package” is now available for brand new teams joining the Scholastic Clay Target Program.

Trinity Oaks, a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in San Antonio, has expanded their free outdoor programs to now include children with disabilities. “Unique Kids” will be a new program offered by Trinity Oaks and headed up by volunteer Marisa Poole, a special education teacher by profession.

Knowing that fishing is the number one activity done from a boat, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources saw an opportunity to recruit and reactivate its boaters and turn them into anglers. 

The Civilian Marksmanship Program will be welcoming a Babes with Bullets Handgun Camp to its Talladega Marksmanship Park, Sept. 30 through Oct. 2, 2016. The camp will cover novice beginner instruction all the way up to advanced handgun program material.

The National Wild Turkey Federation's new membership campaign, Rise And Fly, launched in front of an energized crowd at the Thursday Night Welcome Party during the NWTF 40th annual National Convention and Sport Show. The campaign challenges NWTF members and hunters to gift a membership to someone special or to challenge a friend or family member to join the NWTF online at NWTF.org/RiseAndFly.

In a mission to inspire and support newcomers to fishing and boating, the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation's (RBFF) Take Me Fishing and Vamos A Pescar campaigns together with South Bend are partnering to make it easier for people to get involved in the sport.

The Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF) announces the formation of the George H.W. Bush Vamos A Pescar™ Education Fund, created to increase awareness and participation in fishing and boating through grassroots programs in high-density Hispanic communities.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) announces the addition of tactical clothing and accessories maker EOTAC to its growing list of industry supporters for NSSF's First Shots® program. EOTAC has pledged its support and sponsorship of First Shots through 2009.

The Division of Natural Resources (DNR) extends an invitation to all West Virginia hunters, churches, and the general public to help supportDNR's charitable Hunters Helping the Hungry (HHH) Program. The HHH Program allows hunters to donate legally-harvested deer to certified processors so the meat can be donated to soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters, senior centers, missions, churches, and community centers around the state.