CAST Take A Warrior Fishing Event

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Comment by Rodney Heupel on September 3, 2013 at 8:41pm

This is a repost of an e-mail I recieved:

Hello Volunteers!

 

Thanks for volunteering your time, expertise, and/or boat to take a special kid fishing.

 

***We are still in need of boat captains and their boat for this event! Please call your friends and ask if they would be able to come help out! Thanks!*** They can send me an email or sign up on the website:  http://www.castforkids.org/events-calendar/cast-events/lake-washing...

 

A few reminders:

·         Event is on September 7th, at Gene Coulon Park in Renton

o   1201 Lake Washington Blvd. N. Renton, WA 98056

·         Agenda

o   Arrive at 7:30a – coffee and pastries will be available for you

o   Participants arrive at 8:30a

o   Loading starts at 9am

o   Fishing, return to shore at Noon for the BBQ lunch

o   Clean up, done by ~2p

·         Boaters: Park in the boat launch parking and then walk over to the open area next to Kidd Valley. There will be a boaters meeting at ~8am.

o   Boat parking will be paid for (permit will be provided to you upon your arrival)

·         Shore Volunteers: Park in the lot next to the restaurants (or further down) (Remember that the first lot is only for boat launch parking and reserved for trucks/trailers). We will be set up in the open area near Kidd Valley.

·         Dress for the weather – this event happens rain or shine! J

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns. We’ll see you at Lake Washington on the 7th of September.

 

Jessica Kelly

Office & Programs Coordinator

Catch A Special Thrill Foundation

Take A Warrior Fishing

297 SW 41st St., Renton, WA 98057

O: 425-251-3202 | C: 360-441-5308

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Comment by Jim Owens on August 21, 2013 at 3:02pm

We need you to step up and volunteer your time and your boat to take a very special group of folks out on Lake Washington for a few hours of fishing.  I'm talking about wounded warriors.  Service personnel that have sacrificed for you, me, and all of us. It would be a great way to say thank you and to give back a little to those who have given a lot.

 

As of today we have 39 wounded warriors plus some of their family members signed up for the TWF event.  We really need your help in getting boats there for the event.  It would be horrible  if we left any one of these special folks on the shore. Please se above post to sign up or call me at 425-251-3214.  Thankx - Jim Owens

Comment by Rodney Heupel on July 31, 2013 at 10:20pm

The C.A.S.T. for KIDS FOUNDATION is pleased to announce plans for the 21^th Annual Lake Washington C.A.S.T. for Kids event to be held Saturday, September 7, 2013 at Gene Coulon Park in Renton. 

 

The event is designed to provide children with disabilities the opportunity to enjoy a quality outdoor recreational experience through the sport of fishing.  This year we plan to host 40 children, including participants from the local Parks Special Populations Program, along with children from Ronald McDonald House and the Starlight Children’s Foundation.  Local volunteer groups include Puget Sound Anglers, Washington Bass Federations, and the Western Bass Club; all providing experienced anglers who provide their boats and their expertise to help make this a meaningful and memorable day for the children and their parents alike.

 

I would like to ask you to join the above listed organizations to help provide Boaters for this year’s event.  It will take a little more than half of your day and the pay back will be many times the effort you put in.

 

The day begins with the volunteers arriving at 7:30am to get everything set up and ready.  The Children and their parents arrive at 8:30.  The children are then given C.A.S.T. t-shirts and hats, rods and reels, tackle boxes filled with tackle to keep as their own for future use.  They are then paired, along with their parent, with an experienced fisherman and head out onto Lake Washington for about 3 hours of fishing and boat riding.  The anglers head in at about 12:00 and along with all the volunteers, families, and friends, and are treated to a barbeque lunch.  After lunch each child is presented an awarded a plaque that has a photo of them and their boat Captain inserted as a memento of this very special day.

 

Your help with make it possible for many special needs children to experience the joy of fishing and riding in a boat; many for the very first time, and some, for the only time.

 

Please pass this request on to fellow club members and others that might want to join us.  Sign up at www.castforkids.org or for more information contact Jessica Kelly at Jessica@castforkids.org or call 425-251-3202.

 

 

Thank you for your consideration of my request to help with this very worthwhile event.  I hope that you will become one of the “SPECIAL PEOPLE, HELPING SPECIAL KIDS, CATCH A SPECIAL THRILL”

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Jim Owens

Catch A Special Thrill Foundation

Take A Warrior Fishing

297 SW 41st St., Renton, WA 98057

O: 425-251-3214 | C: 206-390-0046

(edited and posted by Rodney Heupel)

The Take a Warrior Fishing Event is 14 Sept 2013.