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News from the KS
Youth Education
Coordinator!
Great things are happening all across Kansas with the Youth Education Coordinator! This position was established through a unique partnership between Kansas Department of Wildlife Parks & Tourism, Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever, National Wild Turkey Federation and Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors.
Click here to read the latest news!
Kansas Outdoor Resources
Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors is compiling a listing of outdoor resources for Kansans, hoping to present as complete as possible a listing of available outdoor activities to get kids outdoors.
If you have resources you would like to have listed here, please email them to me at mchristensen@outdoormentors.org!
Here is the list we have so far.
2 Kansas Youths named to the Pheasants Forever/ Quail Forever
National Youth Leadership Council
December 13, Wichita, KS. Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors was pleased to learn that two young men who have been participating in our outdoor mentoring program were selected to participate on the Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever National Youth Leadership Council.
You can read our press release on the announcement here.
2012 Gun-a-Week
Tickets Available NOW!
Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors has tickets available for the 2012 Gun-a-Week drawings which will begin the 1st week of March, 2012.
To learn more about how you can help us Pass It On, and to get your Gun-a-Week ticket, click here!
Responsive Management/NWTF Report on Retention and Recruitment Programs
The National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) and Responsive Management recently completed an assessment of national and selected statewide recruitment and retention programs for hunters, anglers, and sport shooters under a Multistate Conservation Grant.
To access the final report, please click here.
To see how Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors fared in the study, click here.
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Your Travel Here & Support Pass It On!
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Cargill Cares Donates
$10,000 to help
get more Kids Outdoors!
September 10, 2012. Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors announced today that it has been awarded a $10,000.00 grant from the Wichita Cargill Cares Council. This generous donation will be used to supplement Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors’ efforts to give more children the opportunity to experience the great outdoors with a caring mentor.
Click here to read the article.
Youth/Mentor
Dove Hunt
September 1, 2012. Michael Pearce, outdoor writer for the Wichita Eagle, has a nice article in the 9/1/12 edition of the paper on the Youth/Mentor Dove Hunt.
Click here to read the article.
14th Annual Pheasant Hunt for Youth & Women at Waconda Lake,
December 10, 2011
The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) and Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors, Inc. is sponsored their annual pheasant hunting event for youth and women at Waconda Lake.
The weather was great, the hunting was fun and a number of young boys and girls bagged their first Kansas rooster!
You can see pictures from the hunt on the Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors Facebook page.
Mentor helps the report card!
Every now and then, we get an email from someone mentoring a child in the outdoors. They never fail to put a smile on our face.
Click here to see hear about the impact that a volunteer is making in a young mans life!
Comments
from a Mentor
I
received a nice email from a gentleman in Kansas City and
asked his permission to share a bit of it with you. Bart listened
to the Huntcast podcast we did a few weeks ago and wanted
to share his thoughts. I felt they were worth sharing with
you.
Click
here
to get the rest of the story!
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