An announcement was made today about RMEF awarding a nice grant ($25k)
to an organization that I volunteer as a hunting mentor. Outdoors Mentors is working to get young folks experiences in the outdoors. Currently active in Kansas and Iowa, I believe they have set bigger goals than these first two states.
This year there have been antlerless whitetail hunts, upland and waterfowl hunts, turkey and fishing trips, and just last week there were 6 youth introduced to frog gigging.
Previously posted HuntTalk story about one such mentored outing:
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Awards Grant to Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors — Pass It On! Outdoor Mentors
Wichita, KS, June 30, 2022. Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors was awarded $25,000.00 in a grant from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Torstenson Family Endowment Hunting Heritage Grant Program. These funds will be used to expand the rapidly growing Shooting Sports Outreach Program t
www.outdoormentors.org
to an organization that I volunteer as a hunting mentor. Outdoors Mentors is working to get young folks experiences in the outdoors. Currently active in Kansas and Iowa, I believe they have set bigger goals than these first two states.
This year there have been antlerless whitetail hunts, upland and waterfowl hunts, turkey and fishing trips, and just last week there were 6 youth introduced to frog gigging.
Previously posted HuntTalk story about one such mentored outing:
Mentored hunt with Pass It On! Outdoors Mentors
Pass It On--Outdoors Mentors ( https://www.outdoormentors.org/ ) works to get youngsters into the field to experience adventure in the great outdoors. Each year hundreds of youth hunters have the opportunity to go afield with mentors and other kids to go after doves, waterfowl, upland game...
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