Kid's Day 08 a success!

[burleytog]

It was another long day. We registered approx. 275 kids, gave away 30+ bicycles, 100 rod/reel combos and somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 hot dogs and 40 pizzas.

All of yesterday's photos can been viewed at http://www.wisebass.org

Many thanks go out to our sponsors, without whom today would not have been possible.

Food City

Wal Mart

Southwest Insurance Agency

93.5 WAXM

ScrubADub

Southwest Camper Sales

Southwest VA Outdoors

Vulcan Materials

Skeeter Boats

Berkley

Bass Pro Shops

Payless Supermarkets

and many more...

[foul hooked]

Very nice.

[Mrs. Matstone]

Awesome!  ;D

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Same place as last year right?  Did you invite more kids this yr or just a better turn out with the weather and everything?  

Great pictures too  Kudo's to your club and all who turned out to help with the festivities, looks like a great day.  Right on.

[burleytog]

Same place as last year right? Did you invite more kids this yr or just a better turn out with the weather and everything?

Same place, fewer kids this year.  Had rain overnight, it was a bit cooler than last year.

[TheBeast]

Was a great day, I even picked the right spot for us to set our Burley's and mine nephew's and his neice, just using the wrong bait.   The people next to us ended up weighing in 6-8 between 3 kids.  Of course I don't know that I would have put a marshmallow and a night crawler at the same time even if I had them if I hadn't seen them doing it and catching.

[Sam]

Burley,

That looks like a fantastic event.

You all did good.

No, you all did GREAT!

It is events like this and people like you and the guys in your club that help our sport become a reality for all.

You and the guys are great ambassadors of fishing and one day I am going to drive up and meet you on my way to or from Lebanon.

I'll let you know when I am headig up that way as I may have to be in Lebanon in a few months.

Later,

Sam

[TheBeast]

Lebanon VA or TN?  If VA it is only about 40 minutes away from us.

[Sam]

Virginia.

Russell County.

Exit 14 off I-81 and then about 20 miles into the beautiful mountains.

Love the area. And the people are so nice, too.

[5bass]

Way to go guys, looks like there was a bunch of fun had by all.

Burley, did you tell all the kids that you are the official "Dinkmaster"?

[paul.]

that's fantastic man.  i know that meant a lot to those kids.

[TheBeast]

This event is enough to make me rejoin the club each year even if I don't fish that many tourny's with them.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

This event is enough to make me rejoin the club each year even if I don't fish that many tourny's with them.

I'm sure they allow volunteers

If it's a closed thing, you're always welcome to participate at any of the CAST events down your way  I think the "take a kid fishing" program is big in Va too.

There's always a kid to take fishing somewhere,....just gotta look.  You'll change him/her.

Great job Burley

[TheBeast]

I'm sure they allow volunteers

I don't need to volunteer I am a member of the club and work it anyway.  As far as I know we don't close it to only members of the club working it I just haven't seen anyone but members of the club doing it the past 2 years, other than wives that come and help.