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New Hampshire Trappers Association
Every year the New Hampshire Trappers Association
coordinates various Fishing Day events for the St Charles Children.
Perhaps the most looked forward to fishing day is the one we
schedule in conjunction with the Profile Bowman Club in Gonic and
hold at the Squamagonic Sportsmen's facilities on Hanson pond. This
relationship got started about five years ago and each year the
event gets better. This year it was a major goal to insure that we
had more adults to assist than there were children to enjoy. We
wanted to provide each child with an adult all to themselves for the
day. Joining us for the first time was the Granite State Houndsmen
with a fine group of volunteers. Each child had one or more adults
to interact with and there was plenty of additional help to cook and
clean fish. For the first time we had ice cream at the waters edge.
Besides the volunteers from the clubs many other individuals donated
money, food, equipment, or services to bring it all together. This
particular event has taken on an element of tradition. It is
appropriate to say that the Profile Bowman Club is the lead
organization for this particular event. If you look at the size of
this club and the amount of social contribution they make, you might
say they have set the gold standard for giving. It was a fine day
when the NHTA first got involved with Profile on behalf of St
Charles Fishing. Now as Profile continues to expand and improve this
annual event the NHTA will continue to play our part as a Sponsor
and coordinator while providing volunteers from within our
membership. I am confident that the Granite State Houndsmen have
been touched by the love of these fine children and will be regulars
at this event each year. We three clubs that are so very different
in our normal focus are able to come together for some very
significant synergy that benefits this worthy cause. Perhaps the
successful event we have all enjoyed will interest more clubs to
emulate this model and partner up for socially responsible projects.
It is interesting to note, that none of us are fishing clubs.
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