-
Chapter ideas for spring youth events
/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/blog/DSC_0264.JPG Spring is coming and so are those days spent along a fishy stretch of a favorite river. Not only is it a great time of year to get outside, it is a wonderful season for passing on the love of fly fishing, trout, and the special places they live. TU chapters across the country…
-
Teen Summit and TU Camp applications opening soon!
Dreaming of warmer weather? Good! It’s time to start thinking about TU’s offerings of summer camps and academies for young people. TU’s Regional Fly Fishing Camps and Academies For over 25 years, volunteers have been directing TU’s youth regional camps. The first was in Pennsylvania and now TU's grassroots network boasts 25 camps across the…
-
TU Enters New Partnership in Education
by Nick Halle It doesn’t take a rocket surgeon (yes, I know that's not the typical idiom) to grasp that the future of conservation will depend heavily on the youth of today. Trout Unlimited’s youth education staff have been educating young people across the country on conservation and the outdoors in the hopes of instilling…
-
Deer stew, fishing, and giving thanks
By Shannon Mayes This Fall was quite busy for the TU Teens of Gallipolis. Our new members join in early October, and we now have 41 students participating in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. This year, we are learning about conservation and basic casting skills. Students have started projects featuring different aspects of fly fishing…
-
Teachers can sign up for the 2018 TIC/SIC Quilt Project
If your TU Chapter or Council has Trout or Salmon in the Classroom programs, this is a fun project they can take part in with other classrooms across the country. Please pass on this announcement to teachers and coordinators: Enhance STEAM learning with your TIC/SIC/AaT program by joining the 2018 Trout Quilt Project. Participating classes…
-
Together we can all fly
TU Teen Devin Brandes, pictured above in blue, shares his story of how he successfully began a day camp for kids called the Rocky Point Fly Fishing Camp. Inspired by this experience, he built upon his success to start a volunteer program called You Can Fly that recruits young people from the Boys and Girls…
-
Headwaters Youth Program exceeds fundraising goal
Starting in 2017, a new fundraising campaign was initiated by the 066-Guadalupe River TU chapter to support and sustain TU's Headwaters Youth Program: the GRTU Tomorrow Fund. It's a 10 year fundraising plan to raise $40,000 each year to support staff and programs like Trout in the Classroom, STREAM Girls, and TU's Youth Camps. We…
Author