Last year, the children caught about 200 bream, Price said. Among the other activities are wagon and tractor rides, horseshoe and ring toss games, nature walks and bird-watching expeditions. The Department of Natural Resources provides lessons on gun safety for youngsters. The Hard Times Caf in nearby Cassatt caters a barbecue lunch to raise additional funds. Around lunch time, there are live and silent auctions, with prizes like a Ducane grill, vacation packages, a Bose radio, shotguns, hunting or fishing trips to Maine, duck stamps, sporting apparel and sometimes even a hunting dog.
Spectators are welcome to come free of charge, although donations are encouraged.
We want you to reach into your pocketbook and contribute . . . to support people who really and truly are in need. Lynn Nickles is a freelance writer in Columbia.