Ten years later, the event uses 6 headboats and one pier. The boats are the Captain Stacey IV, Captain Stacey VI, Carolina Princess, Continental Shelf, Mystery Tour Boat and Boat Shackleford. In 1997, there were 536 kids fishing. They came from Carteret County Social Services, the Kennedy Home in Kinston, the Wacamaw Boys and Girls Home, Oxford Orphanage, Morehead School for the Blind, Eastern NC School for the Deaf, Craven and Onslow School for the Blind, Going Places and Partners of Raleigh, Eckerd Camp for Wayward Kids, Neuse Mental Health, and the Falcon Home. Every year donations come and go like the tides.
Sponsors drop out and new ones step forward to fill the gap.
The local fishing tournaments have been key contributors throughout the years in supporting Take A Kid Fishing. The Raleigh Salt Water Sportfishing Club has donated from the very start and it increased its donation each year. This size donation makes the Raleigh Salt Water Sportfishing Club the largest contributor to the Take A Kid Fishing Foundation. The logistics of Take A Kid Fishing are staggering. T-shirts, hats and printing costs make sure the kids are well dressed for this event.