Youth Education Report

DO YOU HAVE OLD STUFF?

This is a great opportunity to get rid of that old stuff you have laying around the house and turn it into some cash to buy new stuff. The Pequest Trout Hatchery and Natural Resource Education Center is hosting a flea market and is looking for your participation. They are celebrating the beginning of spring and the opening of trout season at the Pequest Trout Hatchery and Natural Resource Education Center on March 31 and April 1, 2007, from 10:00 - 4:00. The hatchery is located 9 miles west of Hackettstown on Route 46 in scenic Warren County. Each year, their annual Open House draws in thousands of people. This great family event includes a fishing flea market, wildlife artists and taxidermists, conservation groups, Division displays, fishing for kids, shotgun and archery ranges and much more, but they need your help making it even better. They would like to feature the following items: fishing equipment and fishing related items for sale. Clean out that old tackle box, attic, and cellar. Whether it’s old, new, slightly used, they need you with your stuff. If you are interested in attending this event as a vendor, please contact Jessica Griglak at 908-637-4125 or by email at Jessica.Griglak@dep.state.nj.us.

FISHING ENVIRONMENTAL EXPO

The JCAA Youth Education Committee has accepted an invitation to participate in the Fishing/Environmental Expo on Saturday, January 27, 2007. It will begin at 10 am at the Bolger Middle School, 100 Palmaer Place, Keansburg, NJ. We will set up our new tabletop display and utilize the new saltwater lure guide designed by Mr. McCauley to teach children how to catch fish with saltwater lures.

IT'S NOT TO LATE

Educators please take the time to submit a grant for five thousand dollars. The Future Fisherman Foundation, The American Association for Leisure and Recreation, The National Association for Sport and Physical Education and The Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation are partnering to sponsor the Physical Education Grants - "Physh Ed" -Initiative. These grants provide up to $5,000 to physical education teachers to help establish a fishing and/or boating education program in their school. The grant recipient will attend a 3-day Physical Education Grants Training Workshop. Travel to and from the workshop will be included in the grant award. Room and board will be covered by the Future Fisherman Foundation. The grant is open to all K-12 PE teachers who are members of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Applications for the 2007-2008 school year are due March 2, 2007. Information is available on the Future Fisherman Foundation's website at www.futurefisherman.org/programs/pegrants.php. You can also access the information at www.njfishandwildlife.com/pegrant.htm.

Meet Physical Education Standards

The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) developed a set of standards for physical education that discusses what a student should know and be able to do as a result of a quality physical education program. All standards can be met by fishing and/or boating program. Some of the standards that can be met include the following: Understand that physical activity provides opportunity for enjoyment, challenge, self-expression and social interaction. Demonstrate competency in many movement forms and proficiency in a few movement forms, applies movement concepts and principles to the learning and development of motor skills. As well as exhibits a physically active lifestyle. Thus preparing for a fishing education program. Act now to get a program started in your child's school or where you are a teacher.

DONATIONS

Over the last several months we received donations of used fishing equipment and rods and reels. We thank the following anglers for their contributions: Ed Cherry, Joe Mosso, Matt Muzley, and Bob Jernick. Members of the JCAA Youth Education Committee repaired broken guides, reels and tackle and distributed most of the equipment to youngsters that are just learning to fish and disadvantage teens residing in Monmouth and Ocean County. If you would like to help with the JCAA JUNIOR ANGLER program and offer some of your time to teach children the joy of fishing, please phone 732-785-9278 or e-mail gkucharews@aol.com. Please place HOFNOD in the subject line.

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