Fishing For Life

Fish-A-Thon – Be a winner and support a local ministry!

elizakoch — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:13:48 +0000

The annual Fish-A-thon is here! You can earn great prizes (like an iPod or a personal DVD player!) by raising money for local ministry programs. You choose which ministry you would like to support! Start your Fish-A-Thon fundraising, click here to download a pledge packet and register online at http://givemn.razoo.com/team/fishathon

Marathon Man Opener

elizakoch — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:39:26 +0000

Fishing For Life is inviting you to participate in the Fish-A-Thon 24-Hour Opener. On July 29, you’ll have the opportunity to fish for 24 hours straight at a location of your choice to raise awareness and money for a charity in your community.

What’s more, the 24-hour Opener kicks off the Fish-A-Thon fundraising event where kids in your community raise even more money for your charity by taking pledges for every fish they catch during the month of August.

Click here to see video from past 24-Hour Openers.

Get support from FFL:

Help choosing a location and charity
200 Fish-A-Thon pledge packets for your community
Advice to maximize donations
Best practices from current world record holder
Press release templates
An official Gemini FFL fishing jersey
Videos of past events
Media and sponsor plan
Official rules of event with timeline

Get on Board!

Fishing For Life will provide you everything you need to successfully raise money for the charity of your choice. All we need from you is your passion for fishing and a commitment to:

Distribute Fish-A-Thon packets to kids in your area to raise money for the charity of your choice
Secure local sponsorship money
Invite local media to cover the event using a press release template provided by FFL
Fish for 24 hours straight starting on Friday, July 29, 2011, at your chosen location

Dive Deeper!

Want to do more? To increase awareness for Fishing For Life and further support youth fishing you can:

Host a kids’ 10K Sunny Shootout before the Marathon event begins (FFL will provide best practices based on Minnesota’s 2010 event.)
Stream a live feed of your local event online
Participate in the attempt to break Jeff’s world record per Guinness’ official rules and guidance from FFL

Like Fishing For Life on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for event news and updates.

Terms and Conditions

A portion of the sponsorship money will go to Fishing For Life for printing of the pledge packets, official fishing jersey and other costs associated with the event. All additional sponsorship monies including funds raised from the Fish-A-Thon pledges will go directly to the charity chosen by the Fish-A-Thon 24-hour Opener participants. Participants will be responsible for ensuring all funds are distributed to the appropriate charity as specified in the registration materials.

GEM Fishing

admin — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:00:07 +0000

Great Expectations Ministries (GEM) exists to provide quality fishing, camping, and other outdoor activities for metro youth in order to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

GEM conducts eight weeks of fishing camps each summer. Each morning includes a time of praise and worship and Bible studies. Most of the rest of each day is spent in fishing instruction, guided fishing, and team tournaments. Camps are small (12-15 kids per camp), which provides for excellent instruction, supervision, and relationship building.

GEM continues its outreach through fishing and other outdoor activities throughout the year. Devotions and praise and worship are important parts of each monthly outing.

Check out the 2011 camp calendar here.

For more information please contact Dave Lindmark at 952-201-6849 or dave@fishingforlife.org.

2012 Lake Events

elizakoch — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:17:52 +0000

Where	Date
Holes for Heroes	February 4, 2012
Minnetonka AFFC Military Event	June 22, 2012
Medicine Lake	July 14, 2012
Powderhorn Catfish Tourney	July 14, 2012
Lake George	August 3, 2012
Bald Eagle	September 8, 2012
Lake Marion	September 8, 2012

2011 Events

elizakoch — Tue, 31 May 2011 01:45:35 +0000

Event	Date	Location
Fishers of Men	June 18, 2011	St. Croix River
Lakes Free Church	July 23, 2011	Chisago Lakes
Fishing Christians	August 20, 2011	Crystal Lake
Deep C’s Fall Outing and Tournament	September 15-18	TBD

The Fish-A-Thon: Get Hooked!

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:00:17 +0000

The Fish-A-Thon engages kids to serve other kids by raising money to provide resources to the urban community! Since the inception of this program in 2004, youth have raised over $110,000 to be distributed to over 20 organizations serving youth and families in the Twin Cities. Participants choose where the monies raised will be distributed by selecting one or more of our Covenant Partners. Our partners provide Emergency Assistance, Christmas in the City, Summer Camps, Meals for the Homeless, Recovery Services, and Year Round Family Programs in some of the most distressed neighborhoods of the Twin Cities.

For more information about Fish-A-Thon check out the video below!

Fish-A-Thon has expanded its utility and is now available to any organization seeking to use this as a fundraising tool. Please contact Tom Goodrich at 612-987-5466 or tom@fishingforlife.org for more information on this exciting opportunity.

Fish Fair

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:00:39 +0000

Fish Fair is a fishing carnival for kids and families.

Participants of all ages race minnows, make lures, practice casting and are educated about all aspects of fishing in our great state. Activities provided education about habitat awareness, fishing tackle, techniques, species identification and fishing opportunities with clubs and camps present at the fair.

This year we will launch the SPORTSMANS’S GARAGE SALE during the fair. We are currently accepting donations of sporting equipment to sell during this event or offering table space to individuals who may enjoy cleaning out their garage while supporting Fishing For Life.

This short 7 minute video below give you a great look at the Fish Fair in action!

Please contact info@fishingforlife.org if you would like to make a donation or have further questions.

Marathon Man

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:00:05 +0000

The Marathon Man is an annual one-day event featuring Jeff Kolodzinski. Jeff catches fish for 24 hours in his annual attempt to raise awareness for Fishing For Life programs and to try and break his own World Record for most fish caught from shore with a single pole in one day. This event includes online underwater coverage, head-to-head competition against Jeff during the day and great spectator fun. The Marathon Man has launched efforts throughout the nation to try and best Jeff’s record.

Below is video coverage from the 2007, 2008, and 2009 Marathon Man events.

Many thanks to Lindner Media Productions for production of the Marathon Man 2009 video! Watch it below:

The Minneapolis Star Tribune reporting on Marathon Man 2008, published in April of 2009:

And, here is prime time news coverage from KARE 11 of the 2007 Marathon Man event.

Reel ‘Em In Kids

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:00:56 +0000

Reel ‘Em in Kids provides fishing opportunities for Twin Cities Youth.

Fishing For Life refurbishes donated rods, reels and tackle and distributes it to underserved youth of the Twin Cities.

We host a number of lake events by partnering with Twin Cities Muskies Inc, the Minnesota DNR, Fishers of Men, BASS, Waterdogs, STS, local businesses and volunteers that want to expose youth to Minnesota’s greatest pastime.

Our KidzCove is a traveling fishing festival complete with a trout pond, fishing games and educational materials that gets youth hooked on fishing.

We are honored to continue as a TakeMeFishing® grantee to engage in this service.

High C’s Adventure

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:00:31 +0000

The High C’s Adventure puts the Gospel at the front and center of our fishing related programs by teaching that we are Created, Called, Cleansed and Commissioned. Activities, games, skits and songs are included in this curriculum that uses fishing themes to teach these essential Biblical truths.

We provide custom programming at your church or on the lake for any ministry that wishes to bring their kids into deeper relationship with Jesus Christ.

“Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” – Mathew 4:19