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Ensuring the future of fishing

F3’s Mission is …… to promote fishing as an important part of a healthy, happy lifestyle and to increase the number of people who receive quality fishing-education programs and experiences that lead them to become lifelong, conservation-minded anglers.

History Established in 1986 by Berkley & Company


Now an independent national non-profit (501)(c)(3) organization with operations overseen by a board of directors



Programs have involved over 1 million youths.




Has introduced aquatic-education programs in schools and communities across the U.S.





Has developed partnerships with and serves as a national voice/clearinghouse for organizations with similar missions





Has developed partnerships with and serves as a national voice/clearinghouse for organizations with similar missions

Supports service-learning projects that have improved aquatic resources in all 50 states

What Makes F3 Special? Nationally recognized as the leader in sportfishing and aquatic-

resource education. As such F3 serves as a key resource for local,

state and regional program administrators.




Provided the first, and now the most extensive, nationally

coordinated effort using trained facilitators to deliver hands-on fishing

and aquatic-resource education to school-aged children.




Provided the first, and now the most extensive, nationally

coordinated effort using trained facilitators to deliver hands-on fishing

and aquatic-resource education to school-aged children.

Unique programs offer a series of classroom and outdoor sessions

and not just one-day introductory experiences. Youths receive

continual contact from knowledgeable fishing educators, increasing

the likelihood they will become conservation-minded anglers in

adulthood.

What Makes F3 Special?

Since 1986, F3 programs have

reached

1 MILLION +school-aged children

in all 50 statesan achievement unequalled by any

other fishing-education organization.

The Need for F3 Services With fishing

participation rates and

angler retention at the

lowest levels in

decades, F3’s mission

to increase the number

of school-aged children

who fish is more

important than ever.

Fact Children who get

outdoors to fish and

experience nature

perform better in school,

exhibit less stress and

are less likely to

experience problems

such as obesity and

attention deficit

disorder.

Fact

The number of 6- to 15-

year-olds who fished fell

from 10.5 million in

1996 to 8.3 million in

2006, a decline of 2.2

million in just 10 years.

Fact In 1990, 65% of all

individuals who had

ever fished in their lives

remained active. By

2005, this percentage

had fallen to 57%.

Angler retention fell 8%

in just 15 years.

Fact

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says “... long-term fishing involvement is associated with early initiation.” In other words, those initiated into fishing at younger ages are more active anglers later in life. Therefore, the declines just noted should be of great concern to individuals, organizations and companies directly associated with fishing.

Fewer Future Anglers Means …

Fewer fishing license sales that fund state fish-and-wildlife agency conservation/management programs


Decreased sales of boats and tackle that support fishing-industry manufacturers, distributors and retailers


Reduction in the amount of excise taxes collected on sales of fishing gear and boating fuel that fund aquatic-resources conservation and education


Fewer anglers spending money on food, lodging, transportation and other fishing-trip-related expenses that help support our nation’s $125 billion a year sportfishing industry.

These Facts Show…

There’s Never Been a Greater Needfor F3 Services.

Primary Programs

Hooked on Fishing Not on Drugs

Primary Programs


Physh Ed Fishing and Boating Initiative

Primary Programs



C.A.T.C.H. (Caring Anglers Teaching

Children How)

Primary Programs



C.A.T.C.H. (Caring Anglers Teaching

Children How)

Aquatic Resources Education

Program

Hooked On Fishing

Hooked On Fishing

Introduced in 1986 at the request of a Florida teenager

Hooked On Fishing


Curriculum developed by a team of educators and prevention specialists

Hooked On Fishing



Initiated state aquatic education movement in the 1980s during “Just Say No” campaign

Hooked On Fishing



Initiated state aquatic education movement in the 1980s during “Just Say No” campaign

Implemented in more than 25 states

Hooked On Fishing



Initiated state aquatic-education movement in the 1980s during “Just Say No” campaign

Implemented in more than 25 states

F3 trains state coordinators who then train instructors to deliver HOFNOD programs at schools, community centers, parks and clubs.

Physh Ed

Physh Ed

Developed in 2003 with the goal to reach children

during school hours

Physh Ed


during school hours

Originally introduced as part of physical education with

National Association of Sport & Physical Education

and Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation

Physh Ed


during school hours




Currently implemented as part of science, art and

physical education/lifetime sports

Physh Ed


during school hours




Currently implemented as part of science, art and

physical education/lifetime sports

Involves more than 120,000 students in 325

schools in 47 states

C.A.T.C.H

C.A.T.C.H

Collaborative program with the Department of

Justice and Boys & Girls Clubs of America

C.A.T.C.H



Part of the Youth Partnership for Crime

Prevention Initiative

C.A.T.C.H





Uses Hooked On Fishing curriculum

C.A.T.C.H





Uses Hooked On Fishing curriculum

Implemented at 30 Boys & Girls Clubs across

the U.S.

Aquatic Resources

Education Program

Aquatic Resources

Education Program When funds available to states through the Wallop-

Breaux Act expanded to include a portion that could be used for fishing and aquatic resources education, the Foundation took the lead by hosting a conference for all state fish and wildlife coordinators.

Aquatic Resources



Partnerships formed as a result of this conference have been key to F3’s national leadership role. States offering fishing-education programs grew from just two to 42.

Aquatic Resources



Partnerships formed as a result of this conference have been key to F3’s national leadership role. States offering fishing-education programs grew from just two to 42.

Many of these programs are on-going and program facilitators continue to rely on F3 for enhancing the partnerships and providing educational materials that include the Aquatic Resources Education Curriculum.

Facts About F3 Programs Outreach to a diverse audience: urban and rural,

inclusive of all students and can involve family



Each program can be individualized based on group need and resources.



Each program can be individualized based on group need and resources.

Options include basic spin casting, fly fishing, fly tying and tackle crafting, canoeing and kayaking, rod building, aquatic biology and conservation service learning projects.

F3 Program Impacts

F3 Programs … Encourage children to spend more time actively exploring

the outdoors and less time playing video games and watching television, which require only passive participation



Help develop positive life skills such as decision-making, goal-setting, communicating meaningfully with others and choosing to remain drug-free




Teach aquatic biology, conservation and ethics





Are designed to help children advance in reading, writing, math and science.





Are designed to help children advance in reading, writing, math and science.

Develop tomorrow’s anglers and environmental stewards and help bring families closer together.

Training …… at the heart

of everything

F3 does!

Training Audience includes school teachers and

administrators, club leaders, aquatic-education

professionals, private organizations.

Curriculum provides background information plus

activities that support skill development.

Participants receive both classroom and field

experiences, including hands-on learning.

Training sessions include information about state

and local partners who can provide assistance.

Trainings Local, state and national training available

Delivered by F3 staff and trained volunteers

Training is planned to meet the needs of each

particular group and includes classroom and

hands-on activities.

Participants learn how to deliver the curriculum

and are provided information on additional

resources, the Tackle for Educators discount

program and other support available from F3.

Print Resources and DVD

Additional Resources

Supplemental lesson plans from educators

Tackle for Educators discount program for

educators

Grant opportunities

State and national partner resources

Partners Partnerships provide the foundation for program

sustainability and viability and enable F3 to carry its

message to a wide variety of audiences. Partners

include:

Youth organizations

State aquatic educators

Non-profit organizations

Industry partners

Conservation organizations

Key Partnerships with

National Organizations


Non-Profit Organizations


Professional Fishing Organizations

Key Corporate Partnerships

Why Should You Develop

A Partnership With the

Future Fisherman Foundation?

Promotion

We’ll talk about your support in our F3 News & Viewsnewsletter, which is regularly sent to more than 4,000 partners and educators. This provides a chance for you to market to a valuable and targeted group of teachers, and to your future customers—youth—proving you care about their future.

Public Notice

We’ll also tell the world about our partnership in specially prepared press releases that will be sent to more than 1,000 writers and media outlets.

Public Notice These releases are

regularly published in newspapers, magazines, blogs and websites throughout the country, including such places as the Chicago Tribune, Fishing Tackle Retailer, TheOutdoorWire.com, ESPNOutdoors.com and Bassmaster magazine.

Website & Logo Our website has a special

Partners section, with links driving traffic to partner websites. We’ll include you there, and give you our Partners logo to use in your advertising, correspondence and invoices.

Satisfaction Most of all, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing your

support is helping the Future Fisherman Foundation continue a 24-year tradition of delivering quality fishing education programs to children nationwide.

You’ll be helping to put outdoor smiles on the faces of more than 1 million youths!

Your support allows us to: provide training and curriculum for educators who

deliver our programs



develop special events to share outdoor aquatic education with the public



develop special events to share outdoor aquatic education with the public

expand our efforts to reach disadvantaged children who need positive activities and caring mentors in their lives.

Ensuring the Future of Fishing Funding goes directly

toward providing valuable opportunities for children to learn how to fish and enjoy the outdoors.

We Need Your Help to Pass It On Our primary programs—

Hooked On Fishing Not On Drugs, Physh Ed and CATCH—have benefited more than 1 million children in all 50 states since 1986.

Working Together … … we can continue that

tradition and ensure that today’s kids are tomorrow’s anglers.

That’s a goal worth striving

for.

Our Future Anglers

Questions?Keith Sutton

Executive Director

[email protected]

(501) 847-9643

Teresa Rodriguez

Director of Education

[email protected]

(703) 402-0004

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