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Fishing For Special Needs, the 2016 Edition, Another

Successful Year

By Molly Kett “The most amazing part is
everyone who comes to help
ifty-one-year-old Art Levert volunteer-wise; they’re just
Fruns Cornwall’s “Include giving their day, their just giving
Program,” which works to bring
themselves,” says Levert.
events and creates special programs
for locals with special needs. The location gives the area
Levert dedicates the majority of his and boat launch for free; they
time working with special needs organize picnic benches and offer
and absolutely loves it. washroom facilities. Everything
the event would need, Levert says
“I have a company that
was covered for free by the facility,
caters literally custom-made
programming around the sponsors and local businesses
individual’s wants and needs and making the day manageable for all.
wishes, as opposed to me trying Levert says he can’t say enough
to fit them in a program I actually good about the volunteers who

fit a program around them,” says Mark & Justin posing with the catch of the day. Photo Submitted make this event possible.
Levert. “It’s not like a round peg outdoors, adventure, and more, twenty-fi ve and sometimes the fi rst “We just take these kids fishing,

in a square hole, it’s about catering extremely simplistic. Even
to that person and their wishes, and combined for what was bound fi fty depending on the size. The wheelchair-bound people can go on
to be a great experience for the participants are then assigned to a
whatever matters to them matters a pontoon boat and they’re assisted
to me. I didn’t invent the wheel; participants. team with a captain and the captain on and we have a land fishing

I’m just trying to make a good “We’re geographically in a great takes the kids out to fish. option so kids who are afraid of

tire.” spot for fishing,” says Levert. “So “We have sponsors, like let’s water can fish off the side,” says

we decided ‘hey, you know what’s say Volkswagen will sponsor a
He began this program in 2008 Levert.
and has been at it ever since. One missing? Everybody’s doing this boat, Dairy Queen will sponsor a
everybody’s doing that, why not boat etc, and we have a barbeque,” Levert says the best part of the
of the events that goes along with day, is “the gratification on their

this program is the Fishing for take them fishing?’ Everybody says Levert. “It’s just a great great faces, especially when one caught
Special Needs event. loved it. Great response, and time. We go over the do’s and
then I had all these professional don’ts of the nature side and the one. One of our guys with Down
“Basically it’s one of our many fi shermen giving their day to this environmental side of things too syndrome who caught a fi sh and I
events, but fishing is one that cause. It’s kind of a one-of-a-kind and teach lessons as we do this, swear he was a kilometre away and

wasn’t really being done around thing in at least this area.” all on the fly. It’s really really you could hear him screaming he
here,” says Levert. awesome.” caught one. It’s unbelievable.”
The event starts at 10 in the
Levert notes that other outdoor morning, going until two in the The event happened July 16th, Levert says the turnout was
events were being covered, but afternoon. Usually, Levert says with every participant having a amazing and full of gratifi cation

not fishing. He says fishing had they take registration for the fi rst blast. for all.

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