06-17-2008, 11:10 AM
For the third year in a row, the Indiana State Fair will feature a free fishing pond to help children learn how to fish. The DNR needs various types of volunteers to make this effort a success once again.
Each volunteer will receive a free fair ticket for each day they work and a T-shirt to wear for their shift. No experience is necessary.
<br>The pond will be open for the duration of the fair, Aug. 6 -17, with two shifts each day available to volunteers, 9 a.m.-noon, and 4 -7 p.m., except for Aug. 6 and 9, when no morning session will take place.<br>
<br>Six volunteer positions are open, one more than last year. A tent for Angler's Legacy, which needs to be staffed, has been added. Angler's Legacy is a program focused on involving adults in fishing through teaching someone to fish or taking someone new fishing every year.<br>
<br>Volunteers are also needed at the fishing station to help one to two kids fish every 15 minutes of the three-hour shift. At the arts and crafts station, volunteers will help kids with a craft activity when they have finished fishing and pass out gift bags to the children.<br>
<br>Those who prefer a more low-key volunteer position can sit in the equipment tent's shade and repair poles as needed to keep the fun going. Finally, volunteers are needed to help at the registration table; these individuals will help sign up kids to fish by taking their information and giving them a wristband for the day.<br>
<br>Contact Leland Kinnett, State Fair Fishing Pond coordinator, at LKinnett@dnr.IN.gov or (317) 562-1338 with your name, phone number, address, job, shifts and days desired. If you would like to bring friends along to help, please provide their information.
Each volunteer will receive a free fair ticket for each day they work and a T-shirt to wear for their shift. No experience is necessary.
<br>The pond will be open for the duration of the fair, Aug. 6 -17, with two shifts each day available to volunteers, 9 a.m.-noon, and 4 -7 p.m., except for Aug. 6 and 9, when no morning session will take place.<br>
<br>Six volunteer positions are open, one more than last year. A tent for Angler's Legacy, which needs to be staffed, has been added. Angler's Legacy is a program focused on involving adults in fishing through teaching someone to fish or taking someone new fishing every year.<br>
<br>Volunteers are also needed at the fishing station to help one to two kids fish every 15 minutes of the three-hour shift. At the arts and crafts station, volunteers will help kids with a craft activity when they have finished fishing and pass out gift bags to the children.<br>
<br>Those who prefer a more low-key volunteer position can sit in the equipment tent's shade and repair poles as needed to keep the fun going. Finally, volunteers are needed to help at the registration table; these individuals will help sign up kids to fish by taking their information and giving them a wristband for the day.<br>
<br>Contact Leland Kinnett, State Fair Fishing Pond coordinator, at LKinnett@dnr.IN.gov or (317) 562-1338 with your name, phone number, address, job, shifts and days desired. If you would like to bring friends along to help, please provide their information.