This has to be the friendliest website that I have ever been on. I have only been a member for a few months now, but log in three times a day so that i don't "miss" anything.
I am a youth minister in SouthEast Illinois, and my father-in-law is the director of a Church Camp just south of Indianapolis called Camp Allendale in Trafalgar, Indiana. Last year he started a fishing camp for 4th & 5th grade boys, and most of them had never caught anything, and there were about 20 of them. It is all donation of time to make this camp work, and it is going again. I travelled up there last year in order to help out for a day in between two other church camps I spoke at, and it was awesome, but these kids have nothing. Mostly, they caught bluegill and crappie (and some monsters at that...one was 16.5 inches and went over 2 lbs.). I am planning on going up there again this year to help out a couple of days, and have roped a few of the 70+ year old fishermen in my church to come help.
I know that there are some jig makers here, and didn't know if anyone would be willing to donate some of your product to the cause of this week. Or, if there is something else that you all might be willing to donate to help these kids out, let me know. I got Berkley to donate some stuff (they sent a 14-lb box full), there is a man who is donating some nice rods for the kids, and I am trying to get in contact with Hank Parker (nice Christian man). Let me know if you would be willing to help out these kids with something that they may only get to do once a year, and that we love soooooo much. I know people joke around about asking to be "product testers", but that is not what I am doing. If you are interested, or know of someone or a company that might be willing to help, let me know and I will follow-up. These kids love this, and need this...