Holliday Outdoor and Fishing Fundamentals Camp
Adrian Holliday is creating a Black/BIPOC led program that shares outdoor and fishing fundamentals for Black, BIPOC and underserved youth through mini camps. The program will offer mini camps to teach outdoor education and safety, nature explorations, and provide an intro to learning how to fish for local kids. The program will offer a safe space for kids to learn from an experienced outdoor/fisherman and gain access to resources and tools that are not often available in these communities.
2022-2023 Cultural Heritage and Community Identity Grants - Spring 2022
Students learn skills, gain access to new resources, and explore outdoor and fishing activities in a Black and BIPOC led space.
Students will receive the opportunity to practice new skills in a community environment.
Students will gain more confidence to explore the outdoors and fishing on their own.
Kids and families connect to other Black and BIPOC outdoor and fishing mentors and an engaged community.
Curriculum development has also been the focus since we received funding. So far we have already confirmed and paid a deposit on co-facilitators for the program. We have also began sourcing products and all the elements for our camp supplies and fishing starter kits. Lastly, we have secured the photographer for the camps with a deposit and the website is under development and set to be finished by March.; What work was accomplished?
Children and families were able to learn skills, gain access to new resources, and explore outdoor and fishing activities in a Black and BIPOC led space. Each camp was hosted by a Black/BIPOC leader who was able to impart their own skills and resources into the camp given. Each cap offered a dedicated time to practice new skills and learn in a multigenerational community environment. Kids and families were also able to connect to other Black and BIPOC outdoor and fishing mentors and an engaged community. The connections formed and time spent was beneficial to this community.
Did you achieve your goal(s)? How do you know you achieved them?
We believe we are just getting started but we certainly achieved the goal of offering mini camps to Black/BIPOC members of our community and providing them with education around fishing and the outdoors. We saw that attendees gained confidence to explore the outdoors, feel safe outside, and learn fishing fundamentals. We could see this by their willingness to keep learning, attending camps, as well as their eagerness after camps. We also asked for feedback following classes and were told by numerous families and students of their excitement around each camp.
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