“Thank you so much for giving these kids the opportunity to learn how to fly fish. It was an amazing experience!”
Manchester, Vermont Project
Lead Mentor: Christine Atkins
Project location: Manchester, Vermont
Year project founded: 2019
Mentors on this team: 4-6
Children mentored to date: 4
Children to be mentored in 2020: 4-6
Local foster care partners: Bennington Department for Children and Families-Family Services
Local companies that support this project: The Orvis Company, Christos’ Pizza and Pasta, and Wayside Country Store
Currently looking support and sponsorship for 2020!
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The fly fishing sessions offered the kids (and adults!) a break from their day-to-day and created an opportunity to connect with the outdoors. Our kids told their friends and family about their experience and got other children excited about the idea of fly fishing as a result – so we’re looking to add more kids to the project in 2020! And our sessions were as much fun for the mentors as they were for the mentees – they’ve been sharing how meaningful this experience was with their colleagues and we have a lot of folks wanting to volunteer and support Mayfly in the coming year.
Project Mentors
News & Events
A closer look at the Roanoke, Virginia project impact!
Scott Barrier, the lead mentor for the Roanoke, Virginia project, talks with News10 about the benefits and lasting impact fly fishing can have on foster youth. Scott and the amazing mentors in Roanoke are doing amazing work! Check out the article and video below!...
Clean Up from Hurricane Helene, Mentor Highlight!
We’re honored to highlight one of our mentors who is not only a huge asset to TMP in Boone, North Carolina, but has been a hero in her community during the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, 2024. Her name is Kelly McCoy—she is known in her community as the ‘Rivergirl’—a...
Bureau of Reclamation Partnership!
Our TMP projects in Medford and Klamath Falls, Oregon, and Hayden, Idaho partnered with the Bureau of Reclamation, (Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region and the California Great Basin Region), and their Fish-ABLE Fun program this summer! The Fish-ABLE program is designed...
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