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Boats Needed for CAST for Kids Event on Brannan Island

by ECT

CAST for Kids

Boats are wanted for Saturday May 31 from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm for the C.A.S.T. for Kids event designed to provide children with disabilities the opportunity to enjoy a quality outdoor recreational experience through the sport of fishing.

According to Bill Samuels, Department of Water Resources coordinator and Brannan Island event coordinator, the event to be a success they need boats to be volunteered.

Currently, they have 18-kids registered and are expecting more than 30 to participate. The event can expand if more fishermen want to volunteer their time and their boat.

As of Thursday, there are just 7-boats donated for the event, Samuels is hoping to get around 30-boats by the event date.

According to Samuels, last year which was their first Annual Event, they had 33 physically and developmentally disabled children participate. Unfortunately, they had to turn down a bunch of kids for lack of available boats. This year, he wants to prevent that from occurring.

Samuels explained that all a volunteer has to do is bring their boat and drive the kids around.

The registration for the event at this time is limited to increments of 20 due to the concerns over a number of boats. Once they get more boats, they will open registration to 40 kids. They would like fisherman who wish to volunteer their boats for the event to register as early as possible so they can get more kids involved.

Samuels explained they do this event all over the state and one of the biggest events he has is in Southern California where they had more than 75-kids. He would love to see that on Brannan Island but it all depends on available boats.

For volunteers, you will receive a tax-deductible receipt and can write it off as an “in kind donation” and depending on one’s financial situation, they may be able to deduct gas, mileage, bridge toll and time.

The event is being sponsored by Assemblyman Jim Frazier.

To register as a volunteer, sign up online at www.castforkids.org/events-calendar/cast-events/brannan-island-rec-area. Make sure to register as a “Boat Captain” so organizers know they’ll have another boat for the evnet.

For more details, call 916-376-9635 or e-mail [email protected]. To learn more about this event, visit www.castforkids.org.

Photo provided by Cast For Kids

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