Hello Everyone,
First, we would like to apologize to everyone that during the ongoing changes, we have failed to keep the website updated over the past year. As some of you may have noticed, the website is taking on some changes. We have added our assistance application and our scholarship application. We will be doing a better job from here on out with keeping the website updated as often as we update our Facebook. We would like to give a recap of the past year so that everyone will be all caught up. One of the biggest changes, is that we have built a permanent structure that we call The Fishstrong Station. This helped tremendously during our events. The pavilion can be rented out when it is available and also, other non-profits can set up to use the pavilion at no charge. We had two big fundraisers in 2016; the first being our Fish-or-Treat event and the second being our Fishmas event. The Fish-or-Treat event was a success and we had over 300 more riders than the previous year. The Fishmas event this year all of the trees at both of our lots were sold! We have raised over $20,000 for the foundation and are hoping to surpass that this year with the various events we have planned. During 2016, we helped several families. From July 2016 to Jan 1st, 2017 we have awarded about$9500.00 to help families in our local area. We are currently reviewing scholarship applications and will be awarding some in the near future. The Foundation has become recognized as a non-profit in the state of North Carolina and has filed the paperwork to become an official 501c3 organization. In completing all of this, a board of directors has been established. There are still transitions happening as we all are working toward the goal of spreading the Fishstrong Movement and helping our local community. We are looking forward to all of the various activities that we have planned to fund-raise this year and will be keeping you all updated as they approach. We thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for your continued support and understanding.
