Volunteer Role Description
Role Title
Sportsfishing Project Coordinator
Date
Year-long
Purpose:
 Acquaint and teach 4-Hers fishing skills
 Organize fishing workshops for interested youth
 Organize fishing derby or attend established fishing derby
Success Criteria:
 At least 3 educational workshops and a follow-up fishing derby are held with a minimum of eight youth
participating in each event.
Time Required:
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5-6 workshops plus derby (4-5 hours prep time; 2 hour workshops)
Responsibilities:
 Teach laws, techniques, tackle neeeds, water safety, specie knowledge
 Provide casting practice
 Coordinate fish fry
 Recruit additional volunteers to assist with workshops and derby (see that they are properly screened as
volunteers with U of I Extension)
 Determine workshops/derby locations
 Provide promotion material information for distribution by Extension office
 Create and implement a risk management plan for individual events (including securing insurance)
 Create and share budget with Extension staff
 Maintain regular contact with Extension staff
Target Dates:
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Workshops spread over one-year period - perhaps bi-monthly
Fishing derby in late spring
Resources Available:
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4-H Sports fishing Manuals and Leader Guide
State Parks
Area lakes
Local ponds
Local Pros
Sportsman Clubs
Memorial 4-H Fishing Camp by Curt Sinclair
DNR
Soil and Water Conservation
Pond Shocking
Training Opportunities:
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Extension 4-H Staff
Extension Natural Resources Educators
DNR
Reports to:
 Extension 4-H Staff
For Questions Contact
(Name)
(Address)
(Phone)
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Volunteer Screening of all volunteers will be required.
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