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Sportsman’s Auction to Benefit Youth

The Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association (POWA), through their Kermit Henning Youth Grant program has supported numerous youth outdoor activities in Schuylkill County over the years.

On Sunday, Feb. 9, in the Erie Room, at the Great American Outdoor Show (GAOS) at the Farm Show Complex, the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association will be holding its 42nd Annual Sportsman’s Auction to benefit youth educational opportunities.

All funds raised are used to fund grants for groups and organizations that hold youth outdoor programs such as conservation camps, field days, fishing derbies, shooting events, nature programs and many more. To date, almost $462,000 has gone to introducing young people to the outdoors.

Dennis Scharadin, auction chairman, says, “All items are generously donated by POWA members, GAOS show exhibitors and others who support what we do.”

Schuylkill County organizations have been receiving grants since the nineties including the Norm Thornburg Youth Conservation Camp, Youth Field Days, Blue Ridge Rifles and most recently the Tevis Energy, Modern Comfort Mentored Youth Trout Day enhancement at Sweet Arrow Lake County Park.

The Friends of Schuylkill Parks and Recreation administers the youth fishing event and has received $700 each of the past two years. This year’s Mentored Youth Trout Day is March 29 where more than 200 huge trout along with 13 tagged trout worth a total of $2,000 will be stocked in addition to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and Swatara Co-op Trout nursery stockings.

“The last Sunday of the GAOS event is the least crowded and great deals await show goers,” Sharadin says.

Support the POWA Auction and the youth of Pennsylvania and Schuylkill County by attending the Sportsmen’s Auction.

Published from a press release

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