Want to spend some time on the water this summer?
–Fishing and boating means so much to thousands of people in the Detroit Lakes area every year. But what about those who do not have ready access to the water, either due to decreased mobility, or a lack of someone to take them there? Since 2008, the Detroit Lakes Area Chapter of Let’s Go Fishing has been filling that gap, serving over 6,874 seniors, veterans, youth and physically challenged people of all ages.
“We just launched our 10th anniversary season,” says Dave Hochhalter, one of the chapter’s founders, and its current treasurer. “It snuck up on us fast… I can’t believe it (that 10 years have passed).”
Normally they might not have scheduled a trip quite so early, Hochhalter noted, but the May 5 Hospice of the Red River Valley excursion was a last-minute addition to the schedule, to honor two of their longtime volunteers — one of whom is currently a Hospice patient.
