Hooked On Fishing–Not On Drugs®
The Hooked
on Fishing Not on Drugs (HOFNOD) program is the flagship youth
education program of the Foundation. The program, developed 20
years ago, has been recently updated. HOFNOD uses angling skill
development as a gateway to teach youth about the benefits of
a healthy lifestyle and how to deal with the challenges facing
them in their young lives. The HOFNOD network includes trained
aquatic education professionals in over 30 states with literally
thousands of programs nationwide. Connect with a HOFNOD coordinator
near you and help America’s youth get Hooked on Fishing and Not
On Drugs!
How Can You Get Involved?
- Connect with
your local community groups that work with youth.
If
they’re fishing help them out through a donation of
money/time/resources.
If they’re not, offer to help begin a program (we’ll
be happy to help too!)
- Become a HOFNOD
trained instructor.
To
become a HOFNOD instructor, you are required to attend a one-day
HOFNOD instructor training course. At the HOFNOD instructor
training workshop, you will learn many activities and lessons
that are appropriate for helping young people learn to become
ethical anglers and also to grow into adults that will make
wise decisions for themselves and the environment. In addition,
you will then have the ability to use the Hooked On Fishing
- Not On Drugs® name and logo. This one-day course will give
you the skills you need to lead a mentor-based fishing or boating
program that will make a difference in children's lives. Contact the
Foundation to find a HOFNOD instructor training course in your
area.
- Support the
efforts of the Future Fisherman Foundation.
Help support our efforts by donating your time or resources
or by making a contribution to help enable youth angling
programs all across the country!
Get Involved!
Help
to Ensure the Future of Fishing!
"If we want children to flourish,
to become truly empowered, then let us allow them to love
the earth before we ask them to save it.” David Sobel, Beyond Ecophobia
