Hopewell Fish and Game Association

The Hopewell Fish and Game Association Youth Program's story started 30 years ago. Club members Don Baker and John Hunt urged the governing body of Hopewell Fish and Game Association to let them start a Youth Education Program that would give youth in the community an opportunity to learn about shooting sports on the club grounds outside of the existing Hunter Education Program. The program  continued for the next 24 years run by Don and John with the help of the club's membership. In 2018, Ryan Maters and Michael Males, Association Directors, pitched to the governing body to expend the program in order to have a greater reach. In 2019 the board approved the proposal and the program took a huge leap. They expanded it's offerings, annual number of dates, and youth participant capacity, taking it from a one-day event to a multi-date  and season long, full fledged program with a capacity of over 680 youth from the community...FREE TO THE COMMUNITY. Programs include: Hunter Education, Youth Archery, Youth Sporting Clays, Youth Trout Fishing, Youth 22 Rifle Education, Youth Aquatic Life Study, Youth Fossil Education, Youth Foraging Classes, Youth Fly Fishing & Tying, and MORE! The Youth Program Series of events runs annually from March until October.

The programs are run by Hopewell Fish and Game volunteers and educators with the support of local business sponsors so that all programs are absolutely FREE to participants.

2023 celebrates our 30 year anniversary of the Hopewell Fish and Game Association Youth Program and we are in need of funding in order to sustain the existing program and facilities in addition to even greater expansion of the program.