Quantcast

Group gives rods, reels and bait to kids to get back to fishing. - KOAM TV 7

Group gives rods, reels and bait to kids to help them get back to fishing.

Updated:
Lindsey Henry, Reporter - bio | email
JOPLIN, MISSOURI -

 Fishing rods, reels and bait are free for the kids.

The Joplin Back Lashers gave the fishing equipment away today to 400 lucky boys and girls.
    

A booth was set up inside North park Mall where the group handed out the gear and as you can imagine, kids were very grateful to receive a new rod and reel.
    

The Back Lashers wanted to give back to the children of Joplin by helping them get back into the water with their new poles.

"We were contacted by a gentleman a few months ago with an organization called tackle the storm, its foundation is to designed to go into tornado areas and give away free fishing gear to kids in the area, so he contacted us and today we gave away fishing supplies that were donated all over the country to kids here in Joplin," says Braden McBride, Joplin Back Lashers.

  • Lindsey Henry

  • Sunday, May 19 2013 6:46 PM EDT2013-05-19 22:46:28 GMT
    Peace Lutheran Church was destroyed in the May 22nd 2011 tornado, since service had been held at Bethany Presbyterian Church. On the third Sunday of May more than a hundred attended the 1st service at
    Peace Lutheran Church was destroyed in the May 22nd 2011 tornado, since service had been held at Bethany Presbyterian Church.

  • Sunday, May 12 2013 8:03 PM EDT2013-05-13 00:03:07 GMT
    In honor of all the mothers out there many local businesses offered up special deals. Schifferdecker Golf Course was just one place offering specials for Mothers Day. Mothers and wives of golfers received
    In honor of all the mothers out there many local businesses offered up special deals.

  • Sunday, May 12 2013 7:59 PM EDT2013-05-12 23:59:31 GMT
    A local official is being honored for his hard work with a big award. Mayor Randy Jones of Mulberry, Kansas has been awarded the prestigious honor of Mayor of The Year from the Kansas Mayors Association.
    A local official is being honored for his hard work with a big award.
    •   

  • Complete Joplin tornado coverage

  • Officially declared a disaster area, temporary morgues are set up throughout the city of Joplin, including on the campus of Missouri Southern. A call out for volunteers who can help in anyway that they can, as schools and other organizations gather supplies to help those in need. More than 20,000 people are without power, residents are asked to boil water, and they're on edge as more storms roll through the area.

  • Difficulties communicating makes it difficult to get an exact count of the number of people unaccounted for. The death toll climbs to 122. An estimated 8,000 structures are damaged over a 1,800 acre area; and, the National Weather Service confirms that it was an EF-5 tornado that went through Joplin. Officials beg "sight-seers" to stay out of the disaster area and an old friend in Joplin covering the tornado aftermath stops by the KOAM station.

  • Hospital officials say they will rebuild. 14,000 are still without electricity, but around 10,000 are in the disaster area. K-9 units search the area as authorities warn tornado victims about scam artists. And washing clothes, charging cell phones and computers becomes one less thing victims have to worry about.
    •   
Powered by WorldNow

News

Morning News

Weather

KOAM

KOAM - Licensed to Pittsburg, Kansas
Send tips, ideas and press releases to: tips@koamtv.com
Send newsroom questions or comments to: comments@koamtv.com
Phone: (417) 624-0233 or (620) 231-0400
Web comments or questions: webmaster@koamtv.com
Newsroom Fax: (417) 624-3158

Powered by WorldNow All content © Copyright 2000 - 2013 WorldNow and KOAM. All Rights Reserved. For more information on this site, please read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.