KNBN NewsCenter1
February 28, 2021
DEERFIELD LAKE, S.D. For the eighth year, the Club for Boys hit Deerfield Lake for “Hooked on Hardwater.” The event is about mentorship and giving back.
Every year since 2012, Rapid City’s Club for Boys has paired young boys ages six to 17 with professional ice fishermen for some ice fishing lessons through the “Hooked on Hardwater” program.
60 boys are paired with 60 pros. The goal? To build bridges with young boys, many of whom have no role model to emulate.
” A lot of our members might not have a positive male role model in the home so this gives them that along with just being with somebody that’s always going to be there to encourage them,” said Chantel McDonnell, Director of Development at the Club for Boys