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Pink fishing boat launched in honor of Casting for Recovery
BlackFly Lodge introduces a new pink skiff to raise
awareness for CfR’s
national fly fishing retreats for women with breast cancer
Casting
for Recovery,
a non-profit organization offering support and educational
retreats for women with breast cancer is excited to be
honored by BlackFly
Lodge,
a Bahamas based fly fishing operation that commissioned a
pink skiff to raise awareness of breast cancer and CfR. This
new boat will be used for guided fly fishing trips in the
Bahamas and will feature the Casting for Recovery logo. This
is the fifth boat that has a theme at BlackFly Lodge and it
will be used for general guided trips as well as special
trips hosted by fly fishing professionals.
Clint Kemp, managing partner of BlackFly Lodge, called on East
Cape Skiffs to
build the custom boat as a tribute to his aunt, Rochelle
McCabe, who has just completed her breast cancer treatments
in Orlando. The boat will serve as a constant reminder of
the struggle endured by many and a source of hope that one
day a cure for breast cancer will be discovered. BlackFly
Lodge also donated a fishing trip that will be auctioned at
CfR’s annual Cast
One for Hope national
fundraiser in Montana in October.
“There are so many great organizations doing amazing work
with breast cancer and it is our privilege to partner with
Casting for Recovery,” says Clint Kemp managing partner of
BlackFly Lodge. “We hope that the pink skiff will bring
greater awareness to the work and mission of CfR and every
name that is signed under her hatches will be a testimony to
love and hope.”
“We are honored to be part of the creation of this boat and
the journey it is about
to embark on,” says Casting for Recovery executive director
Whitney Milhoan. “This stunning boat will be a great
reminder that so many people are touched by breast cancer
and we are excited to follow it, chronicle its journeys and
see how many lives it touches. Here at CfR we strive to
create awareness and spread the love of fly fishing and that
is exactly what this boat will do in the Bahamas and
beyond.”
For more information on Casting for Recovery or to donate
please visit:
www.CastingforRecovery.org or contact Holly
Calloway at
Holly.Calloway@castingforrecovery.org
Casting for Recovery® (CfR)
is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1996 by two women -- a
breast reconstructive surgeon and a professional fly
fisher. CfR’s unique program combines breast cancer
education and peer support with the therapeutic sport of fly
fishing. The retreats offer opportunities for women to find
inspiration, discover renewed energy for life and experience
healing connections with other women and nature. CfR’s
retreats are open to breast cancer survivors of all ages, in
all stages of treatment and recovery, and are free to
participants.
www.CastingforRecovery.org
www.facebook.com/castingforrecovery
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