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18th Annual Urban Kids Fishing Derby
June 18, 2022 @ 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
Urban American Outdoors TV (UAOTV) and SODAS Life Inc. 501c3 will host the 18th Annual Urban Kids Fishing Derby KCMO. The free Saturday fishing excursion will be held at Spring Valley Park Pond right off 27th Woodland.
Partnering host this year includes Gates Bar-BQ, I AM Entertainment Magazine, F.A.C.T.S Tutoring Services, Trout Unlimited, US Forest Service and Tao Tao. The Kid’s Derby is free for youngsters between the ages of 4 to 16 and must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. All registered participants must bring their own rods, reels, bait, bucket and or stringer.
If you are interested in having your child participate, go to www.urbankidsfish.com and sign up, if you have questions call us at 913-334-5177. The event is limited to the first 250 kids.
For the biggest fish, there will be a $100 prize. Parts of the derby will be filmed for an upcoming segment on Urban American Outdoors TV with host Wayne Hubbard.
UAOTV airs weekly on KMCI on Saturday morning at 4:30 a.m. and offers sports enthusiast’s a chance to view outdoors from a different perspective. Wayne Hubbard has for the past 20 plus years been sharing his outdoors adventures, conservation tips, green ideas, wildlife information, and STEAM education, and has mentored over 100,000 youth across the US.
So if you’re a parent, gather up the children and enjoy a day of family fun. The event is free, and there will be plenty of family fun, fishing, and volunteers. Go online to www.urbankidsfish.com to sign up. For additional information or should you have any questions please contact Candice Price, President of Urban Kids Fish at 913-334-5177.