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Mahogany Youth Corporation

Mahogany Youth Corporation is a 501c3 non-profit corporation designed to teach youth the technique of sport fishing and safe boating.

Donate to Mahogany Youth and we will send you a picture of the children you sponsor using the fishing gear you supplied.

You Are Invited To Participate With Mahogany Youth

You have an opportunity to make a real difference. Support Mahogany Youth Corp., Inc. Your donation will help us to real our goal to introduce youth (ages 4-18) , to fishing activities, tournaments, and workshops throughout South Florida. Think about how much fishing equipment you do not use that could be used by these kids. 

Additionally the youth have their own monthly clubhouse meeting. Senior citizens in the community will occasionally volunteer to chaperone and to fish during these exciting events. The workshops and classes are designed to help build self-esteem through hands on training. The children develop confidence as they participate and complete each task successfully.
 

 You can feel a sense of belonging by becoming a member of Mahogany Outdoors our parent organization and also donating to Mahogany Youth Corporation, the youth segment of the Mahogany Outdoor Fishing Club. You can help us raise the self esteem of these youth by helping to engage them in the sport of fishing and introducing them to positive role models. Our youth counselor coaches, as young as 9 years old, assist us in presenting fishing workshops for after school programs. The older participants in our program are encouraged to mentor or tutor four and five year old children thereby raising the self esteem of both the teacher and the student. 
 

The fishing events are augmented by weekly rap sessions on topics such as anger, fear, and responsible citizenship. Parent Training workshops for the parents of participants are held monthly. In addition to the director and youth coaches we are assisted by Master Level volunteers from the Miami Chapter of the National Association of Black Social Workers and Resolving Differences Inc., a social service agency.

It has been said that if you give a man a fish you fed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. This allegory is certainly true for children as well. More importantly children not only need physical food, they need spiritual food as well. This is especially true for Miami youth who are the focus. Everyone is welcome to participate and our programs are open to all youth. Mahogany Youth gives them something they can be successful at and provides positive role models for them to follow.  
 

In order for youngsters to grow up to be outstanding, productive, self supporting young men and women they need to have positive interactions with adults so they can experience and know that there are grown ups who care about them, who are nurturing and who are fun. That is where we come in to help. We provide more than just fishing rods though that is the hook that gets them involved. We take the kids to movies and involve them in our lives to give them positive role models.

The Mahogany Fishing club already has a core group of youth. We accept members of every ethnic groups as these youngsters need to learn how to get along with all people.
Other than catching that big fish, the most exciting experience for a fisherman is watching a kid catch his or her first fish. Teaching a child to fish is the hook that the Mahogany Fishing Club will use to engage these youngsters and build their self esteem.
 

We have a select core group of young people we work with in after school programs. Other youngsters undoubtedly join us in some of our activities. However, we will track the core group so we can determine the effectiveness of our program. Assessments are administered at the beginning, mid and end of the program with the assistance of Master degree social workers from the Miami Chapter of the National Association of Black Social Workers and Resolving Differences.

Make a donation to Mahogany Youth

The youth have monthly fishing events which include tournaments and fishing clinics. Both fresh and saltwater events take place. Participants can win a prize for the biggest fish and all will partake of hot dogs, hamburgers, sodas and fellowship. Supervision is provided by adult volunteers from Mahogany Fishing Club as well as our 3 youth counselors, older teenagers who have fished with us for years and are very experienced and mature.
 

We started our fresh water events at Gwen Cherry Park over 15 years ago; however, we have and will also take our youth to the Tamiami Trail and Lake Okeechobee. Salt water trips include pier fishing at Dania Beach and Haulover Marina, numerous bridges as well as trips on our 22 foot open fishermen boat, commercial boats as well as 3 day trips to the Dry Tortugas located approximately 60 miles south of Key West.
 

Meetings are held at least once a month enabling our young people to participate in planning these trips. This helps them develop a sense of belonging as well as organizational skills. From past experiences we know the youngsters will be hooked on the fishing aspect of this self esteem building program.  However to insure their success we hold monthly rap session seminars in which we will discuss things such as dealing with anger, fear, becoming a man or woman, responsible citizenship and other important issues. Videos are shown on social issues as well as on How to catch a fish. Social workers from the aforementioned groups as well as our director conduct the seminars. Points are given for attendance which can be exchanged for prizes. Youth are also encouraged to write articles on their fishing experiences for our monthly newspaper Mahogany Outdoors(see appendix). This builds their writing skills as well as build self esteem.
 

 Here is how you can help: Support Mahogany Youth.

Here is what your donation means: A child is off the street and on the fish creek. You can feel good that your donation is going to a worthy cause. We mentor and teach them to fish and succeed in life. Make a donation to Mahogany Youth.

Contact Us  At 305 216-4068

Robert O'Bryant  President & Founder

Kathleen Elliott - Vice President

Mailing Address

Mahogany Outdoors
P.O. Box 381305
Miami, Fl 33238

Email: robryant@mahoganyoutdoors.com
Tel.:  (305) 216-4068

ALSO VISIT OUR FOUNDING ORGANIZATION MAHOGANY OUTDOORS