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Northeast Regional Events

• 1/6-8 The Fly Fishing University, Danbury CT

• 1/28 Fishtales & Cocktails, Sugarloaf ME

• 4/1 Beth C. Tortolani Foundation 10th Anniversary Dinner, NY

• 4/2 CFR Western MA Fundraiser, Ventfort Hall, Lenox MA

• 4/28-30 1st Annual CFR Collaborative Conference, Skytop Lodge PA

• 5/6 Stowe Weekend of Hope, Stowe VT

• 5/6&7 The 3rd Annual Jamaica Bay Kayak Fishing Tournament, Jamaica Bay, NY

• 5/20 Dana-Farber/Brigham & Women’s Living Through Breast cancer Symposium, Boston MA www.livingthroughbreastcancer.org

• 5/21 Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Survivor’s Day Celebration, Lebanon NH

• 6/2 Southwestern VT Cancer Center Survivor’s Day Celebration, Bennington VT

• 6/3 FFIM CFR Day Camp, Rangeley ME

• 6/11 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Celebration of Life, Boston MA www.bidmc.harvard.edu

• 7/30 VT/NH Komen Race for the Cure, Hildene Meadows, Manchester VT www.vtnhcure.org

• 8/2 2nd Annual New Jersey CFR “Go Fish” Day

• 10/13 9th Annual Breast Cancer Conference, Burlington VT

• 10/21 Sass Foundation 12th Annual BC Education Day, Melville NY www.sassfoundation.org

Fly Fishing in Maine Supports A CFR Alumni Retreat

The on-line fly fishing web-site www.Flyfishinginmaine.com (FFIM) in conjunction with the Rangeley Region Guides and Sportsman’s Association( RRGSA) held it’s first ever fly fishing day camp this past weekend in Rangeley, Maine for members of Casting For Recovery. Casting For Recovery (CFR) is a national non-profit support and educational program for women who have or have had breast cancer.

The day camp in Rangeley was attended by 11 CFR members who were treated to a day of fly fishing that included a private guide, a shore lunch and then a celebration dinner at the RRGSA hall. “It was a great day” said participant Donna Jordan of Pittsburg, New Hampshire. When a doctor tells you, “you have cancer,” it feels as if your entire world has cracked up into a zillion little pieces. I can't even tell you how much it meant to be a part of the program. There are no words for it.”

“Flyfishinginmaine.com is committed not only to our natural resources but also to those who use them and this is just one small way for our community to give back”, says Ken Beaulieu of FFIM. “To say the day was successful is an understatement as both the guides and the participants left with stories and memories that will last forever.”

For more information on Fly Fishing in Maine go to: www.flyfishinginmaine.com

Maine 2006 retreat ~ King & Bartlett Fish & Game Club, Eustis Maine

The Volunteers and Participants of the First FFIM CFR Alumni Retreat

CFR volunteer, Dee Kelly, at the THIRD ANNUAL JAMAICA BAY KAYAK FISHING on May 6 & 7th in Jamaica Bay, NY. Proceeds to benefit CFR.

The Augusta Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife decided to “Go Bare” in support of CFR and two of their co-workers battling cancer.