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Kisatchie Fly Fishers meetings are held the 4th Monday of each month, except December.. Time is 6:30pm, location is the Rapides Westside Library. The public is welcome!For our August 25th meeting, we have a special guest and program. Susan Brooks is Program Manager for Casting for Recovery - Southeast Region. Susan will give a presentation on CFR, and the work they are doing across the Southeast. Everyone interested is welcomed to attend.
Casting for Recovery is a national program that empowers women in treatment or recovery from breast cancer through oncology-informed retreats. These retreats connect women to each other and to nature using the therapeutic sport of fly fishing, and are offered at no cost to participants. Susan's presentation will cover what Casting for Recovery does for women, the program
About Our Speaker: A native of Kentucky, Susan has a degree in Wildlife Management from Murray State, and a M.S. in History from Mississippi State. She lives in Starkville, MS, with her husband and kids and grandkids and furbabies. Susan herself is a breast cancer survivor who began volunteering with CFR after attending a Southeast Regional fly fishing retreat in 2018. She fell in love with fly tying and turned that passion into a business, Damselflies, where she sells (impressive) hand-tied flies. She is also a published author.
Please join us for this special program!
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Westside Regional Library, 5416 Provine Pl, Alexandria, LA 71303-3772, United States
