I had a call today at work, of a 9 year old boy looking for his 11 year old sister and 12 year old brother who were fishing. I took the 9 year old in my patrol car and drove him around until we found his brother and sister a few mins later. They only had one fishing rod that had a broken real, and only a few feet of line on it. Being that I have a few extra rods, I asked them if they would each like their own fishing rods, they became very excited!! They didn't have a lot of money and lived with their single mother. All three had different fathers, which none of them were in the picture.
I asked them if they thought that they would want to shoot bows, they all again, became very excited. The 9 year old told me that I was a nice cop, and then asked me to be his friend!! How do I go about getting bows for them, and finding a place where they can shoot? of course, I'm going to ask their mother first. I'm just not sure how to approach this.
They seem to be really good kids, who, from the looks of their "family environment", don't have a real chance (if you know what I mean).
I was thinking of picking up a few light fiber glass bows and a few wood arrows and taking them to a safe place where we can shoot. These kids kind of hit me hard, and I'd really like to try to be a positive role model for them, because they don't really seem to have one.
Any other suggestions would be helpful, Thanks
Topic: Trying to point kids in the rght direction (Up Date) (Read 712 times)
