Tennessee Outdoors Youth Summit (TOYS) Coming Soon

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation (TWRF) will be conducting the 2nd annual Tennessee Outdoors Youth Summit (TOYS) June 12-17 for students in high schools across Tennessee. Students will be introduced to many different outdoor activities including: boating, hunting, trapping, archery, photography, marksmanship, plant identification, forestry, camping, water quality, trap shooting, skeet shooting, wildlife identification, and several classes with wildlife and fisheries biology as the topic. Students will participate in hands-on classes that will teach the importance of the natural resources and their management.

TOYS will cost $300 for the week-long experience. This includes lodging, meals, daily travel to the MCSC, TOYS T-shirt, educational materials, and various gifts. Students will be housed in a hotel in Clarksville, Tennessee and bused out each day to the Montgomery County Shooting Complex. Parents or guardians will be required to bring students to Clarksville on Sunday night June 12th and pick them up either Friday the 17th at the awards ceremony or the following morning. Rooms will be available for a fee if parents wish to come into town on Friday night to attend the banquet and stay the night. Students must be picked up by 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 18th. Students interested should submit an application by May 6, 2011 along with a deposit of $150 to TWRF, ATTN: TOYS at 5000 Linbar Dr., Suite 265 Nashville, TN 37211. Enrollment is limited to 100 students and if your application is not accepted, refunds will be returned in full. If your application is chosen, you will be sent a confirmation letter or e-mail and directed to a registration site on the internet. At that time, applicants will be prompted to pay the remaining registration costs. Students will be assigned a roommate, with two students to a room. If applicants have someone they want to room with, they must indicate that on the application. Applications can be downloaded from www.twrf.net, under the Programs/Heritage tab at the TOYS page. If you have questions, contact Jereme Odom at (615) 781-6500, extension 2106, or e-mail Jereme.Odom@tn.gov . We look forward to introducing you to Tennessee’s natural resources.