PATH's Mission Statement

PATH's Mission Statement

The primary mission of The PATH Foundation (“PATH”) is to establish, create and/or steward opportunities for disadvantaged families and individuals, particularly the youth, with an emphasis on “outdoor heritage” and through such opportunities to encourage and develop the promotion, education and/or preservation of the same. PATH also strives to assist handicapped children and adults, as well as disabled military veterans, who would like to go hunting or fishing but do not have the required equipment or access to the outdoors. The organization accomplishes this goal by providing free fishing and hunting opportunities to disadvantaged families and individuals in addition to other charitable activities that will promote, educate and/or preserve the outdoor heritage.

The following are several examples of how PATH has fulfilled its mission:

  • Have taken hundreds of youth, disabled veterans, and others in need on deer, elk, bear, buffalo, and turkey hunts along with many fishing charters

  • Help sponsor Wings of Freedom Veterans and First Responders' Pheasant Hunt

  • Sponsored the Lake Leelanau Kids Fishing Day for over a decade

  • Purchased various hunting and fishing equipment and put them in the hands of kids in need

  • Sponsored numerous high school skeet shooting teams

  • Helped sponsored Nelson's Nest, a DNR handicap accessible duck and goose blind at Pointe Mouillee State Game Area

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