Kids and Mentors Outdoors (KAMO)

KAMO is a Wisconsin-based non-profit organization that gets kids off their earbuds and into the outdoors. Never before has there been such a substantial need for adults to pass their outdoor skills on to a younger generation that has become disconnected with nature. KAMO has 5 chapters - Florence, Ladysmith, New Lisbon, Baraboo, La Crosse/ Onalaska. Kamokids.org is the group's website and provides details, contact information and photos of the group's activities. KAMO is unique in that members of the group plan, organize, and finance activities year around. These activities can be done one on one, small or large group. KAMO mentors are encouraged to contribute the time what they can comfortably give and are not pushed for more. KAMO has been popular and can always use new mentors who bring their ideas and energy to the group. The La Crosse group I'm a memeber of could use some people for Learn to Hunts or other mentored hunting experiences for events on the river and local Mississippi Valley properties. We are open to someone who may have horses or places to camp as that is what our kids are asking for.I will try to post our activities on here once in a while.

Hello,

Could you use a donation of fishing equipment?

Thanks,

Rob

Scenes from the Tuesday, June 18th, Pedal, Paddle, Picnic event on French Island. Bicycling, canoeing/ kayaking, picnic. Bicycled from Airport Beach to the end of Fisherman's Road, strung the watercraft out on the beach and (aborted that because of high winds), and then picnicked at a local church. Sloppy Joes, baked beans, chips, fun pops, ice cream cones.
The kids were talking about how much fun they had for days afterwards.

On the weekend of May 18th, the kids from Dodge County were treated to Lake Michigan Coho fishing.

Blasts from the past..

Blasts from the past..

Blasts from the past...

Blasts from the past continued.

Took kids out on the Best Dam Fishing Float below the Dresbach Dam. Article was written about it in the Outdoorsman's Journal.

KAMOKIDS having fun at the Outdoor Sportman's Expo at the Kalahari in the Dells.

KAMO's Joe Hunt - held at the Mac Kenzie Environmental Center. 23 kids hunting with 23 mentors harvested 20 deer and two turkeys. The young lady pictured shot both birds.

Scenes from Mac Kenzie - KAMO's premier hunt.

Scenes from the Beaver Dam chapter's Christmas parade.

A KAMO mentor took this kid from his neighborhood out on the north end of Lake Onalaska near La Crosse on some days off from school. Pictures are of laying out a spread of decoys and mentee Weston with a limit of mallards.

A few pics from the recent youth gun deer hunt.

Pictures taken off the Best Dam Fishing Float near Dresbach on September 10th, 2023. A KAMO/ BBBS outing.
The home made Sneakeasy boat was made in Alaska, hauled to Wisconsin, used by one of our mentors for general transport and shuttling passengers back and forth,