Cleveland | Youth and Families
Dennis Knowles has enjoyed fishing for most of his life. An avid angler, who honed his skills attending fishing seminars, Dennis founded The Fishing Foundation in 2010. Its mission is to enrich people’s lives through fishing by offering training, education on water safety and conservation, casting, friendly competition and time on the water fishing from shore in a safe and secure environment. Through community organizations, “How to Fish” seminars have been conducted for teens and tweens and fishing trips for seniors and other groups. In 2012, The Fishing Foundation received its non-profit, 501 (c) 3 designation and that year conducted its first free-fishing program with veterans from the Louis Stokes Veterans Memorial Hospital. In 2013 his outreach was broadened and nearly 300 kids from Cleveland, East Cleveland and the Rainey Institute participated in “How to Fish” seminars and free fishing from shore.
