LOCK HAVEN - Special people from the area enjoyed a special day at the Lock Haven Area Jaycees Tim Sorgen Memorial Exceptional People's Picnic, this year held at the Clinton County Community Connections building, along Hanna Street.
The site was moved from the John Barry Memorial Park near the Belles Springs Golf Course to give the exceptional people greater accessibility to needed facilities.
Since they couldn't go to the fish, the Jaycees brought the fish to them, filling a 5,000-gallon holding tank from Lock Haven Citizens Fire Co. with water and loading it with fish, through a donation from Nicastro Enterprises, in memory of Sorgen.
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Special people from the area enjoyed a special day at the Lock Haven Area Jaycees Tim Sorgen Memorial Exceptional People’s Picnic, this year held at the Clinton County Community Connections building, along Hanna Street.
The site was moved from the John Barry Memorial Park near the Belles Springs Golf Course to give the exceptional people greater accessibility to needed facilities.
And, catch they did. Person after person came away with a nice trout and a big smile.
Afterward, they dined on hot dogs, baked beans, potato salad, potato chips and beverages; and played games provided by Lock Haven University's Recreation for Exceptional Citizens workshop.
"This is great community interaction," said CCCC Executive Director Scott Moore. "The Jaycees have been doing this for us for years, and this event is second to none. For them to bring the fish here ... and the food was wonderful. This location gave us better accessibility to facilities."
When asked if the 67 clients look forward to this annual event, Moore responded, "Absolutely."
"It's everything about it, from the fish to the food to the interaction with the college students and other activities," he said. "The Jaycees get enjoyment out of it as well."
"This is our favorite project of the year," longtime Jaycee member DuWayne Kunes said while hooking a line up with a fish. "This is really what it's all about, to see the smile on their faces when they catch a fish, and to be able to give them a cook-out with hot dogs and all the rest."
Moore noted the CCCC's facilities are always open for the public to see what they do and how they help the exceptional people, through different activities, including a new workforce development feature and the addition of operating the cafeteria at the new Clinton County Community Center.
The event is named after Sorgen, a past Lock Haven Jaycee chapter president who succumbed to cancer in April of 2006 after battling spina bifida all his life.
