Taylor Sharp and John Zimmerman - Casting for Hope - Episode #717

Tom Rowland Podcast

Waypoint TV

Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Taylor Sharp and John Zimmerman are the founding members of Casting for Hope, a non-profit that helps anglers provide financial, emotional, and spiritual needs of women living with ovarian and gynecological cancers in western North Carolina. Taylor and John have an incredible organization and a personal story that connects them to the issues Casting for Hope seeks to remedy. Learn more at https://castingforhope.org/ Sign Up for the 2023 10k Push-Up Challenge: https://tomrowlandpodcast.com/pushups This podcast is presented by Black Rifle Coffee Use code BLASTOFF25 for 25% off Salt Strong Insiders Club: https://bit.ly/RowlandMembership LMNT Electrolytes Special Offer: http://DrinkLMNT.com/TomRowland If you have questions or suggestions for the show you can text Tom at 1 305-930-7346 This episode has been brought to you by Waypoint TV. Waypoint is the ultimate outdoor network featuring streaming of full-length fishing and hunting television shows, short films and instructional content, a social media network, Podcast Network. Waypoint is available on Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, IoS devices, Android Devices and at www.waypointtv.com all for FREE! Join the Waypoint Army by following them on Instagram at the following accounts @waypointtv @waypointfish @waypointsalt @waypointboating @waypointhunt @waypointoutdoorcollective Find over 150 full episodes of Saltwater Experience on Waypoint You can follow Tom Rowland on Instagram @tom_rowland and find all episodes and show notes at Tomrowlandpodcast.com Learn more about Tom's Television shows by visiting their websites: Saltwater Experience Into the Blue Sweetwater Contact Tom through email: Podcast@saltwaterexperience.com

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0:00.0	Fishing like a local isn't just about catching fish.
0:03.6	It's about connecting with the environment and the people who call it home.
0:08.0	It's about hearing the stories and traditions that have been passed down for generations and sharing unforgettable moments with the people
0:15.7	you meet along the way.
0:17.9	Fishing like a local is having an experience that stays with you forever.
0:22.2	And with Fishing Booker, you can experience it too, no
0:25.4	matter where you are. Discover your next adventure on Fishing Booker.
0:30.0	And when we fished in that first one, it was also a charity event.
0:34.8	So we kind of saw a fundraiser happen through fly fishing.
0:37.7	I think we liked that combination of things, right?
0:40.6	A sport, an activity we love, but doing something good in the world with it.
0:45.0	And really wasn't a part of my senior project, it was just a natural extension of it.
0:49.8	You know, I decided, you know what, let's do our own charity tournament.
0:54.4	And it can help out some of those women that my mom used to talk about,
0:58.7	you know, being in the chemo chairs in the infusion rooms next to her and understanding that some of them would miss their next appointment as a financial issues.
1:06.3	We wanted just to raise money for that cause up there at the time.
1:10.5	But honestly, I was a senior in high school doing this with my English teacher.
1:15.0	I was about to go off to UNC Chapel Hill for college.
1:18.0	I don't think we had an idea that we'd even do another tournament, let alone start our own nonprofit.
1:22.0	So it's amazing to see 10 years.
1:24.0	10 years and a million dollars raised later
1:27.0	and all that we've done on the competitive side and on the retreat side. This is the Tom Roland Podcast.
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