SACO — With help from Cabela’s Outdoor Fund, the Thornton Academy Anglers’ Society has recently acquired six new Old Town canoes along with a custom built trailer, paddles, and PFDs.

Cabela’s Outdoor Fund is supported by customers who are asked to “round up for conservation” while checking out at Cabela’s locations nationwide. To date, Cabela’s Outdoor Fund has donated $13 million to worthy causes.

“It’s so awesome watching these kids paddle down the river laughing, catching fish, and developing skills and memories that will last a lifetime” said TAAS advisor Josh Delcourt after their outing on the Saco River several weeks ago. “Prior to getting our canoes, we didn’t get out open water fishing nearly enough, it was too hard to find locations to take 12 or more kids fishing effectively from shore with realistic chances of landing fish for everyone.”

The Thornton Academy Anglers’ Society was established in the fall of 2013. It is a coed high school club that uses students’ interest in fishing to teach overarching concepts in conservation.

Their trip earlier this month was the second of three scheduled canoe outings for TAAS this fall with three more outings planned for spring 2019 as well.

The club plans to cap off the year with an overnight trip on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway in June.

Thornton Academy is a historic independent school educating students in grades 6 to 12 in beautiful, coastal Saco. It is co-educational and non-sectarian.

The majority of Thornton Academy students are day students from the towns of Saco, Dayton, Arundel, and other towns in the Greater Portland area. They are joined by students from over 40 different countries who live in dormitories on campus or in the homes of local families.

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