ABOUT

We are very excited to host the 1st Annual North Texas Outdoor Expo.  Start Caring Wellness (SCW) and Youth Target Foundation (YTF) have partnered with several volunteer organizations previously involved with the EXPO in Austin to bring it to North Texas. We expect a couple of thousand of participants this year.

In Austin they held the EXPO on 20 Acres, we are holding this event at Elm Fork Shooting Sports right here in North Texas on nearly 500 Acres.  This event should touch over 50,000 kids in the next year. 

This expo will include outdoor villages full of adventure exploring activities, exhibits, shows, products, food, fun and more.

We are doing several things that have never been attempted before in an outdoor EXPO:

1. Bringing several of the OUTDOOR WORLDS together – many times the outdoor world’s separate- but we think we can unite them.  At Elm Fork on this much land we can separate the outdoor worlds into smaller villages, helping them stay true to their uniqueness- yet still uniting them in one venue.  This way the kids can explore their talents and success’ all in 1 day.  All the kids will need to do is bring their energy!  Our generous sponsors and volunteers will help provide food, fun and facilitate activities of safe education and exploration. 

2. Introducing Outdoor worlds not previously invited to the EXPO.  Fitness, Outdoor Boot Camps, Outdoor Power Yoga, Mountain Biking, BMX, Extreme Sports, Live Shot Show Exhibitions, X Game Challenges and more now invited to join in the outdoor EXPO fun.  Accepting the challenge to “Putting the Wild back in the Wild”.  Our mission is to not only include new outdoor worlds to the expo but also introduce new people to the “original” EXPO sports.  It brings new visitors to the old sports.  New sports bring new people. More sports bring more people!

3. By “open separation” of villages, visitors who want to come for specific sports can come into EXPO for those sports.  We pattern this idea from Disney World once inside the Outdoor Expo there are so many exciting different “World or Villages” to explore.  See what you want or really get wild and check out something new and different- you never know what you might learn to love or what you might be good at.  Incentives will given to kids who explore all villages (t-shirts, prizes etc)

4. Vendors and food vendors will be placed throughout the Expo.  Vendors and Food vendors will come from invitation only.  Only top of the line products and Exhibits will be displayed at this Expo

There is no entry fee for this event for children. We do ask the sponsors to donate funds to support the event or donate products for the auctions being held at the event.  All of the profits from this event will go to support our youth programs including PLAY and Youth Target Sport Programs.
 
Our companies are in need of donations from you to help make this event successful and fun for our children. Start Caring Wellness is a 501 C 3 non-profit organization and ALL donations are tax deductible (20-3716734, our tax ID #). All proceeds from the event go directly toward the education of children and their families to help the fight against childhood obesity, and best of all we’ll help market your company.  Because of your donation, we will list your company name in the event program as well as on our website which is visited hundreds of times daily by local members.

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GENERAL FAQ

Q. When and what time is the event?
Nov. 14, 2009, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Q.What is Youth Target Foundation?
Youth Target Foundation is a 501 C 3 Non Profit Organization that promotes the traditions of target sports. Funds that are collected from this foundation go to kid’s shoots, scholarships and funding less fortunate kid’s education and target sports.

Q.What is Start Caring Wellness?
Our Mission is to promote a healthier future by treating and preventing obesity in our youth while inspiring adults to be an example of health and wellness.  Funds donated to this organization go to the Youth and adult programs preventing obesity and promoting health and wellness in our community and families.  The PLAY program is a In school program the SCW is currently funding in elementary and middle school, check out the website www.startcaring.org for more details.

Q.What are the villages and what are some of the events inside the villages?
Fitness Village- including: Youth Fitness Ultimate Obstacle Course, Frisbee Golf, Bounce house, Rock Climbing Wall, Lots of Great Prizes and Fun
Archery Village- Including: Crossbows, Bow Fishing, Youth Archery Range Experience
Dog Village-Including: Big Air/Agility/Field Trial Retrieving Dog Games, Duck Calling Competitions 
Water Village- including: Kayaking, Water awareness (pollution, safety), Canoeing
Fishing Village-including: Fly Fishing, Fly Tying, Casting, ShareLunker Trailer, Fishing Bugs
Target Village-Including: Lazer Shot, Muzzle Loading, 5 Stand, BB Gallery, Trap, Sling Shot Gallery etc.  
Bike Madness Village- Including: Mountain Biking, BMX Racing Exposition, Cutting Edge Equipment 
Nature’s Village-including: Butterfly Tent, Falconry, Wildlife Management, Petting Zoo, Reptiles/Bugs of the World, Camping Expo, Geocaching

Q.What if I want to be a vendor?
There is no cost to be a vendor this year.  You can either provide your own tent and table or you can pay us the rental fee + 25% for YTF to set it up for you.  Also bring any signage that you already have.  If you need electricity please notify us in advance so we can put it in our contract. We do have a vendor agreement that you will need to fill out, we can email it to you or fax it to you. As soon as we receive your vendor contract we will solidify your vendor spot, since we are not charging for vendors this year, it is first come first.  We do ask that you donate something to be auctioned off, and put something (coupons, flyers in the giveaway bags).
We will also put your company name and logo in the event flyer and on the SCW and Elm Fork Website and linked to any other EXPO FB or other Marketing materials.

There will be a mandatory VENDOR/VOLUNTEER meeting on Monday, October 26th. 6:30-8:00pm (dinner will be provided) at Elm Fork Shotgun Sports. We will be going over the map, the security plan, parking, volunteer maps, vendor parking, electricity hook ups, table and tent set up, etc.  

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