The Lending Tackle Box

08/22/2026

This post has been months overdue. With great sadness we lost Ruth Richardson Newman late last year. Not only was she our family matriarch she was a founding and valuable member of this foundation. She would spearhead each winter the making of all the tackle bags to pass out to our sponsor families and the bags for new installs each year. She took care with her sister Kathleen Richardson-Shaw and daughter Chrissy Hinty and her son n law Joshua Hinty taking care of their family box at Scioto trails in Ross County. I have been struggling with the direction of the lending tackle box since her passing.

We will be discussing legacy plans for this non-profit over the winter and will update everyone as we move forward without her.
Blessings to everyone that has supported our journey. Love your loved ones because one day they may move on from us and we have to find our path without them.❤️

08/22/2026

Shout out to Barbara and Richard Fisher donation via their daughter and son n law Kenneth and Ann Westcott.

We will be distributing these along with stocks of poles from Cabela's to our sponsor families over the next month for their box re-supply of the season and to help open their box next year. What a lovely family. We are truly blessed with the people we meet through this journey.

08/09/2026

We would like to give a big shout out to Devin Haddox, and his generous donation of fishing gear for our Hargus Lake box, it is VERY much appreciated.
Thank you so much!!!

07/04/2026