November 6, 2024 • 8 mins
LET YOUR KIDS SHOOT SOME PAPER TURKEYS It's that time again for the COFA Turkey Shoot where you can bring your kids out to shoot some (paper) turkeys with air soft guns so they can learn how to safely handle a gun and have some fun at the same time. Mike Brooks and Leslie Allen join me at 1:30 to talk about it, find out more info by clicking here.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'm talking about paper turkeys and it's all part of
coofa's annual kids Free paper Turkey targets shoot. Joining me
now Mike Brooks and Leslie Allen with Kova are here
to talk about it. Mike, this event is an annual tradition.
I bet for a lot of families who come out
to do this, tell me all about it.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Well, it is. We get a lot of parents that
look for to getting their kids to the event. And
again we have a lot of different things going on.
It's just not necessarily trying to shoot tuana turkey. But
we got a rock climbing wall six station. Goodness, parents
is los seeing their kids climbing the wall. I don't
know how it is. There's no way in God's green
Earth while I try that. But you got ar tree,
(00:45):
you got crashroom, and the kids can rotate, they can
keep going back to these other events after they shoot
and try to win a turkey. And so we've been
doing this for several years and one of the main
goals when we started doing is to get the kids
off the electronics. As you know, that's a real problem
with kids today. They seem to sit on the couch
and are just so obsessed with games. Well, let's get
(01:07):
them involved in an outdoor kind of situation, whether experiencing
activities that are just for them. It's not for the adults.
It's just strictly for kids.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
So, Leslie, tell me a little bit about the logistics
of the event.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
How is it going to work? You got age groups?
What does that look like?
Speaker 4 (01:23):
Yeah, many kids from eight to fifteen compete by shooting
at paper targets to win.
Speaker 5 (01:28):
There are four age categories eight.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
To nine, ten to eleven, twelve to thirteen, fourteen to fifteen,
and the kids in each category have an opportunity to
win an eighteen pound frozen turkey for Thanksgiving. Second place
is a friar chicken, third or two cornish game hens,
and fourth place is a gift card for Walmart.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
So what do the kids get out of this? Other
than getting off their tablets for the day. What do
the kids get out of this, Leslie Man?
Speaker 4 (01:55):
It gives the kids an opportunity to spend time with
their parents and grandparents and ancles and friends, off their
electronics and participating in some.
Speaker 5 (02:03):
Outdoor related activities. It's a really safe and fun environment
for the kids.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
This just details wonderfully with what cofa's mission is. Mike,
tell me a little bit about that.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Our goal is to experience activities in the outdoors. And COFA,
you know, is Christian Outdoor Fellowship of America. So we
do outdoor activities for families, for adults, for kids. And
one of the things we're trying to do is get
people just any outdoors because so many are so tied
up and busy with work, not able to do things
(02:39):
and activities for their families. But here we're providing the activities,
we're providing places to meet, and it just seems to
be a real good fit for introducing families to the outdoors.
And it seems to me that this has been working
really well. We're growing, we're going in some states now,
we are in Poland, believe or not, with a military,
the army, and so it is Internet asno, it's just
(03:02):
it's moving along. But people see the importance of getting kids,
you know, any outdoors. So for example, we have Kids
Outdoor and Adult Survival. We have just all kinds of classes,
Dutch of them, and there's so many, Mandy, if you
go to the website you can kind of take a look.
We're starting to work on next year's programs. But if
(03:23):
they want to get involved, they can go to KOFAUSA
dot org and take a look at our events. And
we're going to be adding new events probably mid December
for the winter and spring and summer.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
I don't know if you guys have anything like this,
but I did a Becoming out an outdoors Woman seminar
over a weekend in Florida with a Fish and Game Commission.
It was an absolute blast, and to your point, I
learned how to cook in a Dutch oven. I learned
how to read the woods. I learned how to identify
poop in the in the woods.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
It was just a lot of fun and you wouldn't
think so.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
I got a question from the blog Real Quick ideal
kid ages.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
I have a five and three year old.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Can they bring their five and three year old even
though the shooting contest starts at eight?
Speaker 3 (04:04):
What does that look like? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (04:07):
Absolutely, We'll have coloring pages for the little guys. So
and we have lots of events and so yeah, they
can participate in the crafts. They can even try at
archery or the climbing wall. We've had little bitty kids
on the climbing wall so yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
All right. Where is it?
Speaker 4 (04:26):
It's at ten four five five West Sixth Avenue. It's
at the Colorado Adventure Point building Sweet one fifty in Lakewood,
So it's near Kipling and Sixth Avenue on the front
edge road on the north side of the freeway. Tell
people to look for the ten foot blow up turkey
on the side of the freeway or the COPA Kids
Turkey turkey shoot sign. And also when they register at
(04:51):
the table, if they mentioned they heard us on KOA
with you, Mandy Connell, we'll get them a ticket for
a free combo meal which includes a hot ox, soda,
chips and a cookie.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Oh that's awesome. That's really good.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
So don't forget to tell him you heard about it
on KOA. That's really important. One last question, people are
not to shoot the inflatable turkey. Correct, correct, guys, all
happening this Saturday?
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Correct. I want to make sure we get that out.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
So it's this Saturday at the Colorado Adventure Point in Lakewood.
It is right off Kipling and sixth Avenue or Highway
six on the frontage road.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
So make sure you go. Make sure you mentioned that you.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Heard it here on KOA. And I know you guys
are going to have another Oh you need sponsors, Mike,
we didn't even talk about that. Let's talk about what
kind of sponsorships do you have available and who would
you want to work with to sponsor something.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Well, that's a great question. As we're drawing. We want
to help businesses that have outdoor products or products that
would be good for the family. But you know, this
is an expensive it's expensive for cold to rent this
building it and we'd like to have people that are
wanting to help. We're looking for sponsors that would like
(06:04):
to get on our web page. We can you know,
get their business on there. There's a lot of things
that we can do for business as we help each other.
I don't know if you knew this last year, but
Shields did a hamshoot for Easter. We did it up
in Jonestown and Leslie. How many people that we have
at ten at that one parents and kids?
Speaker 5 (06:26):
Well, I mean we had just four hundred and sixty
five kids alone. Oh my gosh. Yeah, parents and grandkids
and everybody.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
So it is incredible kids close to one thousand in total.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
That is absolutely incredible. Well, I know you're going to
have a great event. How can they get in touch
with you? Guys, Mike, I put a link on the
blog today where people could click and get information about
this event and more information about KOFA. Is it best
to go through that website and go through the contact
us to get where you want to go?
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Leslie wants you to help her with that.
Speaker 5 (07:03):
That's the part I don't get.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
So the contact information is all at the bottom of
the web page.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
I just looked. I got it in front of me,
So yeah, you go ahead, Leslie.
Speaker 5 (07:13):
My website COFUSA dot.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Org, GOOFAUSA dot org.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Guys, I know you're gonna have another stellar event this weekend,
and it's good to see you and let me know
we didn't talk about the hamshoot last year. We totally
could have made that happen.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
That's awesome, Mannie. Thank you for you know, just sharing
and promoting this great kids event. And we really want
to make sure kids have a blast. And it's just
for you know, half a day.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Yeah, and it sure.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Beats them sitting at home and just doing nothing. Get
the kids up with their parents and they'll have a blast.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
See.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
I saw what you did there, Turkey shoot, have a blast.
I got you Mike, I got you, Mike Brooks, Leslie Allen,
thanks for making time for me today, all right, all right, guys,
thank you.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
And you know that is always such a
Speaker 1 (07:59):
Fun event, such a fun event, and I hope you
and your family can go and do it because it
is outstanding and you could win a free turkey.
I'm talking about paper turkeys and it's all part of
coofa's annual kids Free paper Turkey targets shoot. Joining me
now Mike Brooks and Leslie Allen with Kova are here
to talk about it. Mike, this event is an annual tradition.
I bet for a lot of families who come out
to do this, tell me all about it.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Well, it is. We get a lot of parents that
look for to getting their kids to the event. And
again we have a lot of different things going on.
It's just not necessarily trying to shoot tuana turkey. But
we got a rock climbing wall six station. Goodness, parents
is los seeing their kids climbing the wall. I don't
know how it is. There's no way in God's green
Earth while I try that. But you got ar tree,
(00:45):
you got crashroom, and the kids can rotate, they can
keep going back to these other events after they shoot
and try to win a turkey. And so we've been
doing this for several years and one of the main
goals when we started doing is to get the kids
off the electronics. As you know, that's a real problem
with kids today. They seem to sit on the couch
and are just so obsessed with games. Well, let's get
(01:07):
them involved in an outdoor kind of situation, whether experiencing
activities that are just for them. It's not for the adults.
It's just strictly for kids.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
So, Leslie, tell me a little bit about the logistics
of the event.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
How is it going to work? You got age groups?
What does that look like?
Speaker 4 (01:23):
Yeah, many kids from eight to fifteen compete by shooting
at paper targets to win.
Speaker 5 (01:28):
There are four age categories eight.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
To nine, ten to eleven, twelve to thirteen, fourteen to fifteen,
and the kids in each category have an opportunity to
win an eighteen pound frozen turkey for Thanksgiving. Second place
is a friar chicken, third or two cornish game hens,
and fourth place is a gift card for Walmart.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
So what do the kids get out of this? Other
than getting off their tablets for the day. What do
the kids get out of this, Leslie Man?
Speaker 4 (01:55):
It gives the kids an opportunity to spend time with
their parents and grandparents and ancles and friends, off their
electronics and participating in some.
Speaker 5 (02:03):
Outdoor related activities. It's a really safe and fun environment
for the kids.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
This just details wonderfully with what cofa's mission is. Mike,
tell me a little bit about that.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Our goal is to experience activities in the outdoors. And COFA,
you know, is Christian Outdoor Fellowship of America. So we
do outdoor activities for families, for adults, for kids. And
one of the things we're trying to do is get
people just any outdoors because so many are so tied
up and busy with work, not able to do things
(02:39):
and activities for their families. But here we're providing the activities,
we're providing places to meet, and it just seems to
be a real good fit for introducing families to the outdoors.
And it seems to me that this has been working
really well. We're growing, we're going in some states now,
we are in Poland, believe or not, with a military,
the army, and so it is Internet asno, it's just
(03:02):
it's moving along. But people see the importance of getting kids,
you know, any outdoors. So for example, we have Kids
Outdoor and Adult Survival. We have just all kinds of classes,
Dutch of them, and there's so many, Mandy, if you
go to the website you can kind of take a look.
We're starting to work on next year's programs. But if
(03:23):
they want to get involved, they can go to KOFAUSA
dot org and take a look at our events. And
we're going to be adding new events probably mid December
for the winter and spring and summer.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
I don't know if you guys have anything like this,
but I did a Becoming out an outdoors Woman seminar
over a weekend in Florida with a Fish and Game Commission.
It was an absolute blast, and to your point, I
learned how to cook in a Dutch oven. I learned
how to read the woods. I learned how to identify
poop in the in the woods.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
It was just a lot of fun and you wouldn't
think so.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
I got a question from the blog Real Quick ideal
kid ages.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
I have a five and three year old.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Can they bring their five and three year old even
though the shooting contest starts at eight?
Speaker 3 (04:04):
What does that look like? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (04:07):
Absolutely, We'll have coloring pages for the little guys. So
and we have lots of events and so yeah, they
can participate in the crafts. They can even try at
archery or the climbing wall. We've had little bitty kids
on the climbing wall so yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
All right. Where is it?
Speaker 4 (04:26):
It's at ten four five five West Sixth Avenue. It's
at the Colorado Adventure Point building Sweet one fifty in Lakewood,
So it's near Kipling and Sixth Avenue on the front
edge road on the north side of the freeway. Tell
people to look for the ten foot blow up turkey
on the side of the freeway or the COPA Kids
Turkey turkey shoot sign. And also when they register at
(04:51):
the table, if they mentioned they heard us on KOA
with you, Mandy Connell, we'll get them a ticket for
a free combo meal which includes a hot ox, soda,
chips and a cookie.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Oh that's awesome. That's really good.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
So don't forget to tell him you heard about it
on KOA. That's really important. One last question, people are
not to shoot the inflatable turkey. Correct, correct, guys, all
happening this Saturday?
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Correct. I want to make sure we get that out.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
So it's this Saturday at the Colorado Adventure Point in Lakewood.
It is right off Kipling and sixth Avenue or Highway
six on the frontage road.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
So make sure you go. Make sure you mentioned that you.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Heard it here on KOA. And I know you guys
are going to have another Oh you need sponsors, Mike,
we didn't even talk about that. Let's talk about what
kind of sponsorships do you have available and who would
you want to work with to sponsor something.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Well, that's a great question. As we're drawing. We want
to help businesses that have outdoor products or products that
would be good for the family. But you know, this
is an expensive it's expensive for cold to rent this
building it and we'd like to have people that are
wanting to help. We're looking for sponsors that would like
(06:04):
to get on our web page. We can you know,
get their business on there. There's a lot of things
that we can do for business as we help each other.
I don't know if you knew this last year, but
Shields did a hamshoot for Easter. We did it up
in Jonestown and Leslie. How many people that we have
at ten at that one parents and kids?
Speaker 5 (06:26):
Well, I mean we had just four hundred and sixty
five kids alone. Oh my gosh. Yeah, parents and grandkids
and everybody.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
So it is incredible kids close to one thousand in total.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
That is absolutely incredible. Well, I know you're going to
have a great event. How can they get in touch
with you? Guys, Mike, I put a link on the
blog today where people could click and get information about
this event and more information about KOFA. Is it best
to go through that website and go through the contact
us to get where you want to go?
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Leslie wants you to help her with that.
Speaker 5 (07:03):
That's the part I don't get.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
So the contact information is all at the bottom of
the web page.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
I just looked. I got it in front of me,
So yeah, you go ahead, Leslie.
Speaker 5 (07:13):
My website COFUSA dot.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Org, GOOFAUSA dot org.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Guys, I know you're gonna have another stellar event this weekend,
and it's good to see you and let me know
we didn't talk about the hamshoot last year. We totally
could have made that happen.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
That's awesome, Mannie. Thank you for you know, just sharing
and promoting this great kids event. And we really want
to make sure kids have a blast. And it's just
for you know, half a day.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Yeah, and it sure.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Beats them sitting at home and just doing nothing. Get
the kids up with their parents and they'll have a blast.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
See.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
I saw what you did there, Turkey shoot, have a blast.
I got you Mike, I got you, Mike Brooks, Leslie Allen,
thanks for making time for me today, all right, all right, guys,
thank you.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
And you know that is always such a
Speaker 1 (07:59):
Fun event, such a fun event, and I hope you
and your family can go and do it because it
is outstanding and you could win a free turkey.
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