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Cy's World Foundation introduces young people to the great outdoors
BY KHARY MCGHEE
near his grandparents' home for all manner of beast and bird. Rivers and streams provided hours of enjoyment as he fished. He also would take his rod and reel to the coast of North Carolina to further challenge his angling ability.
And when Garber wasn't snapping fish out of the Atlantic Ocean, he was surfing its waves.
That was Cy's world. Wide-open spaces were his playground.
y Garber loved the great outdoors, and the Fayetteville teen hardly was discriminating in his outdoorsman's tastes. He hunted the woods of Sampson County
Garber's outdoor adventures were by no means acts of soli- tude. Hunting and fishing trips oſten were family events. His cousin Will was a constant surfing partner, in addition to being a consistent companion on excursions into the pines, rivers and streams. Classmates at Terry Sanford High School, many of whom had never had the opportunity to enjoy outdoor sports, took Garber up on standing offers to accompany him on a hunting, fishing or surfing outing.
"Cy was not about the classroom," said his un- cle Bob Newell. "He wasn't about the indoors. He was happiest outdoors, and you saw that from the time that he was very little. He was a special kid in that way."
honors and preserves. The nonprofit organi- zation was borne out of the most tragic of cir- cumstances — the 17-year-old Garber died in a car accident in 2010. But for a family still devastated by the loss, the outdoor events and organizations the charity sponsors of-
That generous and adventurous spirit is exactly what the Cy's World Foundation
CityViewNC.com | 37 Cy wanted to share his world.
