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Syncere Little, 6, and Big Gumdrop Outdoors founder Elijah Riley (from left) roast marshmallows over a fire pit during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Lincoln's Oak Lake Park on Friday. Big Gumdrop Outdoors, is a nonprofit created by Elijah Riley, a Lincoln native and UNL student, to help kids connect with nature and play outside.

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Tre'veous Coleman, 8, (bottom) casts his line into Oak Lake during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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Tre'veous Coleman, 8, holds up a catfish he caught during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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People kayak during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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Photos: Big Gumdrop Outdoors hosts community lake day in Lincoln

Tre'veous Coleman, 8, holds up a catfish he caught during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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Syncere Little, 6, enjoys snacking on a S'more during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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Attendees sit to rest and eat under an open shelter during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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Hot dogs are cooked over the fire pit during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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Big Gumdrop Outdoors founder Elijah Riley roasts a marshmallow over the fire pit during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday. Big Gumdrop Outdoors is a nonprofit created by Riley, a Lincoln native and UNL student, to help kids connect with nature and play outside.

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Syncere Little, 6, and Big Gumdrop Outdoors founder Elijah Riley (from left) roast marshmallows over a fire pit during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Lincoln's Oak Lake Park on Friday. Big Gumdrop Outdoors, is a nonprofit created by Elijah Riley, a Lincoln native and UNL student, to help kids connect with nature and play outside.

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Framed through the grate of a fire pit, Olivia Dagget-Keagle, 9, blows out the fire on her blackened marshmallow during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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Hot dogs and marshmallows roast over a small fire pit during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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Lucas Merklinger, 4 (from left) and his sister Patricia, 14, react as they try to avoid bumping into fellow kayaker Holten Luke during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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Kayakers take off from a boat landing during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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People kayak during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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Vanil Al-Hasan, 4, (bottom) smiles after Malachi Hopkins helped him reel in a plastic fish at the fishing training area during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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Jennifer McKinsey (top) helps her daughter Adisyn Miller, 6, hold a fishing reel as they try to catch a fish during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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Arvel Al-Hasan, 7, is splashed by water while flipping over his net while searching for wildlife in Oak Lake during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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Arvel Al-Hasan, 7, (from left) and sisters Emma, 8, Olivia, 9, and Lexi Dagget-Keagle, 11, use nets to try and catch wildlife in Oak Lake during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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A Blue Gill fish is held by a kid after they caught it during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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Tae'veon Coleman, 7, (left) waits to cast his line as the sun sets during a Community Lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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Tre'veous Coleman, 8, (bottom) casts his line into Oak Lake during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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Syncere Little, 6, and Big Gumdrop Outdoors founder Elijah Riley (from left) roast marshmallows over a fire pit during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Lincoln's Oak Lake Park on Friday. Big Gumdrop Outdoors, is a nonprofit created by Elijah Riley, a Lincoln native and UNL student, to help kids connect with nature and play outside.

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Tre'veous Coleman, 8, (bottom) casts his line into Oak Lake during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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Tre'veous Coleman, 8, holds up a catfish he caught during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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People kayak during a community lake day hosted by Big Gumdrop Outdoors at Oak Lake Park on Friday.

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