Swim 4 Humanity

 

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Swim 4 Humanity is a fundraising event benefiting SurfAid International. Hosted in eight cities on the west and east coasts from March to May 2010, monies raised will go towards SurfAid's humanitarian programs.

Prior to the event, participating teams and individuals get sponsored by friends and family for a 30-minute swim at one of the swimming pool venues. Competitive freestyle swims will be held each day, and fun team relay races will take place in the afternoon.

Awards and prizes are presented to participants based on their fundraising totals. Top fundraisers, top fundraising teams, relay race winners, and top competitive freestyle swimmers recieve premium prizes. This year's top fundraiser will receive a surf trip to Indonesia including round-trip airfare, courtesy of World Surfaris and Joyo's Camp!

The top 3 fundraisers will recieve:
1.    Round trip Indo surf trip courtesy World Surfaris and Joyo's Camp
2.    Fire Wire surfboard
3.    Jay Alders twin fin board by 9:fish

All fundraisers will accumulate prizes as they pass higher donation levels:
$5000 - Go Pro digital camera
$4000 - Sector Nine skateboard
$3000 - Dragon sunglasses
$2000 - Fox backpack
$1000 - Reef shoes/sandals
$500 - SurfAid Towel

All participants get a Swim4Humanity tee shirt, SurfAid stickers and goodies

•    Swim fun relay and competitive freestyle race prizes from Electric Sunglasses and Santa Cruz
•    Top fundraising team prizes to be announced

Locations & Dates (subject to change)

San Diego
March 13, 2010 at 12:30 pm:
Coggan Family Aquatic Complex in La Jolla (La Jolla H.S.)
800 Nautilus Street, La Jolla, CA 92037

Santa Barbara
March 20, 2010 at 2:00 pm:
Los Banos pool
401 Shoreline Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93109

Los Angeles
March 21, 2010 at 12:00 pm:
Pepperdine University in Malibu 24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90263

San Francisco
March 27, 2010:
Golden Gateway Tennis & Swim Club in San Francisco
370 Drumm St
San Francisco, CA 94111

Santa Cruz
March 28, 2010 at 1:00 pm:
Simpkins Family Swim Center
978 17th Ave.
Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Florida
April 17, 2010 at 12:00 pm:
Daytona State College Aquatic Center
1200 W International speedway Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114

New Jersey
May 15, 2010 at 12:00 pm:
Sonny Werblin Recreation Center
Rutgers University       
656 Bartholomew Rd.
Piscataway, NJ 08854

New York
May 16, 2010 at 12:00 pm:
Long Beach Senior High School
322 Lagoon Dr.
West 
Long Beach, NY 11561


 

 

Swim 4 Humanity is generously sponsored by:
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Our Mission
The mission of SurfAid International, a non-profit humanitarian organization, is to improve the health, well-being and self-reliance of people living in isolated regions connected to us through surfing.


Our Vision: To develop and synthesize a series of proven, high impact and cost effective approaches that create lasting improvements in the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities at increasing scale.


Reporting
+ 2007/2008 Annual Report
+ 2007/2008 AU Annual Report
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Awards and Recogntions
2009 Agent of Change Award
2008 SIMA Humanitarian Award
2007 WANGO Humanitarian Award
2005 Rainer Fellowship
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