SurfAid International update on Indo quake and recovery
Dire Situation for Mentawai Islanders as SurfAid Runs Earthquake Relief Effort In response to two powerful earthquakes having struck the region of the Mentawai Islands, SurfAid International is currently receiving donations for relief efforts where SurfAid has been and continues to provide humanitarian services.
SurfAid has visited and assessed more than 100 Mentawai villages and launched eight relief boats delivering food, shelter, medical attention, fuel, and building supplies to some of the 30,000 displaced residents. Additional support is needed to continue these efforts. Please support the people of the Mentawai Islands with a contribution to the Mentawai Earthquake Appeal.
SurfAid's Community-Based Health Programs Take Off
SurfAid's ongoing efforts to assist residents in lowering morbidity and
mortality in the Mentawai Islands and Nias continues to make great
progress. The latest milestone is the establishment of Care Groups in each
of 53 beneficiary communities as part of the SurfAid Community Based Health
Programs. Throughout the Mentawai Islands and Nias, 870 volunteers have
been elected to SurfAid Care Groups; stewarding 37,000+ residents towards a
healthier future.
Malaria Free Mentawai Program Makes Strides
SurfAid International completed Phase 1 and 2 of the Malaria Free Mentawai
program with excellent results. All targets were met including the
distribution of over 14,000 mosquito nets.
First Training Held at Quiksilver-SurfAid Community Health Training Centre
Katiet program designer Brendan Hoare demonstrates how to make compost on site at the Quiksilver SAI Centre. The first training in composting and growing vegetables and fruit has been held at the Quiksilver-SurfAid Community Health Training Centre, a model home/garden program which is due for first-stage completion in November this year.
A Natural Disaster
Indonesia's proximity to the subduction zone and fault line makes it a
target for the deadliest earthquakes and tsunamis.
Shaman read the disaster-preparedness comics
As part of its school based disaster preparedness program, E-Prep staff are
distributing comics about tsunami, earthquakes, floods, cyclones and
tropical storms and landslides. E-Prep is SurfAid International's
community-based disaster risk management program funded by the Australian
Government through AusAID.
While the comics have been developed for children, they also include basic
information about disasters in the back and are also an important
information tool for adults in the community.
SurfAid International and Billabong Launch Global Schools Program
SurfAid International and surf company Billabong launch a unique schools
program that will have far-reaching effects around the world - alleviating
suffering and death in impoverished communities.
The SurfAid International Billabong Schools Program will provide a dynamic learning opportunity for students, educating them about the geography, economy, culture, health and living conditions of the 70,000 people of the Mentawai Island region, off the coast of West Sumatra, Indonesia.
Billabong Girls Raise $25,000 and Experience SurfAid's Work
First-Hand
After raising US$25,000 for SurfAid at their Design For Humanity
event in Los Angeles in April, a team of Billabong Girls headed out into
Indonesia's Mentawai Islands to experience SurfAid's work first-hand.
Keala Kennelly, Rebecca Woods, Silvana Lima and Sanoe Lake, along with team manager Megan Brainard, ventured into one of SurfAid's villages, Malilimok, to witness a Care Group meeting in action and also to visit one of the poorest houses in the village.
Swim 4 Life Comes to New York & New Jersey
Get out your swim caps and trunks, SurfAid's Swim 4 Life is coming to the US
East Coast in October! This is a chance for surfers, businesses and
humanitarians to get together, have a good swim, and help save lives. We
have two locations covering New York and New Jersey and the dates are
October 20-21. If you can't join us, please help us spread the word to
friends and family in NY/NJ.
Legend Greg Noll gets a grip on event co-host Fernando Aguerre
and Billabong's Paul Naude
Co-host Santiago Aguerre with Rob Machado and friends SIMA and
Liquid Nation Do It Again! For the fourth time, Liquid Nation has exceeded
expectations and raised $250,000 for humanitarian charities, including
SurfAid International. Special thanks goes out to the Surf Industry
Manufacturer's Association (SIMA), event hosts Fernando & Vicki Aguerre and
Santiago & Cecelia Aguerre, and everyone who contributed to making this
event such a great success!
Surpassing SIMA’s expectations, it is estimated that more than $250,000 was
raised at the 4th annual Liquid Nation Ball. Held at the spectacular La
Jolla oceanfront residence of Fernando and Vicky Aguerre, the guest list
read like the Who’s Who of the surf industry.
Surf icons Rob Machado, Lisa Andersen, Greg Noll, Paul Naude, Bob McKnight,
Dick Baker and more all enjoyed great food, dancing and a highly
entertaining live auction in which the host himself, Fernando Aguerre,
Vice-President of the SIMA Humanitarian Fund, Co-Founder of Reef, and
Advisory Board Member for SurfAid literally sold the pants he was wearing
for the sake of charity.
Sage Vaughn Art Show Benefits SurfAid International
A big thank you goes out to SurfAid supporter Debbie Frank and artist Sage Vaughn for generating $30,000 for our efforts by holding a benefit art show featuring Sage Vaughn's works. Held at Debbie's amazing home in Malibu, fifty percent of the proceeds from 31 works of art were donated to SurfAid as were raffle proceeds.
Special thanks to sponsors Debbie Frank Art, Sage Vaughn, Food Art Group
and Sona Restaurant, Roberto Cavalli Vodka, Wild Rock Wines, and Karl
Strauss Brewery. Music gratiously provided by Money Mark, Colin Giles, and
Mikee Tucker.
Raffle contributers were Alpine Ascents Climbing School, Revive Skin Care,
Dogeared Jewelry, Tiger Lily Jewelry, Clout Ride Shop, Surf Monk Clothing,
and O'Quinn Clothing. Additional thanks to all of the donors that made this
night such a great success!
A&I Santa Monica, Wachovia, and SurfAid International Presented
SURFOGRAPHY
a photographic collection documenting the lifestyle and culture of the
surfing community. A great time was had by all and some fantastic
photography was exhibited and auctioned to benefit SurfAid International.
Works were featured by: Eric Balaire, John Callahan, Alexis Cottavoz-Usher,
Sean Davey, Rick Doyle, Tom Dugan, Jon Frank, Anthony Ghiglia, Charles Katz,
Josh Kimball, Susanne Melanie, Grant Myrdal, Keith Novosel, James O'Mahoney,
Dalton Portella, Tom Servais, Nathan Smith, Craig Stecyk, and Willy Uribe.
A special thanks goes out to all participating photographers for donating
their art for this event.
Special thanks to all of our event sponsors: A&I, Wachovia, Langers Juice Company, Greensurf.org, ZJ Boarding House, Good Magazine, Mission Playground, New Belgium Brewing, Peak Organic, Casablanca Restaurant, The Lowrey Family Donor Fund, Hama Sushi, and Footy CS.
Lastly, thank you to Deborah Snyder, Sonja Kallstrom, and Liz Johnson for
working hard to make this excellent awareness and fundraising opportunity
happen for SurfAid International.
The United World College's 24 Hour Swim continues to set the bar for
independent fundraisers having been held for the second year and generating
over US$56,000 for SurfAid International. In two years, this effort has
raised $100,000! Special thanks to everyone involved but especially to
Jackson English , the event organizer, and our rock in Singapore.
SurfAid is stoked to be the beneficiary of a revolutionary new service in
hooking a mate up with a frosty, cold one. The nice folks over at the new
Bondi bar & kitchen restaurant chain have graciously made SurfAid the
beneficiary of the new Beer Shout!
2007 Paddle Round The Pier Beach Festival Benefits SurfAid for
the 3rd Time!
For three years running now, SurfAid has been the beneficiary of the Paddle
Round the Pier Beach Festival in Brighton, U.K. A big thanks goes out to
Dave Samuel, Henrietta Hutcheon and everyone involved in this year's event
for raising nearly $8,000 for SurfAid's efforts. We are pleased to announce
that next year's event will once again benefit the people of the Mentawai
Islands and Nias.
Soundwaves Cologne Benefit Event for SurfAid on August 25, 2007
Thanks goes out to Christian and the organizers of Soundwaves Cologne! About
300 guests raised a total amount of EUR 1330 which is great considering the
trifecta of challenges: no one had never heard about SurfAid International,
Germany has hardly any surf culture and Cologne is about 400 kilometers away
from the nearest ocean!
You can look at pictures of the night at myspace.com/soundwaves2007. Wave of
Compassion Videos You entered to win a trip of a lifetime (and unless your
name is Paul Bryan, unfortunately you didn't win). You followed the picture
show on Surfline.com last October while the winner's trip was profiled
daily. Now see the vids and get pumped for the next Wave of Compassion!
A big thanks to Billabong, IMG Media and the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) for including a 5 minute segment on SurfAid's work in the Mentawai Islands in the television broadcast of the Billabong Pro Tahiti. Thanks to the ASP & Quiksilver for playing SurfAid's short commercial during the Quiksilver Pro at Snapper Rocks!
Thanks goes out to the ASP & Rip Curl for showing SurfAid's short commercial during the Rip Curl Pro Search 2007 in Arica, Chile. Thanks to the ASP & Hurley for showing SurfAid's short commercial during the recent ASP Trestles Contest - Presented by Hurley
Donate Your Car
In recent months SurfAid has been the recipient of quite a few
generous donations of automobiles. Thanks to a great partnership with a
unique company, Donate for Charity, we're not filling up the office parking
lot, but rather these donations are quickly being turned into vital funding
for our efforts.
If you have an automobile that you would like to donate to SurfAid's
efforts, please contact SurfAid's offices at 760.753.1103 or log-on to
Donate for Charity's website at donateforcharity.com. Special Thanks to the
Following Recent Automobile Donors: Alex Vinson, Maria Hoffman, Erik
Sanders, Brian & Eileen Gilmore, Tom Pulles, Amber Barker, Matt Sommer, and
Hilary Achauer.
Memorial & Tribute Donations
Giving to SurfAid's efforts in honor of a loved one is a great way to
recognize a monumental event or memorialize a special person. SurfAid would
like to congratulate Michael & Sally Starr on their recent nuptials and
thank them for encouraging friends and family to donate to SurfAid's
lifesaving programs in lieu of gifts.
Percentage Partner Highlight: Tim Baker's HIGH SURF
What do novelist Tim Winton, classical violinist Richard Tognetti, celebrity
chef Steve Snow, world-renowned ethicist Peter Singer, motivational speaker
Dr John Demartini and Greens politician Ian Cohen have in common? In a word
- surfing.
Leading surf journalist Tim Baker has profiled the surfing world's most
intriguing characters, encountered over twenty years of surf writing, to
highlight the life lessons and boundless inspiration to be gained from a
lifestyle built around waveriding. Tim will be donating 1% of royalties from
sales of his book to SurfAid International.
Current Percentage Partners : ASONE Clothing Surf Diva SurfAid Tee Betty
Belts Walgrove Industries Spa Samudra THE BURLY PACK Blue Water Gold Rush OKOTO
Refined Applications AKA Surfboards BoardX Tengirri Surf Charters
MangaluiNdulu Smashed! Travel Micaiah Hardison Surfing Magazine EPIC
Products
Retail Partner Highlight: O'Neill Stores
Thanks to O'Neill for spreading the good word about SurfAid by selling our
BandTogether wristbands through their shops in Santa Cruz, California. Plus,
SurfAid would like to thank Jack's, Val Surf, Wetsand, Swell, Essential
Surf, NorCal Surf, Freedom Surf Shop and Surfers Supplies for their recent
support.
Current Retail Partners : Air & Speed Surfshop Sun Diego Beach House
Channel Islands Surfboards Cinnamon Rainbows Elemental Surf & Skate
Essential Surf Company Freedom Surf Shop Hansen Surfboards Hobie Surf
Shop Jack's Surfboards (4 locations) McKevlin's Surf Shop Mitch's Surf Shop
N.O. Surf Shop Natural Art Surf Shop NorCal Surf Shop Pacsun Spyder
Surfboards Surfers Supplies Surfside Sports Swell Val Surf Warm Winds
Waterboyz Surf & Skate Wetsand Whalebone Surf Shop ZJ Boarding House
SurfAid would like to thank Robert & Robin Gerard, Milton Fiala, and Paul & Stephanie Riehle for generously opening up their homes to introduce SurfAid to friends, family, and co-workers. Your efforts are helping grow the base of support that powers our programs. Thanks, also, goes out to Mozy Cafe in Encinitas for "powering" an event in March with great food! Special Thanks to Wild Rock US Wine, Jiraffe, Duke's,
The Sennan Waterman's Association once again hosted their Surf Rodeo in memory of Ashley Moffitt to benefit SurfAid International. Auction winner, John Martin Jones, described Ashley as, "lifeguard, surfer and generally ace guy who was killed in his prime." SurfAid is proud to carry on Ashley's legacy through our life-saving programs.
Volunteer Highlights
SurfAid has been once again blessed with excellent volunteer support. Thanks goes out to interns Bryan Heller, Kimberly, May Chu, Jessica Calixto, and Kyle Donahue for their support over the summer. Too numerous too name; thanks goes out to everyone that volunteered time this summer helping in the office, at events, or at home.
As Always, Special Thanks to Our Corporate Sponsors: Billabong Brushfire
Records PacSun Quiksilver SIMA (Surf Industry Manufacturers Association)
Stacer Boats Balance Vector Coastalwatch.com Deutsche Group Services P/L
Analog Fuel TV Gravis Gowing Brothers Lonely Planet Saraina Koat Mentawai
Vans
Angel Printing San Diego Air New Zealand Hallenstein Limited Plenary Group
Pty Ltd Group Administration Aust Pty Ltd ASR (Action Sports Retailers)/VNU
Expositions SurfExpo Bemus Landscape Globe Reef
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