April 10th , 2010
Pismo Beach
(click city for surf report)
Volunteers & Participants please
sign-up online
Sponsored in part by:
UPDATES-
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4/5/10 -PodCast from the Dave Congalton show- ...The Community Spotlight shines on AmpSurf, a great nonprofit that gives amputees the chance to go surfing. Dana Cummings and Julie Carruthers tell the story.
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We currently have 12 participants (3 slots left) and 51 Volunteers signed up for this event- Sign- ups for volunteers for this event are now closed, but please come down and cheer our participnats on If we do end up needing some more help please be there
Fundraiser to follow at California Pizza Kitchen:
San Luis Obispo California Pizza Kitchen will donate 20% of any food purchased
on April 10th to Ampsurf if the customer presents a coupon for the fundraiser
when ordering. This offer is valid on all dine-in and take-out orders.
We will also have a silent auction at CPK from 2:30-5:30pm so Please come
join us. Click Here for
flier/coupon
Directions:
| Coming North- US-101 N Take ramp toward PRICE STREET Bear Right on PRICE ST Turn Left on POMEROY AVE Follow Pomeroy to PISMO BEACH PIER |
Going South- |
program. If you would like to help out please bring a new unwrapped toy
(under $10) to the event and deposit it into the collection bin. We will
be doing this for all the events this year so if you forget to do it at
this one you can do it at another event during the year. We are hoping that
we can collect enough toys through the year to fill our new trailer.Location: We will be located on the south side of the Pier in beautiful Pismo Beach. We will have a pop-up located up on the promenade south of the pier for sign in and information. We will have 1-2 pop-ups on the beach just south of the pier where dryland surf instruction will be given.
Parking: No parking will be provided for this event. If you wish to park on the pavement by the pier the cost is $8 for the day. Free parking is available in the dirt lot east of the paved parking lot.
Hotels: There are many Hotels in the Pismo Beach area. We are working on getting discounted rooms for our events. as those become available we will let you post them in the updates section of this page (above)
Clinic schedule:
| Setup crew arrives* | 7am |
| All other volunteers arrive* | 7:30-7:45am |
| Volunteers briefing (all water staff must be present) | 7:45-8:15 |
| Participants arrive* Meet & greet on the beach (suit up etc...) |
8:00 -9:00am |
| Dry land instruction | 9:00 -9:30am |
| In water surf instruction | 9:30-11:30am |
| Free surf | 11:30-12:30 |
| Snacks & tear down | 12:30-1:30 |
| FUNdraiser
(click image to download flier) |
2:30-5:30pm |
Goal: To encourage surfing
among those with disabilities. We at least 10 participants attend
this event. these will be disabled veterans, and local disabled with Traumatic
Brain Injury (TBI),
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Amputees, Blind etc.... We really want to reach
out to these individuals
and help them enjoy the rehabilitative power of the ocean and surfing.
The clinic is free to participants though
donations are appreciated. Any donations will be used to
help cover clinic fees, equipment, and transportation. Surfing instruction
will be provided by trained
surf instructors, and experienced surfers. These instructors will work
with each individual to meet
his/her needs and abilities.
Participants are encouraged to contact AMPSURF in advance
to make sure all efforts can be
made to accommodate his/her disability. Please sign-up
online. or email us at participate@ampsurf.org
Please bring with you the following items:
Swim suit
Towel
Sun Screen
Picture ID
Volunteers are needed. Ideally we need a two to one ratio
of volunteers to participants sometimes 4to1.
If you’d like to volunteer, Please sign-up
online or email us at volunteer@ampsurf.org
Sponsors, please contact us at sponsor@ampsurf.org,
or (805) 441.5271 to learn how you can help.
We also welcome any charitable events or fundraiser's to help support
our efforts for the disabled.
program. If you would like to help out please bring a new unwrapped toy
(under $10) to the event and deposit it into the collection bin. We will
be doing this for all the events this year so if you forget to do it at
this one you can do it at another event during the year. We are hoping that
we can collect enough toys through the year to fill our new trailer.