July 10th , 2010
Pismo Beach

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Volunteers & Participants please read and sign -up below

 

  

UPDATES-

This Clinic will be held at the Addie St. beach entrance in Pismo Beach! See directions below.

We currently have 16 participants (8 confirmed) and 38 (45 needed) volunteers signed up for this event, We only have 5 instructors signed up, we need a minimum of 8, so if you know someone else who can help out please send them to our website to get signed up.

Directions:

Coming North-
US-101 N
Take ramp toward PRICE STREET
Bear Right on PRICE ST
Turn Left on POMEROY AVE
Turn Left on Cypress
Turn right on Park
Turn Left into the Addie Street parking Lot

Going South-
US-101 S
Take HINDS AVE/PRICE CYN RD exit
Turn Right on HINDS AVE
Turn Right on PRICE ST
Turn Left on POMEROY AVE
Turn Left on Cypress
Turn right on Park
Turn Left into the Addie Street parking Lot


Location: We will be located on the beach in front of the Addie street parking lot. We will have a pop-up located up on the boardwalk for sign in and information. We will have 1-2 pop-ups on the beach where dryland surf instruction will be given.

Parking: Parking is free at Addie St., but come early.

Hotels: There are many Hotels in the Pismo Beach area. Since it is summer time reserve early because rooms go fast and can be expensive.


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

Lunch & tear down, cleanup

12:30-2:30

 

 

*Please sign in as you arrive

Goal: To encourage surfing among those with disabilities. We need at least 10 participants to 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.

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
The clinic is free to participants though a small $50 deposit is required to reserve your spot. This deposit is refundable at the end of the clinic you sign up for. It is also refundable if you contact AmpSurf  at least two weeks prior of the clinic, with in the two weeks of the event please contact AmpSurf.
Please go to www.paypal.com and make deposit to donate@ampsurf.org  Your deposit can also be turned into a donation to the program if you desire. Donations are always appreciated. All 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.


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.

We will still be collecting toys for the Toys for Tots 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.

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