Goal: One in five Americans
struggle with a lifelong disability and nearly two million men and women
have served our country in Iraq and Afghanistan, and are coming home
looking for ways to feel whole again and to fit back in to 'normal' life.
Whether they are an amputee, blind, suffer from PTSD, or have
quadriplegia. Whether they served in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf war,
Iraq or Afghanistan. Whether they are a child of Autism, or a young woman
who has lost a limb to Cancer, AmpSurf offers a unique program to bring
the healing power of the ocean and adaptive surfing together for an
experience that is both mentally and physically one of the best forms of
rehabilitation on the planet. Our goal is simple, we want to help our
disabled veterans, adults & children focus on their abilities not their
disabilities. To do this we strive to Promote, Inspire, Educate and
Rehabilitate these great Americans and the public by providing a quality
program and the opportunity for the participants and volunteers to come
together and feel the joy & healing of the ocean and surfing. For 8 years
AmpSurf has been providing our Learn to Surf Clinics and we have served
hundreds of our disabled veterans, adults and children who probably never
would have had this experience if it hadn’t been for our program.
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 if you
attend.. It is also refundable if you contact AmpSurf at least two
weeks prior of the clinic, with in the two weeks of the event the deposit is
not refundable.
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.
P lease 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.
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.
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