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VA Nat. Sum. Sports Clinic June 4th-9th La Jolla, CA Venue by AmpSurf
A week of sharing the healing power of Adaptive Surf Therapy with disabled Veterans from all over the country.
About this event
We will be doing 5 days of our Learn to Surf Clinics in partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for disabled Veterans from around the country. Veterans are invited to participate and to sign up through the Department of Veterans Affairs at https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/100337/registration-summer-sports-clinic/
AmpSurf will be handling the volunteer sign-ups for this event, and we will need Set-up help, Instructors, Water assist, Beach Support, Booth help, Tear down and more.
AmpSurf’s mission is to Promote, Inspire, Educate, and Rehabilitate (PIER™) all people with disabilities and their families through adaptive surfing and other outdoor activities to keep them focused on their abilities, not their disabilities.
VOLUNTEERS
Thank you for expressing interest to help us share the healing power of the ocean and adaptive surfing with our participants. Below is information on the ‘day of schedule’ at the clinic.
Volunteering can be a very rewarding experience. These clinics are not possible without your help. These clinics are also not possible if not adequately staffed. It is very important that all who sign up to volunteer make it to the event. Please let us know as soon as possible if you are unable to attend by emailing surf@ampsurf.org As we get closer to the date of the clinic you signed up for, we will send out updates. Please be sure to arrive on time and expect to have one of the greatest experiences of your life.
Volunteer Daily Schedule:
Please read our Beach Policy Manual found on www.ampsurf.org
Set-up, Instructors, Beach, Booth, Water Assists, and Tear Down
7:00 – All Volunteers Arrive/Set up
7:30 – All Volunteer briefing
8:00 – Participants arrive and are fitted for wetsuits if desired.
8:30 – Welcome brief Participants/Volunteers, Dryland training and safety briefing, group photo
9:00 – 11:30 In-Water surf instruction.
11:30 – Break for lunch
1:00 -2:30 Afternoon yoga session
2:30 – Final comments, participants depart / Volunteers tear down and pack up
Again, please make sure you can commit for the whole time period you have signed up for. The Participants and your fellow volunteers are counting on you! We understand that circumstances change so please ensure you mail surf@ampsurf.org if you cannot meet your commitment.
AmpSurf™
MISSION – AmpSurf™ is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established to Promote, Inspire, Educate, and Rehabilitate (PIER) all people with disabilities and their families through adaptive surfing and other outdoor activities.
WHO WE SUPPORT – One in five Americans struggle with a life-long disability. Nearly two million men and women have served our country in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are coming home looking for ways to feel whole again and to fit back in to normal life. Whether they are an amputee, visually impaired, suffer from PTS (post traumatic stress), or have quadriplegia. Whether they served in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf war, Iraq or Afghanistan. Whether they are an autistic child 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 and children focus on their abilities not their disabilities. To do this we strive to Promote, Inspire, Educate, and Rehabilitate (PIER™) 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 and healing of the ocean and surfing. AmpSurf™ has provided our Learn to Surf Clinics to hundreds of our disabled veterans, adults and children who probably never would have had this experience if it hadn’t been for our program.
HOW WE DO IT – For over 19 years AmpSurf™ has been providing our Learn to Surf clinics to serve those who need us. We have served hundreds of our disabled veteran American heroes as well as disabled adults and children who probably never would have had this experience if it hadn’t been for our program.
Para Surf League™ / PLS™
MISSION – Para Surf League™ / PSL™is a division of AmpSurf established to Promote, Inspire, Educate, and Rehabilitate (PIER) Adaptive/ Para Surfing athletes and events around the world for all people with disabilities.
WHO WE SUPPORT – Contests and athletes engaged in the promotion and establishment of para surfing contest around the globe.
Our goal is simple, we want to help establish a series of contests with partners around the globe to give adaptive athletes a platform to excel at adaptive/para surfing on a world class level.
HOW WE DO IT – For over 19 years AmpSurf™ has been providing our Learn to Surf clinics to serve those who need us and supporting adaptive surfers and contests around the world from regional and national events to the World Para Surfing Championships in 2020, ‘ 21, and ’22. The Para Surf League™/PSL™ has been created to organize and run the contests program and separate the responsibilities of AmpSurf™ into two distinct programs focused on those served by each. the PSL™ focus will be primarily on athlete and contest development, while AmpSurf™ will primarily focus on teaching those with disabilities, Veterans and First Responders how to surf and do other outdoor activities.
