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VetSurf VA National Summer Sports Clinic, La Jolla CA, Aug 25-30
Join us at the beach sharing the power of Adaptive Surf Therapy with Veterans
About this event
We will be doing 6 days of our VetSurf- 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 by signing up through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
VetSurfSurf will 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.
Our 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 your interest in helping us share the healing power of the ocean and adaptive surfing with our participants. Volunteering can be a very rewarding experience and these clinics are not possible without your help in order to be adequately staffed.
As we get closer to the date of the clinic you signed up for, we will send updates. Please be sure to arrive on time and expect to have one of the greatest experiences of your life. Please note AmpSurf does NOT provide wetsuits for volunteers and all volunteers must find and pay for their own travel and lodging expenses. Please read our Beach Policy Manual found on our homepage at www.ampsurf.org. Below is information on the ‘day of schedule’ at the clinic.
Volunteer Daily Schedule (Instructors, Safety, Beach, Booth, and Water Assists):
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, dryland training, and safety briefing, and group photo.
9:00 – 11:00 In-Water surf instruction.
11:30 – Final comments, Participants depart / Volunteers tear down and pack up
Again, please make sure you can commit to the whole time you have signed up for. The participants and your fellow volunteers are counting on you! It is very important that all who sign up to volunteer make it to the event. We understand that circumstances may change so please email us at [email protected] if you cannot meet your commitment.
