VetSurf® VA New England Summer Sports Clinic: July 22-23, Second Beach, RI
July 22 @ 7:00 am - 7:00 pm EDT
Free
About this event
We will be doing 2 FULL DAYS of our VetSurf- Learn to Surf Clinics in partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
AmpSurf/ VetSurfSurf will handling the volunteer sign-ups for this event, and we will need Set-up, Red Shirt Instructors, White Shirt Water Assists, Beach Support, Booth Help, Tear Down and more.
Veterans:
Veterans are invited to contact the VA of New England to participate and to sign up. This is not an open VetSurf clinic.
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 Summer Sports Clinic Schedule:
7:00 All Volunteers Arrive/Set up
7:30 All Volunteer briefing
9:00 AM Veterans Teams arrive. Welcome Breif. Wetsuits.
9:30 Dryland training and safety briefing, group photo
9:30 – 11:30 In-Water surf instruction.
11:30- 12:15 Lunch (Lunch Provided by the VA)
12:15-1:00 Reset for PM
1:00 PM Veterans Teams Arrive. Welcome Breif. Wetsuits.
1:30 Dryland training and safety briefing, group photo
1:30-3:30 In-Water surf instruction
3:30-5:00 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.
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.
