SurfAid's 10 Year Anniversary

Source: SurfAid International: www.surfaidinternational.org

Humanitarian organisation SurfAid International is proud to celebrate its 10th anniversary this year after starting with a small malaria program in one village in the Mentawai Islands, off Indonesia’s Sumatran coast, in 2000.

The scope of SurfAid’s work has increased from malaria prevention to now include water and sanitation, disaster preparedness, and community health programs.

In 2007, SurfAid was awarded the World Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (WANGO) Humanitarian Award, after being chosen from more than 49,000 not-for-profits worldwide.

Swim 4 Humanity: Coming Soon

Swim 4 Humanity is a fundraising event benefiting SurfAid International. Hosted in eight cities on the west and east coasts from March to May 2010, money raised will go towards SurfAid's humanitarian programs.

Prior to the event, participating teams and individuals get sponsored by friends and family for a 30-minute swim at one of the swimming pool venues. Competitive freestyle swims will be held each day, and fun team relay races will take place in the afternoon.

Awards and prizes are presented to participants based on their fundraising totals. Top fundraisers, top fundraising teams, relay race winners, and top competitive freestyle swimmers receive premium prizes. This year's top fundraiser will receive a surf trip to Indonesia including round-trip airfare, courtesy of World Surfaris and Joyo's Camp!

The top 3 fundraisers will receive:

1.    Round trip Indo surf trip courtesy World Surfaris and Joyo's Camp

2.    Fire Wire surfboard

3.    Jay Alders twin fin board by 9:fish

All fundraisers will accumulate prizes as they pass higher donation levels:

Go Pro digital camera

Sector Nine skateboard

Dragon sunglasses

Fox backpack

Reef shoes/sandals

SurfAid Towel

All participants get a Swim4Humanity tee shirt, SurfAid stickers and goodies

•    Swim fun relay and competitive freestyle race prizes to be announced

•    Top fundraising team prizes to be announced 

Locations & Dates (subject to change)

San Diego March 13, 2010 at 12:30 pm: Coggan Family Aquatic Complex in La Jolla (La Jolla H.S.) 800 Nautilus Street, La Jolla, CA 92037

Santa Barbara March 20, 2010 at 2:00 pm: Los Banos pool401 Shoreline Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93109

Los Angeles March 21, 2010 at 12:00 pm: Pepperdine University in Malibu 24255 Pacific Coast HighwayMalibu, CA 90263

San Francisco March 27, 2010: Golden Gateway Tennis & Swim Club in San Francisco370 Drumm StSan Francisco, CA 94111

Santa Cruz March 28, 2010 at 1:00 pm:Simpkins Family Swim Center978 17th Ave.Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Florida April 17, 2010 at 12:00 pm:Daytona State College Aquatic Center1200 W International speedway Blvd.Daytona Beach, FL 32114

New Jersey May 15, 2010 at 12:00 pm: Sonny Werblin Recreation CenterRutgers University       656 Bartholomew Rd.Piscataway, NJ 08854 

New York May 16, 2010 at 12:00 pm: Long Beach Senior High School322 Lagoon Dr.West Long Beach, NY 11561