LIQUID NATION ball
SATURDAY, sept 8, 2007
Liquid Nation Ball 4 Beneficiaries
The SIMA Humanitarian Fund, a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation, awards grants to various surf or boardsport related social and humanitarian non-profit organizations whose efforts are focused on improving the quality of life, health and/or welfare of people.
The 2007 SIMA Humanitarian Fund beneficiaries focus on four specific areas of humanitarian efforts: health education and awareness; urban youth outreach; injury prevention and assistance; and global medical relief.
HEALTH EDUCATION and AWARENESS
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Keep a Breast Raises funds for breast cancer education, awareness, prevention and treatment through art events featuring plaster forms of the female torso that are customized by fine artists and then auctioned. www.keep-a-breast.org |
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Boarding for Breast Cancer A youth-focused education, awareness, and fundraising foundation that seeks to increase awareness about breast cancer, the importance of early detection and the value of a healthy lifestyle. www.b4bc.org |
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Surfer’s Healing Working to enrich the lives of children with autism and the lives of their families by exposing them to the unique experience of surfing. www.surfershealing.org |
| Jimmy Miller Foundation Supports the healing of mental and physical illness through surfing and ocean related activities. www.jimmymillerfoundation.org |
URBAN YOUTH OUTREACH
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Outdoor Outreach Provides an opportunity for underserved and underprivileged youth to gain confidence and self-esteem through participation in outdoor activities, including surfing and snowboarding. www.outdooroutreach.org |
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Get a Board Foundation Positively influences at-risk youth in Florida through surfing; the organization’s “Beach Bus” program take inner city kids to the beach and teaches them to surf giving the kids an opportunity to experience life outside their dangerous neighborhoods. www.getaboard.org |
| Rabbit Kekai Foundation Encourages children to participate in productive healthy activities through positive experiences centered on the surf life style, while at the same time emphasizing the importance of education. www.rabbitkekai.org |
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Stoked Mentoring Bringing together “at-risk” youth and successful professional adults to learn a new non-traditional sport, Stoked’s programs serve as the groundwork and means for enhancing mentoring relationships and introduces coaching skills and tools that elicit the best from both parties. www.stokedmentoring.org |
| L.A. Surf Bus (new beneficiary for 2007) Designs and implements a safe, educational and fun experience at the beach for at-risk youth; partners with established youth programs such as city park programs, church youth groups and youth clubs thereby facilitating a fun and free extension to the groups’ summer programs. www.lasurfbus.org |
INJURY PREVENTION and ASSISTANCE
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Life Rolls On A grassroots resource and an advocate on behalf of young people who have sustained a spinal cord injury. www.liferollson.org |
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Project Wipeout Preventing ocean-related drownings and spinal cord injuries by developing and disseminating beach safety information in the South Orange County area. www.hoaghospital.org/projectwipeout.html |
GLOBAL MEDICAL RELIEF
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Surf Aid International Working to improve the health of people living in isolated regions connected to us through surfing. www.surfaidinternational.org |
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Sumba Foundation Dedicated to helping the indigenous people of Sumba by improving the quality of their lives through health and education, and providing suitable employment to lessen the oppressive impacts of poverty. www.sumbafoundation.org |
The SIMA Humanitarian Fund grant application process begins in November of each year. To receive an application, please send your organization’s name and mailing address to shannon@sima.com
