MAHALO!!! (thanks!)

To all of our amazing supporters!!

 

We are proud, excited & delighted to announce that we've been awarded a $100,000 grant from LA2050 the Goldhirsh Foundation! (Dec 2016)

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Mahalo Spirit ($12,000+)

• Marcus D. Moraes

• Kelly Slater Foundation

• Surf Boards from Global Surf Industries

• Rashguards and Wetsuits from Quiksilver

 

Kahuna ($6000+)

• Trinity Lutheran Church, Manhattan Beach (2009)

 

Surfer ($3000+)

• Just Bones board shorts (in-kind donation)

• Bob and Joyce Daniels

 

Wave ($1500+)

• Rotary Club of Santa Monica & San Pedro

• Erika Schimik

• BettyBelts of Ventura (in-kind donation)

• Hurley (in-kind donation)

 

Aloha ($100+)​

• Jay Sung

• The Carlson Family

• Jody Curtin

• Michael Josephs

• The Keith Family

• Countless Surf Academy families who believe so strongly that the ocean is truly a playground for all!

 

Special Thanks:

Community Collaboration

• Thank You Marion Clark for your passion and leadership on and off the beach.

• William Sawin, Rosemary Hernandez and Russ Lesser for countless hours spent in the board room! Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe, whose help in 2003 with 2 buses a week helped launch LA Surf Bus into reality. Now we need about 30 buses a week! I wish he could help that much but others need to step up now.

• City of Santa Monica

• Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors, especially Marketing Supervisor Lynn Atkinson, Lifeguard Chiefs Garth Canning, Mickey Gallagher, and Phil Topar.

• City of Huntington Beach, especially Lifeguard Chief Kyle Lindo and Community Service Supervisor Dottie Hughes.

• City of Los Angeles Recreation and Parks, especially Supervisor Anita Meacham and countless recreation center directors.

• City of Los Angeles Council members Tom LaBonge, Bernard Parks, Gil Garcetti, and Jan Perry.

• Kelly Hendrickson of Trinity Lutheran Church

 

Corporate Support

• Body Glove Wetsuits, especially President Russ Lesser and Marketing Director Scott Daley.

• Hurley, especially Bob and Ryan Hurley and Pat Towersy, for their continued community support and clothing for the groms

• Patagonia for all the summer wetsuits

• BettyBelts for all the seaster swag

 

Individual Thanks

• Postal Carrier Jim of Hermosa Beach- First Donation in 2003!

• Jim Riley of Huntington Beach (2006)

• Lifeguard Captain Steve Mosely (2005)

• Keith Davenport (2006)

• Carol Mayer (2006)

• Quagletti Family Trust (2003)

• Anonymous Donor through US Trust (2006)

• Surfers everywhere who have dropped off good condition used wetsuits and surfboards