the season of giving

While in school this year I'm not working full-time (hardly part-time while I think about it). This puts quite a pinch on our general, everyday budget and more so on our holiday expenditures. We'll need to be creative in our approach to gift giving and one such way is by making donations.



One charity I've already contributed to is called charity: water.
charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. 100% of public donations directly fund water projects.

Here, a little bit of money can go a long way and you can feel extra good about your offering at the same time.

Happy Holidays!

Thanks to everyone for your support

Once again -- Thank you to everyone that participated, sponsored or volunteered at Swim 4 Humanity 2010. All the events were amazing and we raised $45,000 for SurfAid International's humanitarian programs; all this in a very tough economic year! Thank you to all 5 West Coast locations and the East Coast proved to be exceptional and provided much needed support and good will!

Congratulations to:
1st prize: Trip to Indonesia by World Surfari's: Jana Crawford O'Brien (NJ)
2nd prize: Firewire Surfboard: Paul Riehle (SF)
3rd prize: Jay Alders twin fin surfboard by 9:fish: Ashley Marie Salter (NY)

Top fundraising team which raised over $10k: Prize Pending
The Manhattan Makos (NY)
Team Members:
Elliot Ptasnik, Javin Bose, Jane Carpenter, Alessandra Grassi, Maia Hare, Samantha Hare, Holland Rhodd-Lee, Conn Slattery, Hana Song, Marissa Song, Griffin Taylor, & Sophia Taylor


Prizes owed will be sent out the following weeks through the month of June. If you are waiting for a prize, it will be sent to your home through June. Please let me know if you have an address change or do not receive a prize as expected.



Please let your donors/sponsors know that donation receipts will be sent out the month of June as well. Anyone that donated offline will receive a donation receipt/letter. Online donors will also receive a donation receipt over a specified amount since they receive an automatically generated receipt.




Terima Kasih! (Thank you in Bahasa Indonesian)