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Windance
Supports Youth Groups Windance/Ezzy
have developed a national campaign to support grass-roots
windsurfing programs. In the past month, Windance
has donated over 50 new sails to associations and clubs
throughout the United States. The goal of the
program is to introduce the sport to people who would
otherwise not have the means to experience it. The
donation program is focused on youth and instructional,
non-profit organizations. The following groups have
benefitted from the campaign:
Cal
Sailing Club - 20 Sails
The Cal Sailing Club is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational,
entirely
volunteer-based organization, which offers sailing and
lessons in the Bay
area. Their goal is "to reach the broadest range of
community members as
possible, and to make available to them the special
enjoyment of water
sports, which are normally considered reserved for the
wealthy." Two
beginner lessons are taught every Saturday morning during
the entire year.
Their volunteer base allows them to offer memberships at
a fraction of the
cost of most other sailing schools in the area. Week long
clinics are also
run during peak
season.
Rocky
Mountain Windsurfing Association - 9 Sails
The RMWA has 250 plus members and they sponsor 14 events
within the year.
They are sending five of their members this year to
Corpus Christi to get
their USWA Instructors Certification. They hold a course
in the Spring
called Windsurfing 101 and this year they are introducing
Windsurfing For
Kids 101. They are committed to encouraging new people
into the sport with
a special emphasis on women and families.
Nantucket Sailing Club - 10
Sails
The NWA is a non-profit association that specializes in
instruction of
windsurfing and sailing. They have certified instructors
that teach all
levels of sailing to their members. Their antiquated
collection of
windsurfing equipment will soon be upgraded to a fleet of Ezzy's.
Boeing
Windsurfing Club - 6 Sails
This club is an employee/retiree recreational club and is
a registered
non-profit corporation. It boasts a membership of 150
sailors and continues
to grow as they get new people interested in the sport.
They host weekly
instructional sailing for beginners at Lake Washington
park during the
summer. They have about 20 students per week and 6
instructors. Some
members even give up their time weekly to give free
"on the water" instruction.
Muncie P.A.L Sailing Club -
1 Sail, email at splatman69@aol.com
This group is dedicated to keeping kids off the streets
and on the water.
Much of the equipment and cost has been paid for by the
Muncie Police
Department in the past, but recently budget restraints
have led to no more
funding for the program. Scotty Snoddy , the originator
of the group, has
decided to take the program under his wing and find ways
to fund it himself.
He even drives kids to events to give them the thrill of
competition and
sailing in a different location. Windance/Ezzy is proud
to be able to help
out such a dedicated program. Go Get'em Scotty!
Windsure Windsurfing
(Jericho Sailing Center Association) - 4 Sails
The Jericho Sailing Centre Association is a non-profit ,
volunteer driven organization which develops and manages
the Jericho Sailing Centre. Teh J.S.C.A. contracts
Winsure Windsurfing to provide excellent windsurfing
programs to the people of Vancouver. Windsure is also the
largest windsurfing school in Canada.
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