-Humanitarians Join Together to Raise Money for SurfAid International -

Encinitas, Calif.– Opportunities to turn a few hours of fun into life-saving support for isolated regions of the world are few and far between, SurfAid International is thrilled to announce a Florida pool added to the event series. Registration has begun for the fourth annual Swim 4 Humanity fundraiser. Daytona State College Aquatic Center in Daytona Beach, Florida will host the event on Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 12noon. This fundraiser is a chance to get together for a good swim to raise awareness and help save lives.

The annual Swim4Humanity fundraising event will take place in eight cities total including California (San Diego, Malibu, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz and San Francisco), Florida, New York, and New Jersey. Participants ask friends and family to sponsor them in a 30-minute lap swim, and may also choose to participate in a competitive freestyle lap swim and fun relay race. Participants win prizes for levels of money raised as well as for the fun relay and competitive swim races. SurfAid will give an Indonesian surf trip thanks to World Surfaris and Joyo’s Surf Camp (worth $5,000) to the person who raises the most money! Swim4Humanity 2010 is now open for individual and team registrations. www.surfaidinternational.org/swim4humanity2010

“This event was a great success last year raising over $60,000 and we hope to raise over $100,000 this year to support our health and nutrition, water and sanitation, and emergency preparedness programs in Indonesia,” says SurfAid International, USA director Javier Guerrero. 

Dates and Addresses:

March 13, 2010 at 12:30 pm: 
Coggan Family Aquatic Complex in La Jolla (La Jolla H.S.) 

Santa Barbara
March 20, 2010 at 2:00 pm: 
Los Banos pool

Los Angeles
March 21, 2010 at 12:00 pm: 
Pepperdine University in Malibu

San Francisco
March 27, 2010 12:00pm: 
Golden Gateway Tennis & Swim Club in San Francisco

Santa Cruz
March 28, 2010 at 1:00 pm:
Simpkins Family Swim Center

Florida
April 17, 2010 at 12:00 pm:
Daytona State College Aquatic Center

New Jersey
May 15, 2010 at 12:00 pm: 
Sonny Werblin Recreation Center
Rutgers University       

New York
May 16, 2010 at 12:00 pm: 
Long Beach Senior High School

About SurfAid International
About SurfAid International - Celebrating Our 10^th Anniversary in 2010

In 1999, physician and surfer Dr Dave Jenkins went on a surf charter to the Mentawai Islands, off Sumatra, Indonesia. The surf proved to be everything he had hoped for but he also found the Mentawai people suffering and dying from preventable diseases. Dave found that he was unable to just walk away. It was a defining life moment. He sought support from like-minded individuals and went on to establish SurfAid International in 2000.

SurfAid’s mission is to improve the health, wellbeing and self-reliance of people living in the Mentawai and Nias islands, where it runs water and sanitation, disaster preparedness, and health programs. With the support of the New Zealand and Australian Governments, the global surfing and wider community, and most importantly the Mentawai and Nias people of the affected areas themselves, SurfAid has come to exemplify the healing power of cross-cultural partnerships.