Ocean Cure goes to Home of Hope Orphanage in India
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Wilmington, North Carolina – March 22, 2010
On March 27, 2010, four surf instructors from Indo Jax Surf School and the non-profit organization, Ocean Cure, will be heading to the Home of Hope orphanage in Kochi, India to run a charity surf camp for a group of young girls that had previously been living on the streets of India, forced into begging and prostitution.
Through previous charity surf camps in Wrightsville Beach and Carolina Beach for medically fragile and at-risk youth, Ocean Cure has witnessed firsthand the powerful emotional and physical healing properties of the ocean, and surfing itself.
During their upcoming charity surf camp in India, Ocean Cure will guide the participants through their fear and apprehension around an activity that they otherwise had never considered possible. Similar to previous charity surf camps, Ocean Cure fully anticipates that the girls will move from fear and apprehension to joy and empowerment, the sense that, “If I can surf, I can do anything!”
Ocean Cure will engage the girls in other enriching activities during their stay, including a field trip, readings, and letter writing to pen-pals in the United States. And Ocean Cure fully intends to return next year to continue their work on behalf of the girls at the Home of Hope orphanage.
Contact:
Jack Viorel
Director of Charity Surf Camps, Ocean Cure
8935 Tilbury Dr.
Wilmington, North Carolina 28411
(910) 274-3565
jack@indojaxsurfschool.com