In addition to our staff, we had 5 wonderful community volunteers come to help us teach 15 teens how to windsurf. (THANKS! to all of the volunteers!). We all loved working with the kids, but more importantly the kids loved it. Here's what one of the children had to say in the Project Avary monthly newsletter:
"In October the teens all got together and went to a Windsurfing Adventure Day. We met up with the Windsurfing instructors at the Boardsports School. They set us up with wetsuits, we had to wear them because the water is so cold. The wetsuits were so tight I couldn't stand it. After we suited up the teachers showed us how to windsurf. The broke it down, how to do it, and set us up on practice boards on the sand. They explained how to properly get the sail up, and how to get up on the board. After that we split up into groups, two teens per guide. they gave us more instruction in the water. It was hard. The sail felt like it weighted a million pounds, because I couldn't put it up. After about 20 minutes, it seemed like everybody got the hang of it! For some reason me and Jovon got the hang of it a lot quicker. Our teacher said that was because windsurfing is a lot like skateboarding. Overall the day was a lot of fun. A big thank you to Boardsports School in Alameda. We all want to come back because it was very exciting, I hope we get to do it again!"
To learn more about Project AVARY, please go to: www.ProjectAVARY.org. If you would like to volunteer for next year's event, please email us at info@boardsportsschool.com
