Catch A Wave, Save A Life
5th Annual Delta Delta Delta’s Surf, Sand, & St. Jude Surf Contest & Beach Day
Santa Barbara, CA – November 4, 2008 – The Delta Delta Delta chapter at UCSB will host Surf, Sand, and St. Jude, on Sunday, November 16, 2008 in conjunction with partnering sponsor Surf Happens and Deckers Outdoor Corporation. This beach day is a great opportunity for the campus to join with the community in fundraising efforts to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The main event will be an all ages Surfing Competition presented by Surf Happens for the fifth straight year, and new to the event in 08 is the introduction of hour long, learn to surf clinics. Entry forms may be downloaded from surfhappens.com, or found at area surf shops and hot spots.
The competition will take place from 8am to 4pm at Campus Point, UCSB with beach entries being taken on a limited basis beginning at 7:30am. The learn to surf clinics and other beach activities will be running from 10:00am-4:00pm. Space is limited and early registration is encouraged. During the day, attendees can sign up for these events, space allowing: surf competition, surf lessons, sand castle building contest, paddle race, dodge ball, Indo Board contest, raffle, and more!
To enter the surf competition, or hour long surf lesson, there will be a $35 registration fee. Brand new Quiksilver & Roxy wetsuits and INT softboards are provided for lesson participants; the sand castle contest will be $10 per team; and raffle tickets will vary. Participants are not only raising money for a great cause, but also receive more than their entry fee worth of goodies just for entering. Attendance prizes include: a t-shirt, lunch from Wahoo’s Fish Taco, raffle ticket, and a crack at wining heaps of prizes and killer trophies courtesy of event sponsors. Supporting Tri Delta in their 2008 fundraising efforts are presenting sponsors Surf Happens, and Deckers Outdoor Corporation with funding provided by Associated Students (AS). Also sponsoring the event is Deep Magazine, Pacific Beverage, Quiksilver, Roxy, Surf One, and Wahoo’s Fish Taco.
Tri Delta has been partnered with St. Jude since 1999. Since then, Tri Delta members have raised more than $2.8 million for St. Jude. To date, UCSB Tri Deltas have raised $21 thousand through Surf, Sand and St. Jude. The chapter members participated in a letter-writing campaign to ask for donations from family and friends.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is internationally recognized for its pioneering work in finding cures and saving children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. Founded by late entertainer Danny Thomas and based in Memphis, Tenn., St. Jude freely shares its discoveries with scientific and medical communities around the world. No family ever pays for treatments not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay. St Jude is financially supported by ALSAC, its fund-raising organization. For more information, please call 1-800-822-6344 or visit www.stjude.org.
