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During training as recipients of the Dive Pirates Foundation, stories of shrapnel, surgeries, and more filled the air, but soon dispersed as they located fins, BCs and completed their open water certifications as classified divers (SSIs revamped Adaptive Diving Program designation) to prepare for their trip to Cayman Brac.
This is a great group this year, men and women who have been though a lot, and we are so fortunate to get to know them, do something fun, and turn them into rock stars for a week, said foundation president Barbara Thompson.
This years recipients include:
Eighty people in all are taking part in this years annual trip, including 8 other classified divers who have been on the trip before and are returning to enjoy the weeklong adventure that includes three dives a day with Reef Divers II, beautiful accommodations at the Brac Reef Beach Resort plus scavenger hunts and other pirate pillaging.
The Dive Pirates Foundation gives special thanks to its sponsors; SSI, Brac Reef Beach Resort, Reef Divers II, renowned artist Rogest, Scuba DoRag, Pelican Case and JAWS Products for their dedication to Classified divers.
To coordinate photo opportunities before travel date contact Theresa Cortez at 877-393-3483.
To Contact Dive Pirates during their trip, contact Theresa@divepirates.org or call the Brac Reef Beach Resort at 800-594-0843. Skype interviews will be available.
Follow the weeks adventures on Facebook or our websites blog.
The Dive Pirates Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing scuba diving to persons with disabilities and joining them with the mainstream of divers. Its vision is to create a community of divers that will dive and travel in the mainstream world of scuba diving through education and overcoming obstacles. For more information about the foundation go to www.divepirates.org
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This is a great group this year, men and women who have been though a lot, and we are so fortunate to get to know them, do something fun, and turn them into rock stars for a week, said foundation president Barbara Thompson.
This years recipients include:
- Specialist Shane Bliss, US Army Houston, TX
- Lance Corporal Daniel Burney, USMC Boerne, TX
- Jimmy Cruz, Lubbock, TX
- CW4 Jerry Hamilton, US Army, Clarksville, TN
- Captain Marlene Krpata, US Army, San Diego, CA
- CaptainAndrew Richard, US Army , San Antonio, TX
- Corporal Travis Sigmon, US Army, Eden, NC
- And Rio, not pictured, California.
Eighty people in all are taking part in this years annual trip, including 8 other classified divers who have been on the trip before and are returning to enjoy the weeklong adventure that includes three dives a day with Reef Divers II, beautiful accommodations at the Brac Reef Beach Resort plus scavenger hunts and other pirate pillaging.
The Dive Pirates Foundation gives special thanks to its sponsors; SSI, Brac Reef Beach Resort, Reef Divers II, renowned artist Rogest, Scuba DoRag, Pelican Case and JAWS Products for their dedication to Classified divers.
To coordinate photo opportunities before travel date contact Theresa Cortez at 877-393-3483.
To Contact Dive Pirates during their trip, contact Theresa@divepirates.org or call the Brac Reef Beach Resort at 800-594-0843. Skype interviews will be available.
Follow the weeks adventures on Facebook or our websites blog.
The Dive Pirates Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing scuba diving to persons with disabilities and joining them with the mainstream of divers. Its vision is to create a community of divers that will dive and travel in the mainstream world of scuba diving through education and overcoming obstacles. For more information about the foundation go to www.divepirates.org
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