SEPTEMBER 2005 NEWSLETTER

** To help us out, please print out a flyer for our Paddle Out on 9/10 and make some copies and put them up around your campus and student hall bulletin boards. And of course, you are welcome to help at our events and bring your friends! **

http://www.surfrider.org/sebastianinlet/docs/paddle-flier.pdf

This month I hope all 275 of our members get to participate in at least one of the events we are leading. Show your support for clean oceans and beaches, or let your voice go unheard. Thanks to all of our retail sponsors too, old and new – Neilson Shapes, Cocoa Beach Surf and Skate, The Groovetube, Skim City, Ultimate Sports Warehouse, Sunseed Food Co-op, Snappy Signs, Custom Vending, Longboard House, Dixie Crossroads, and Tires Plus Total Car Care.

9/3 and 9/4 - Surfrider Tent at the National Kidney Foundation Contest held at Coconuts in Cocoa Beach(Minutemen Parkway) – morning and afternoon shifts still open Saturday and Sunday for lots of community service hours. We’ll set up at 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and the late crew can come from 11:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

9/8  - URGENT!! - What: Army Corps of Engineers "Town Meeting"

When:September 8, at 5:30 p.m. (two hours before our regular meeting)

Where:Satellite Beach High School Auditorium 300 Scorpion Court, Satellite Beach, FL 32937 (map link)

click here for map

Purpose:Mid Reach Beach Re-nourishment Plans

9/8 – General meeting and officer nominations – Satellite Beach Recreation Center – Thursday at 7:30 p.m. – use the local SF website address below to get a Mapquest link

9/10 – 14^{th Annual National Paddle for Clean Water – 10a.m. to 1p.m. at Alan Shepard Park in Cocoa Beach – Free tshirts for first 100 participants.}

Click to get the PDF of the flyer – http://www.surfrider.org/sebastianinlet/docs/paddle-flier.pdf and display it at your workplace, library, surf shop, grocery store, or campus.

Here’s the timeline of events –

9:30 a.m. - volunteers needed to set up tent and tshirts

10 a.m. – gather all surfboards to spell out “Save our Ocean” (we need 51 of them).

11 a.m. – paddle out and make a ceremonial circle followed by a moment of silence for the victims of 9/11.

12 noon – speeches by community leaders. So far we have Amy Tidd – Sierra Club, Jim Egan – Marine Resource Council, Terry Gibson – Shallow Water Sportsman, Buzz Petsos – City of Cape Canaveral. Refreshments and snacks will be provided.

9/17 – International Coastal Cleanup – Surfrider is the group leader for Howard Futch Park in Paradise Beach – from 7:45 a.m. to noon we need people to sign in other volunteers and distribute materials.

9/24 - The EEL Program will be having a beach clean up at Bonsteel Park in the South Beach Region on National Public Lands Day, at 9:00 am. The county land preservation group will have an optional guided hike of the Barrier Island Trail afterwards.

For any of these events, just contact me at Surfrider@cfl.rr.com or Brian Lind (surfman@sunnyfla.us or 749-8557) if you wish to help us.

We also need a count of how many members want to go camping on November 5^{th at Longpoint Campground. Who’s coming?}

I hope that our spirit spurs the public to call for action to preserve our oceans and beaches. Be a part of it, and bring family and friends!

Greg Gordon
Chairman - Surfrider Foundation
Sebastian Inlet Chapter
www.surfrider.org/sebastianinlet
surfrider@cfl.rr.com