Sunday, April 22, 2012

Ohana Day 2012


Ohana Day Reflections – April 22

Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel

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The electricity in the air on Sunday made up for the fact that it was an overcast day. All the kids were excited to fill up their beach cleanup bags with trash and make Seal Beach even more beautiful than it already is.

 
The Surfrider Foundation Huntington Beach/Seal Beach Chapter was out in full force manning the information booths and serving Java Jaws Coffee. 

 
Event sponsor Kohl’s volunteers turned the beach into a sea of purple with their Kohl’s Cares purple T-shirts. In addition to helping clean the beach, Kohl’s announced that it was donating $30,000 to the Surfrider Foundation.

 
Among the other sponsors were: Wells Fargo, Whole Foods, Shaklee, Up, Up and Away Kites, and Aquarium of Pacific.


Surf artists Robb Havassey and Nathan Gibbs showed up, too. Havassey donated original artworks and a surfboard he designed that celebrates native culture and the environment. 

 
Gibbs donated artworks and his environmental book The Betrayal of Man.

 
The Originalities band kept the music going and lots of people were stopping by to see the Ocean Friendly Garden that Greg Goran set up. 


And, at the end of the day everyone was trying to get Chapter Chairperson Tony Soriano into the Coral Reef dunk tank…but he was too fast to catch.


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