2020 Fundraising Program: Support Youth Sailing!!!
We successfully trained 148 students in our 2020 Summer Program and we continue throughout the winter however COVID-19 has impacted our income and fundraising. Several of our aging single-handed trainer boats need new sails or full replacement .
King Harbor Youth Foundation completed another very successful summer program.
•We taught 148 kids to sail with zero COVID-19 infections despite being limited to our Opti single-student boats.
•Our Opti race team has grown to have the most competitors ever.
During the summer and into the fall, we had extensive waiting lists of students who wanted to participate. To take advantage of the opportunity to broaden youth interest in sailing and reduce some of our financial challenges, we elected to continue the program into the fall and currently have full Opti classes ongoing.
While the summer and fall programs are very successful, thanks to our Sailing Director Roger O'Connor and his staff, we are challenged by 2 key issues:
• LA County guidelines have prevented us from running our 2-sailor FJ classes, our Martin-242 based adventure sailing, and our High School sailing team, putting us short on revenue.
• We were unable to run our two key in-person fundraisers.
Another major challenge is our single-person Opti equipment is aging. In 2011 we purchased 20 "Ploptis" (plastic training Optis) and ten race Optis. This equipment trained over 1000 sailors! It's now time to begin the replacement process. Today we need to replace:
•All 20 of the "Plopti" sails
•Ten complete "Ploptis"
•2 used (to save expenses) race Optis
The total price for this equipment is $31,000.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
•We seek donor support to (a) help us through our 2020 revenue challenges and (b) to procure the equipment listed above.
•In total we are looking to raise $58,000
•Any donation amount is valuable!
•A donation of $4000 or more will allow the donor(s) to name one of the new boats. This perk is also available to donors who team up; however, only one boat name is allowed per $4000 donation.
KHYF has been a critical contributor to the South Bay sailing community. We would very much appreciate any support you can provide in these challenging times.
Please make your check payable to King Harbor Youth Foundation and mail to King Harbor Yacht Club, 280 Yacht Club Way, Redondo Beach, CA 90277.
We successfully trained 148 students in our 2020 Summer Program and we continue throughout the winter however COVID-19 has impacted our income and fundraising. Several of our aging single-handed trainer boats need new sails or full replacement .
King Harbor Youth Foundation completed another very successful summer program.
•We taught 148 kids to sail with zero COVID-19 infections despite being limited to our Opti single-student boats.
•Our Opti race team has grown to have the most competitors ever.
During the summer and into the fall, we had extensive waiting lists of students who wanted to participate. To take advantage of the opportunity to broaden youth interest in sailing and reduce some of our financial challenges, we elected to continue the program into the fall and currently have full Opti classes ongoing.
While the summer and fall programs are very successful, thanks to our Sailing Director Roger O'Connor and his staff, we are challenged by 2 key issues:
• LA County guidelines have prevented us from running our 2-sailor FJ classes, our Martin-242 based adventure sailing, and our High School sailing team, putting us short on revenue.
• We were unable to run our two key in-person fundraisers.
Another major challenge is our single-person Opti equipment is aging. In 2011 we purchased 20 "Ploptis" (plastic training Optis) and ten race Optis. This equipment trained over 1000 sailors! It's now time to begin the replacement process. Today we need to replace:
•All 20 of the "Plopti" sails
•Ten complete "Ploptis"
•2 used (to save expenses) race Optis
The total price for this equipment is $31,000.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
•We seek donor support to (a) help us through our 2020 revenue challenges and (b) to procure the equipment listed above.
•In total we are looking to raise $58,000
•Any donation amount is valuable!
•A donation of $4000 or more will allow the donor(s) to name one of the new boats. This perk is also available to donors who team up; however, only one boat name is allowed per $4000 donation.
KHYF has been a critical contributor to the South Bay sailing community. We would very much appreciate any support you can provide in these challenging times.
Please make your check payable to King Harbor Youth Foundation and mail to King Harbor Yacht Club, 280 Yacht Club Way, Redondo Beach, CA 90277.