Oahu Dive For Life 2014
What a wonderful Event for the weekend. We had such amazing support from all over the island, and a turn out of over 100 divers! For those who are not familiar, Dive For Life is an event we at Island Divers started last year.
There are many ways people are raising money to fund the research into a cure for cancer, one especially that is a successful tradition is Relay For Life.
Island Divers Hawaii decided to put a twist on the Relay for Life to make it fit what they and their diving community can relate to, Scuba Diving. From that Dive for Life was born. Teams of divers hit the water at Sharks Cove to dive for 12 hours while donations flooded in to support their efforts.
The biggest reward at the first Dive For Life is that Divers from around the world donated and Dive For Life raised over $6800 for American Cancer Society. The American Cancer Society representative of Hawaii Arthur Grau was blown away by the popularity and efforts that dive for life committed to the cause.
This year we wanted it to be even bigger! We want to be one of the largest Cancer fundraiser event in Oahu and create a tradition for all our future divers in Hawaii to join together their Dive Shops, Dive Clubs, and weekend dive groups and do something for others.
Like we said before, we had an amazing turn out of over 100 divers and we raised over $5000! Every team did such an amazing job getting all their friends and families involved and everyone was so excited to dive all day long!
Not only did we have amazing support from our SCUBA community, We had amazing sponsors join the fight. Aqua Lung donated a Legend LX regulator, Impression Mask, & X Shot fins. Oceanic donated Aeris A300 computer, Veo 1.0 console computer, Veo 3.0 Wrist computer, Aeris mask, fin, snorkel bags, Hollis t shirts, and Lava Core Hats. Scuba Pro donated an MK25/600 regulator.
We just thank you all for coming together and being apart of a cause we can all relate to!
Congratulations to the winning teams Wetter is Better, Honolulu Dive Club, and Better than the Dive Misfits! You can still donate till next week at www.oahudiveforlife.com
