An interdisciplinary senior project class (ENGR 459) is working with a national non-profit to help people with disabilities surf. AmpSurf is a non-profit national organization headquartered in Pismo Beach “established to Promote, Inspire, Educate and Rehabilitate (PIER) all people with disabilities and their families through adaptive surfing and other outdoor activities,” according to their website. The […]
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How a Marine Corps vet turned his passion for surfing into a program to get people with disabilities on the water
Surfing requires a lot of patience and endurance in order to learn; now imagine ripping waves while missing a limb. Dana Cummings is a Marine Corps veteran who served two tours in Iraq. He faced gunfire and death, but came out physically unscathed. It just so happened that he was driving down the freeway one […]
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Digital company donates knowledge with Generation: Change
Local creative digital agency Hathway has launched its project Generation: Change to aid nonprofit organizations using Internet services, rather than cash donations, nationwide.