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Trade Shows
Exposure in the press is important, and we have been busy working several trade shows with the IAHD booth this year already – Our World Underwater in Chicago, Illinois, Beneath the Sea in Secaucus, New Jersey, and the Penn Suburban Chamber of Commerce Business Expo in Upper Gwynedd, Pennsylvania. We have also confirmed our spot in the upcoming Long Beach Scuba Show, being held May 29-31 in Long Beach, CA. Additionally, DiveNewsWire has been busy with a number of recent press releases detailing our programs and activities here.
Pictured is IAHD-Pro Ray Graff at the Penn Suburban show.
Training-wise, we just recently completed the IAHD Sport Diver certification of a young lady who suffers from Myotonic Dystrophy, a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy. We completed her confined water training in Rye, New York, and then we traveled with her to the island of Bonaire, where she completed her open water dives. We want to thank Serge De Groote and the staff at the Divi Flamingo Resort Dive Center for their assistance while we were there.
On Tour
Finally, this past weekend found the IAHD-Americas team completing our first major Try Scuba Tour with our new 28,000 gallon heated portable pool. The event was held at the Cradle of Liberty Boy Scout Jamboree in Green Lane, Pennsylvania. It was a huge success, with lots of media coverage, and over 125 scouts, including a number of disabled scouts, got to enjoy scuba diving for the very first time. Twenty-two IAHD Pro’s and members of Venture Crew 3000 participated to make this another great event for the IAHD!
Fund raising is a key element in helping to support the good work, and we are honored to announce that Learning Through Travel has elected to become a supporting sponsor of IAHD-Americas programs. They kicked this off with the donation of an all-inclusive trip for two, including airfare, to dive the Red Sea and tour the historical treasures of Egypt. The trip value was over $5,400, and we raffled the trip as a fund raiser. The lucky winners were Ray & Sara Derstine of Harleysville, Pennsylvania, who are looking forward to visiting the land of the Pharaohs later this year. Our thanks to Darlene Buonauro, the owner of Learning Through Travel, for being such a big supporter of IAHD-Americas.
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IAHD-Americas Makes Adaptive Scuba Viable for Dive Centers & Resorts
Plenty of opportunities for specialized training for dive professionals.
The International Association for Handicapped Divers (IAHD-Americas) is offering dive centers, independent instructors and resort operators the training, support and structure they need to make adaptive scuba a viable and on-going part of their business rather than a sporadic charitable cause. IAHD-Americas leverages the strength and experience of its parent organization, IAHD International, which has been serving handicapped divers, companions, instructors, and affiliates successfully since 1991. Now, IAHD-Americas is bringing their technical and business acumen to our region full force.