Veterans Ocean Adventures, Inc

A nonprofit organization

Past Year's Accomplishments: VOA has provided services to Veterans since 2009 via partnerships with various community organizations and businesses. This program has consistently served approximately 450 veterans, disabled veterans, active duty members and their families each year.

Goals:
1) Develop an operating plan that will achieve the mission by providing quality programming. While all activities are single events, pathways exists for continued participation all they way through to volunteer and instructor development.
2) Develop comprehensive Outreach strategy that will effectively reach wounded soldiers and their families as well as reach and serve the South Florida Military community.
3) Develop funding strategy that will provide venture start-up funds and lead to a financially sustainable program.
Program service objectives:
▪ Introduce 500 Veterans and their families to water sports annually
▪ Facilitate reintegration/compliment Mental Health care of 200 Veterans and their families using VOA services.
▪ Train 20 Veterans to earn sailing or SCUBA certifications


4) Develop replica-table program models for use by other communities or form VOA chapters/outstations.

Programs: Our programs complement VA and DoD efforts to alleviate the trauma felt by GWOT Veterans and other era Veterans. VOA offers therapeutic water sport activities and training that promotes physical strength and well being, addresses isolation and supports ongoing mental health treatment for these Veterans.

Mission

Our mission is to provide opportunities for Veterans to experience the healing power of water. Simply put, we take Veterans Sailing, SCUBA diving and paddling to improve their physical, emotional and mental health in order for them to successfully reintegrate into the community.

VOA uses its community outreach and programming to serve veterans and their families and will develop training procedures and methods for replication in other communities.

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Veterans Ocean Adventures, Inc

Tax id (EIN)

26-4179467

Address

8803 SW 206th LN PO Box 226571
Doral, FL 33222