Crystal Ballroom at the RICE
909 Texas Ave, Houston TX 77002
909 Texas Ave, Houston TX 77002
All times are CST and Approximate
5:00 PM | Meet and Mingle
6:00 PM | Dinner and Silent Auction Closes
* 6:30 PM | Welcome
* 6:45 PM | Triumphant 2024 Dive Pirates Video Launch
* 7:00 PM | Keynote Recipient Speaker, Ali Zia Kerawala
7:10 PM | Live Auction
7:40 PM | Adopt a Recipient and Run-Around Game
8:00-11:00 PM | Casino Night
* These items are available virtually via live stream, details to come.
Join us for an enchanting evening at our annual gala ball. To celebrate the flexibility, resilience, and versatility of the incredible individuals we serve. This year, we honor their remarkable journeys of adjustment and transformation as they conquer our adaptive scuba program for people with disabilities.
At the Dive Pirates Foundation, it’s not about what you can’t do, it’s about discovering what you can. As we embark on our 21st year Charting New Adventures, our mission embodies solidarity, initiating and accepting each diver into our supportive community. Leveling the playing field to ensure everyone has the opportunity to explore the wonders of the underwater world. Your presence and support will help us continue empowering these courageous divers; demonstrating that with determination and the right opportunities, anything is possible.
Dive Pirates Foundation recruits injured veterans, law enforcement, emergency first responders, and others who are medically qualified and physically disabled. With your support, we can train and equip recipients to scuba dive along with an adaptive dive buddy on a trip of a lifetime. Most importantly we encourage our pirates to keep diving and enjoy this life-changing mobile sport with family and friends for years to come. We aim to show recipients the beauty and freedom of scuba diving and introduce them to a world they may have thought impossible to see up close!