Crystal Ballroom at the RICE

909 Texas Ave, Houston TX 77002

AGENDA – FEBRUARY 17, 2024

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.

CHARTING NEW ADVENTURES

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.

WHAT WE DO

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!

RECIPIENT SPEAKER

Ali-Zia Kerawala close up
Ali-Kia Kerawala

Dive Pirates Recipient 2024