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Discover Pirate Quest with Dive Pirates at Booth #438 – fun, prizes, and purpose beneath the surface! Dive Pirates joins the DEMA Treasure Hunt this year and has refreshed its own signature adventure, Pirate Quest! This updated experience keeps the excitement alive while strengthening our connection with trusted Pirate Partners who help make every quest…
Three Boats. One Island. Infinite Bragging Rights—Dive Pirates Take the Challenge to Brac! The Dive Pirates Foundation is celebrating 21 years of making waves in the adaptive diving community with a return trip to Cayman Brac from June 21–28, 2025. This year’s trip brings together new adaptive recipients, returning pirates, scholarship recipients, their dive buddies,…
Dive Pirates Foundation Announces the 21st Annual Ball in Houston, Texas Dive Pirates Foundation Announces the 21st Annual Ball in Houston, Texas. Dive Pirates Foundation is thrilled to invite you to an unforgettable night in Houston on Saturday, February 15, 2025, at the Crystal Ballroom at The Rice. Celebrate 21 years of changing lives…
Pirate Hats, Photo Fun, and Great Booty – Dive Pirates Foundation Pirate Treasure Hunt at DEMA Show 2024 “This is my first year in tenure for the Dive Pirates Foundation, and what a way to start with DEMA in Las Vegas,” said Gregg Wentworth, the new incoming President of the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to…
Dive Pirates Foundation to Make Waves at DEMA Show 2024 The Dive Pirates Foundation is thrilled to announce its participation in the upcoming DEMA Show 2024, the premier event for the diving industry, in Las Vegas from November 19-22. As a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering individuals with disabilities through scuba diving, the Dive Pirates…
Dive Pirates celebrate 20 years of piracy in Cayman Brac To help commemorate its monumental 20th year of serving the adaptive dive community, the Dive Pirates Foundation is once again returning to Cayman Brac with a new batch of students, adaptive buddies, instructors, and volunteers on June 15-22, 2024. “This year we celebrate our 20th…
Dive Pirates Foundation Announces 10th Annual Treasure Hunt for DEMA Show 2023\ After last year’s success of our renowned treasure hunt with a virtual map, pirate hats, and photo fun, the Dive Pirates will venture to New Orleans to do it again; offering convention goers a chance to network with vendors and enter to win…
Dive Pirates Foundation nominated for DEMA’s Community Champion Award, asking for DEMA Members Dive Pirates Foundation is proud to announce it has been nominated for DEMA’s 2023 Diving Community Champions award. The Foundation is asking all DEMA members to support the crew and vote to recognize the great efforts achieved in 2023! Specifically, DPF is…
Dive Pirates return to Cayman Brac for 19th Annual Dive Trip with Adaptive Divers Gearing up for its annual trip sharing the fun, accessibility, and comradery of scuba diving with people of various mobile abilities, the Dive Pirates Foundation is offering a fundraising challenge as well as a raffle to help its recipients reach their…
Dive Pirates Foundation Announces 9th Annual Treasure Hunt at DEMA Show 2022 After last year’s success retooling the treasure hunt with a virtual map, pirate hats, and photo fun, the Dive Pirates will venture to Orlando to do it again; offering convention goers a chance to network with vendors and enter to win great pirate…
Dive Pirates head to Key Largo to Help others Unleash their Inner Pirate Sharing Adaptive Scuba Diving with 7 New Recipients, Foundation Invites You to Come Along Celebrating its 18th year of providing adaptive scuba diving to injured military, first responders and others who have lost some of their mobility, the Dive Pirates Foundation introduces…
Shake off the cold by planning your 2020 Adventure with Dive Pirates’ 16th Annual Trip We invite divers, non-divers, families, and friends to take in this 16th annual trip. A trip that celebrates the human spirit. The Dive Pirates Foundation eagerly releases this year’s 16th annual trip taking people with disabilities scuba diving…
Dive Pirates open the door to adaptive scuba diving to people with different abilities. It all started with three women sitting around the table. After a great day of diving, they started talking about their new certifications as adaptive scuba instructors. Who can we teach? Who would have interest? As news of the middle east…
US Army Major Lisa Jaster headlines 15TH Annual Dive Pirates Ball WHAT: 15th Annual Dive Pirates Ball to include an online silent auction, live auctioneer, 2018 recipient, Retired USMC Major Waheed “WU” Khan WHO: Supporters of the Dive Pirates Foundation, past and present recipients, many dressed in pirate flair. Maj. Waheed “WU”…
Adaptive Diving: Training Agencies Come Together to Discuss Growing Community of Adaptive Divers Dive centers, operators, resorts, really the whole dive industry is now challenged to meet the needs and desires of a growing adaptive diving community, welcoming them to a very adaptable sport while also addressing standards and safety. In a ground-breaking seminar sponsored…
Pirates Down Under – Dive Pirates welcome four new chapters as it expands to Australia A collaboration between RAID International, RAID US, the Dive Pirates Foundation, and Sargood on Collaroy. This collaboration expanded adaptive diving in Australia to four dive facilities and six instructors. Additonally, four people with disabilities now certified and enjoying the ocean around…
Skills for Life Reaches out to Pirates to Offer Scuba Experience By Dive Piratesaccess_timeOctober 29, 2018 Two years into her career, as an occupational therapist, Shawn Johnson attended a Skills for Life meeting. It changed her life, and she has been changing others ever since. A prosthetics manufacturer sponsored the meeting, which hosted a doctor…
Dive Pirates Foundation Reaches GuideStar Platinum, provides more Data on Progress and Results The Dive Pirates Foundation earned the Platinum GuideStar Nonprofit Profile Seal of Transparency. This is the highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar, the world’s largest source of nonprofit information. By sharing metrics that highlight progress, the Foundation is making toward its…
Vendors put themselves on the map for the ultimate treasure hunt with the Dive Pirates For the fifth consecutive year, vendors at the upcoming DEMA show 2017 will be part of the ultimate treasure hunt. It is a game that scores pirate booty and enters them in a drawing for grand prizes. Ultimately, the game…
Dive Pirates Prepare for Second 2015 Voyage with 8 Divers with Disabilities to Cayman Brac Dive Pirates June 17, 2015, Cayman Brac, Dive Pirates After a successful inaugural trip, from Utila, Honduras to the Laguna Beach Resort with two recipients and one returning recipient, Dive Pirates 2.0 is setting a course to Cayman Brac and the Brac Reef…
Dive Pirates to Hold TWO Seminars on Classified Diver Program during DEMA Show Dive Pirates October 21, 2015 Dive Pirates, SSI The Dive Pirates Foundation is wrapping up the 11th year of offering the mobility of scuba diving to those with mobile disabilities. President Barbara Thompson will be leading two seminars at DEMA to share the philosophy and…
Dive Pirates Expand Reach with New Relationship with RAID Organization Dive Pirates July 26, 2016 Dive Pirates, RAID The Dive Pirates Foundation, a recognized not-for-profit 501c3, is beginning its 13th year of sharing the freedom of diving with those with mobile disabilities. Accordingly, the foundation announces a new relationship with the dive training agency RAID. In short, they…
