OCCTAC NEWS

Dear Friends! We want to take the time to thank everyone who volunteered for our wonderful Ocean themed community art workshop at the Festival of Children. Hundreds of kids got to decorate their reusable shopping bags and learned why it is important to keep plastics out of the ocean! We also created our dream islands and dream surfboards.  Gracias to Darrell Ferguson - who missed part of the action at Trestles during the Hurley Pro (Kelly Slater won it!) and Lindy Neubauer from Surfrider's Newport Beach Chapter for their support, the wonderful bags and their friendship! Gracias to our visual arts director and surfer girl Kathryn Forrest who also sacrificed a morning in the waves. And a Big THANK YOU to our student volunteers, Judith, Moises, Jenny and Victoria and friends whose names we unfortunately did not capture. We look forward to creating more wonderful events with Surfrider Foundation All Photos by Marion Renk-Rosenthal and Liss Aldana for OCCTAC.

           Dear Parents & Children! The OC Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center and the Newport Beach  Chapter of Surfrider Foundation will team up to conduct this Sunday’s Festival of Children’s Community Art Workshop at South Coast Plaza.  Date: September 18, 2011  Time: Noon to 4PM  Location: Carousel Court  OCCTAC focuses on improving the lives of children through the arts.  Surfrider Foundation has been protecting oceans, waves and beaches since 1984.  Together we aim at educating all participating children and their families about the importance of using reusable grocery bags instead of single use plastic bags as well as keeping the Orange County beaches clean by protecting the Orange County water shed. Now, what does this mean in terms of fun? Kids will get to decorate their very own Surfrider Foundation canvas bags with ocean motives. The bags are theirs to keep and use - AND RE-USE! Our frien...