It's That Time of Year Again!

Time to dust off those river shoes and bottles of SPF 50 sunscreen and start thinking about our 2009 rafting season! The schedule is nearly complete, the snow is falling and waiting to flow into the South Fork, and the Healing Waters crew is preparing for 11 completely full weekends on the river. Each year we invite our Healing Waters family to the office for our New Volunteer Drive. You all know that we can't do it without you! And you all know how important our new volunteers are each season. You may have friends who always ask what it is you do when you leave the city for the weekend, or maybe you're someone who's been on a trip with us as a participant and now you'd like to be a part of the action. Here's the chance for all those people to see how we do it and sign up for a volunteer training!

Healing Waters Open House
Thursday, March 12th, 2009, 6:00-7:30pm
167 Fell Steet
San Francisco, CA

(415) 552-1190

This is a great opportunity to see all your summer friends and bring some fresh faces to the organization. We'd love to fill the office with friends, new and old. Please RSVP to me so we know what to plan for! I hope everyone has had an awesome winter so far, now get ready to plan for summer! Hope to see you all there! Erik Byrne Erik@hwaters.org

• May 9-10: Chip Off The Rust - Board Sponsored Trip
• June 6-7: Individual Client Trip
• June 13-14: Marin AIDS Project
• June 20-21: Individual Client Trip
• July 11-12: Thrive
• July 18-19: Individual Client Trip
• July 25-26: Bay Positives
• August 1-2: Strength In Numbers (1 of 2)
• August 8-9: Shanti
• August 15-16: Strength in Numbers (2 of 2)
• August 22-23: Individual Client Trip
• August 29-30: Individual Client Trip

Guide School 2009: Open for Registration!



Join us this Spring! Experience the satisfaction of not only guiding a paddle team through rapids, but of learning a new skill that will allow you to open up a new world for people living with HIV and AIDS.

Healing Waters is conducting a whitewater Guide School for individuals who are interested in learning how to become paddle-raft guides on Class III rivers. Over the course of our school you will learn the skills required to safely navigate a boatload of passengers downstream. We will teach you about hydraulics, ferry angles and safety talks. You will learn how to scout rapids, read water and get downstream without too many unplanned stops.

We will accept a maximum of twelve students in our Guide School to insure highly individualized attention and are especially looking for individuals who enjoy spending time outdoors and playing in the water and who are interested in contributing back to Healing Waters as a volunteer in the future. Previous rafting experience is not a requirement to attend Guide School.

The deadline for registration for the Spring 2009 Guide School is March 4.

For more information, schedule and costs, please contact the Guide School coordinator at guideschool@hwaters.org

Healing Waters is a San Francisco-based nonprofit whose mission is to empower, inspire and enrich the lives of people challenging HIV/AIDS through wilderness adventures