The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel Presents Annual Holiday Surfboard Auction

The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel Presents Annual Holiday Surfboard Auction
The Holiday Surfboard Auction showcases an amazing selection of surfboards that are displayed at the resort and auctioned off to benefit Surfers Healing. The auction runs through noon on December 31, 2015 and can be found at www.BiddingforGood.com/SurfersHealing.

The concept for The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel's Holiday Surfboard Auction was developed by General Manager Bruce Brainerd. In 2008, the Surfboard Auction raised more than $13,000. Since then, the resort has raised more than $200,000 for Surfers Healing through the Surfboard Auction and annual Surfing Santa Competition.

Though Surfers Healing serves thousands, their mission exists because of one child. Izzy and Danielle Paskowitz founded Surfers Healing because of their son, Isaiah. Isaiah has autism, and when he struggled with meltdowns and sensory overload, riding the waves with his father calmed him like nothing else. Not everyone has a championship surfer for a Dad, so the Paskowitz family invited others to join them at the beach. Their idea caught on, and now Surfers Healing is a nationwide, grassroots non-profit organization. They are the original surf camp for children with autism and ALL of their events are free. Yet even though they had 4,500+ participants last year – and even though autism now affects 1 in 68 children in the U.S. – Surfers Healing doesn't think in thousands. They think in ones, because that's where they can effect change. One child. One family. One day at the beach.

Visit website: www.BiddingforGood.com/SurfersHealing