{"id":4159,"date":"2009-01-16T04:54:14","date_gmt":"2009-01-16T11:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=4159"},"modified":"2010-09-21T15:56:06","modified_gmt":"2010-09-21T22:56:06","slug":"mike-reillys-all-4-the-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=4159","title":{"rendered":"Mike Reilly’s All 4 The Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Header<\/a>Three-time national amateur surfing champion and former WQS ProMike Reilly<\/strong> has set up a new non-profit organization to “provide children of global action sports destinations with tangible items that will help enrich and save their lives.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough my travels, I\u2019ve seen first-hand how the basic needs of children in our favorite surf destinations just aren\u2019t being met.All 4 the Kids<\/a><\/strong> is committed to finding exceptional causes each year and producing events to support them,\u201d said Reilly. \u201cBy operating without any overhead, partners and supporters can feel confident that their donation will be directly applied to the cause of bettering or saving a child\u2019s life.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The first event, Nets For Life<\/strong> is March 21, 2009 at the Kona Cafe in Huntington Beach and will be raising money to buy mosquito nets for kids in Sumatra. Follow the jump for more info.<\/p>\n

[Link: <\/strong>All 4 The Kids<\/a><\/strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n

ALL 4 THE KIDS LAUNCHES TO BENEFIT THE CHILDREN OF
\nACTION SPORTS DESTINATION COMMUNITIES<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/span>Tickets Now Available for Non-Profit Organization\u2019s First Event with
\nSurf Aid International
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

LONG BEACH, CA, January 15, 2009 — All 4 the Kids announced its official launch today as a new non-profit organization whose mission is to provide children of global action sports destinations with tangible items that will help enrich and save their lives. As a 501(c)(3) organization (pending), All 4 the Kids was formed to operate with no overhead, so that each and every dollar raised will go straight to the children who are its focus.<\/p>\n

All 4 the Kids was founded by three-time national amateur champion and former WQS Pro Mike Reilly, who along with a select group of friends, wanted to make a positive impact in the lives of the children he saw when traveling the world surfing. With Mike\u2019s travel experience in mind, each All 4 the Kids fundraising activity will focus on a specific initiative that directly affects the lives of children living at or near a popular action sports destination. <\/p>\n

\u201cThrough my travels, I\u2019ve seen first-hand how the basic needs of children in our favorite surf destinations just aren\u2019t being met. All 4 the Kids is committed to finding exceptional causes each year and producing events to support them,\u201d said Reilly. \u201cBy operating without any overhead, partners and supporters can feel confident that their donation will be directly applied to the cause of bettering or saving a child\u2019s life.”<\/p>\n

<\/span>
\nFirst Event \u2013 Mosquito Nets for Sumatra Fundraising Dinner
\n<\/strong><\/span>
\nAll 4 the Kids first effort is to work with Surf Aid International to provide mosquito nets and disease education within the communities off of Indonesia’s Sumatran coast. According to the Red Cross, approximately 100 million people in Indonesia (nearly half of the entire population) are at risk of malaria infection, with an estimate 42,000 dying of malaria annually. Repeated bouts of malaria are known to damage the mental and physical development of children, interfering with their schooling and killing the weakest.<\/p>\n

On March 21, All 4 the Kids will be hosting their first fundraising event, \u201cNets for Life,\u201d in order to raise money to purchase insecticide treated mosquito nets that will be distributed to families and children who otherwise would not be able to afford them. Taking place at the Kona Caf\u00e9 in Huntington Beach, CA the dinner event will feature live music from the Gonzalo Bergara Quartet and 80\u2019s cover band Cover Me Bad. Information about donations and details on this year’s “Nets 4 Life” event can be found at www.all4thekids.org.<\/p>\n

People interested in attending the fundraising dinner and brands looking to support \u201cNets 4 Life\u201d or other All 4 the Kids events should email info@all4thekids.org.<\/p>\n

<\/span>About All 4 the Kids<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/span>All 4 the Kids is a status-pending 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed to
\nprovide children of global action sports destinations with tangible items that will help enrich and save their lives. With a zero-overhead business model, All 4 the Kids was formed to operate so that each and every dollar raised will go straight to the children who are its focus.
\n<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>Information on how to become involved with All 4 the Kids can be found online at www.all4thekids.org<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three-time national amateur surfing champion and former WQS ProMike Reilly has set up a new non-profit organization to “provide children of global action sports destinations with tangible items that will help enrich and save their lives.” \u201cThrough my travels, I\u2019ve seen first-hand how the basic needs of children in our favorite surf destinations just aren\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4159"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4159"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17861,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4159\/revisions\/17861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}