The Northwest Dive & Travel Expo, April 21-22 at the Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center in Tacoma, WA, is taking on a cause. This year the Expo will help “Save the Boobies”.
Marine Artist Rogest has designed a pink t-shirt especially for the show. The shirt features a Galapagos Blue Footed Boobie bird on the front with the tagline “We Love Boobies”. This play on themes shirt will be sold at the show with all the proceeds going to Dive for a Cure, an organization that helps fight breast cancer.
The shirts are being donated to the show by Explorer Ventures, a liveaboards company that conduct a lot of dive trips to the Galapagos Islands. Explorer Ventures president Clay McCardell says that it’s a great cause and they are excited about supporting it this year. “We make many trips to the Galapagos Islands and we are very active in getting the word out about the Blue Footed Boobies; what a great way to showcase two causes, the birds and breast cancer, at the same time.”
Dive for a Cure began in 2008 when Eugene Skin Divers Supply in Eugene, Oregon organized and co-sponsored the first fundraising event and raising almost $20,000. In 2009 they raised $30,000 and in 2010 the fundraising continued to march on coming in at over $42,000.00. All proceeds from the money raised are donated to the Oregon Health Sciences University Knight Cancer Institute for breast cancer research and education.
“We believe a cure is out there,” says Diane Hollingshead, co-owner of Eugene Skin Divers Supply, “we just haven’t found it yet. Breast cancer affects everyone in one way or another; whether you have it, your mom, a daughter…everyone has to consider the possibility that it will profoundly affect their lives in some way. We are just doing our part to move the search for a cure along.”
Come to the NW Dive & Travel Expo and purchase your shirt to help with breast cancer awareness and research. After all, who doesn’t love the Blue Footed Boobies? For more info visit www.diveandtravelexpo.com. ■
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