Smiles on Dials day opens season

A Smiles on Dials day will open the season for the Central Coast Disabled Surfers Association at Umina Beach on December 7.

The day will celebrate International Day of People with Disabilities, with a theme of growing community inclusion.

Association president Ms Rae Fiechter volunteers were always needed to help with the program.

They were needed to help participants to and from the beach, in and out of the water and to set up and clean up afterwards.

"Our volunteers provide a unique, safe and happy surfing experience to a wide range of people with various disabilities who would otherwise be unable to access the beach.

"We only surf in broken waves, in waist depth water, with participants enjoying the experience that abled-bodied people often take for granted," Ms Fiechter said.

"Volunteers do not need to know how to surf."

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Media release, 12 Nov 2019

Rae Fiechter, CCDSA