PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

Many of us go through tough emotional times….especially as kids……

I personally, was overweight as a kid and was teased on the playground like so many others…

I believe SCUBA DIVING is a perfect therapy for those with obesity issues. The water is very forgiving….and it is non competitive. A new diver can work one on one with a buddy and enjoy the dive without peer pressure from others.

Once you’ve read this month’s  Diveheart newsletter by Dan Barrett, check out the video link discovery jones Cozumel….under diveheart videos….it does a great job of showing how we train and how powerful scuba is as a tool for those with disabilities…

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Jim Elliott
President of Diveheart

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Diveheart Newsflash Feature Story

The Last One’s Chosen

By Dan Barrett

It is sadly an all-too-familiar story: the stigma of being picked last. We all seem to relate to it. Whether at school, on the playground, or even within our own families, everyone can think of one time in which they felt inadequate or abandoned. For one group of adolescents, however, such times rarely can be linked to specific instances or events. For severely obese adolescents, the pain and stigma of being left out of normal childhood activities is a burden they must carry each day, one that can be as weighty as the extra pounds they carry.

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