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February 12th, 2004: KGTV Channel 10 News (San Diego) presentation of Leadership Awards to Josh & Jesse Billauer. |
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February 27th, 2004: TLC’s While You Were Out surprises Jesse with a Life Rolls On media room. Read more HERE. |
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March 25th, 2004: 8th Anniversary of spinal cord injury to Life Rolls On founder Jesse Billauer |
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May 8th, 2004: Pacific Beach Block Party. $1,600 raised for LRO. |
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July 25th, 2004: Red-Carpet Dinner, Auction and Concert in Santa Monica featuring performance by Ziggy Marley. Event raises $30,000 for the Life Rolls On Foundation. |
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July 25th, 2004: Dateline NBC interviews Jesse Billauer |
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July 26th, 2004: 6th Annual Golf Tournament at Malibu Country Club. Event raises $110,000 for the Life Rolls On Foundation. |
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August 1st, 2004: 4th Annual Expression Session at the US Open of Huntington Beach. 85,000 spectators witness history as quadriplegic surfer Jesse Billauer surfs alongside world champion surfer Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, and other top professionals. Event raises $20,000 for the Life Rolls On Foundation.
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August 4th, 2004: Good Morning America airs interview of Life Rolls On Foundation founders Jesse and Josh Billauer.
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October 6th, 2004: Life Rolls On Foundation makes two grants for spinal cord injury research. $5,000 towards Dr. Mark Tuszynski's lab at UCSD and $30,000 to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.
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October 17th, 2004 (Newport Beach, California)): Life Rolls On presented "Wheels 2 Water," a new surfing program for disabled surfers (novice or experienced). Program now called They Will Surf Again.
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November 3rd, 2004 (Portland, Oregon): Jesse Billauer awarded Nike's 2004 Casey Martin Award. Life Rolls On presented with $25,000. Read the press release here.
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November 5th, 2004 (San Diego, California): Life Rolls On receives gift from Steve Luzco for $25,000. Grant will go towards furthering LRO's efforts to create awareness amongst youth audience. |
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November 17th, 2004 (New York, New York): Jesse Billauer attends the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation's (CDRF) Annual Gala "A Magical Evening," hosted by Life Rolls On supporter Minnie Driver. Life Rolls On contributes $4,500 to CRPF for this event and future research. Event program features full color page message from the Life Rolls On Foundation. |
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November 20th, 2004 (San Diego, California): They Will Surf Again #2 held at La Jolla Shores in San Diego, California. |
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January, 2005 (San Diego, California): Life Rolls On receives $10,000 grant from Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation to produce an "awareness video" about spinal cord injuries. Rudolph and Sletten Construction donates $3,000 to Life Rolls On from employee fund drive and company match. Thank you!
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January, 2005 (San Diego, California): KGTV 10News again honor LRO Founder Jesse Billauer, and LRO President Josh Billauer with "Leadership Award" for 2004 at Annual Leadership Gala. |
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February, 2005 (Australia): Oz for a Cause - Support Garrett, Kyle, Chris and Robby as they bike around Australia (!!) to raise money for Life Rolls On and other charities, Oz For A Cause. |
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April 10th, 2005 (Nationwide): E! True American Story: Jesse Billauer
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May 21st, 2005 (Malibu, California): They Will Surf Again, a program of Life Rolls On, takes 17 disabled people out surfing. 35 volunteers help make dreams come true! |
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July 24th, 2005 (Santa Monica, California): 2nd Annual Night By The Ocean raises $150,000 for Life Rolls On Foundation programs. |
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July 25th, 2005 (Malibu, California): 7th Annual Golf Tournament at the Malibu Country Club sold out for 7th straight year. |
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July 31st, 2005 (Huntington Beach, California): 4th Annual US Open of Surfing Expression Session. Life Rolls On puts on an assisted surfing display in front of close to 100,000 people. Top surfers in the world participate in this event along with LRO founder, Jesse Billauer. |
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October 22nd, 2005 (Bolsa Chica, California): Once again, They Will Surf Again, a program of Life Rolls On, in conjunction with Wheels 2 Water, takes nearly two dozen disabled people out surfing. Dozens of volunteers help to put on this spectacular event. |
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February 15th, 2006 (San Diego, California): Josh Billauer, President of Life Rolls On, presents ceremonial check to University of California at San Diego researcher Dr. Mark Tuszynski. $10,000 contribution to Center for Neural Studies will fund ongoing spinal cord injury research. |
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February 25th, 2006 (Long Beach, California): 27th Birthday and 10th Anniversary of Life Rolls On Founder, Jesse Billauer's SCI. Benefit concert at the Vault in Long Beach raises funds for 2006 motivational speaking tour. Musical performance by The Red West, bFoundation, The Southland, and Slightly Stoopid. Surprise performance by Timmy Curran. MTV Networks documents event for future airing.
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April, 2006 (National): Life Rolls On Foundation Founder Jesse Billauer begins nationwide speaking tour, "Jesse's Story on Tour". Sponsors include Op, Balance Vector, Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resources Center, Life Rolls On, Boost Mobile, SurfAid International, Seagate and Honda. |
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May 2, 2006 (Washington DC): Life Rolls Foundation Founder Jesse Billauer speaks at Working 2 Walk event in support of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Act. |
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June 10, 2006 (Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina): First TWSA event is held in North Carolina. Dozens of surfers and volunteers show up to make this event a huge success! |
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July, 2006 (Global): Life Rolls On releases first ever Public Service Annoucement (PSA). Aired nationally on FUEL TV, and streamed globally on Life Rolls On Foundation website, MySpace and YouTube. |
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July 23, 2006 (Beverly Hills, California): 3rd Annual Night By The Ocean black-tie gala at Beverly Hills Hotel. Featuring performances by Jason Mraz and Tim Curran. |
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July 24, 2006 (Malibu, California): 8th Annual Life Rolls On Foundation Golf Tournament - a sell-out, yet again. |
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July 30, 2006 (Huntington Beach, California): Life Rolls On participates as the official charity of the 5th Annual US Open of Surfing. Culminates with Expression Session in front of 120,000 people. |
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August, 2006 (Global): Life Rolls On launches MyLRO, a membership program. |
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August, 2006 (National): National Public Radio (NPR) airs two stories on Life Rolls On's TWSA program. Aired nationally and streamed online globally. |
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September, 2006 (San Clemente, California): Life Rolls On is one of the official charities of the Boost Mobile Pro presented by Hurley. This event is part of the World Championship Tour, presented by the Association of Surfing Professionals. |
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September, 2006 (La Jolla, California): The Surf Industry Manufacturer's Association (SIMA) Liquid Nation Ball 3 raises over $220,000 for Humanitarian charities. Life Rolls On is a beneficiary of this event.
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September 27, 2006 (Beverly Hills, California): Life Rolls On is the gold sponsor ($50,000 donation) to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation gala. CRF event raises money for spinal cord injury research. |
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September 30, 2006 (Cape May, New Jersey): First Annual East Coast Golf Tournament raises over $30,000 for the Life Rolls On Foundation. |
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October 2006 (San Francisco, California): Ryan Weber skateboards from Southern California to San Francisco, a 507 mile journey. With his brother in tow, the Weber Brothers trip raised awareness for spinal cord injury and the Life Rolls On Foundation. This trip was part of the LRO Race Team fundraising efforts. |
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November 1, 2006 (Bethesda, MD): Life Rolls Foundation Advocates Patrick Ivison and Jesse Billauer are both nominated for the National Spinal Cord Injury Association Hall of Fame: Emerging Leaders Award. 2006 Award won by Cody Unser. |
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November, 2006 (Redondo Beach, California): Life Rolls On Foundation is featured charity on Thanksgiving episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
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January 28, 2007 (National): Life Rolls On Foundation founder Jesse Billauer is awarded the Heroes Among Us award by the NBA's Los Angeles D-Fenders. Read story online.
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January, 2007 (Los Angeles, CA): Life Rolls On Foundation founder Jesse Billauer is featured in January issue of "Spirit" magazine found in all Southwest airplanes nationwide.
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January 25, 2007 (National): Life Rolls On featured in Chronicle of Philanthropy Story about social networking. Read article (PDF)
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February 1, 2007 (San Diego, California): Life Rolls On President Josh Billauer interviewed by Time Warner Cable News for story about Life Rolls On. Airs nine times on CNN Headline News in San Diego the following week. |
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February 12, 2007 (National): Life Rolls On featured in About.com story about Back & Neck Pain. Read Here |
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February 13, 2007 (San Diego, California): Life Rolls On featured in press release, Local Surfing Community Supports UC San Diego’s Innovative Spinal Cord Regeneration Research. Read Press Release
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February 21, 2007 (National): Kintera press release featuring Life Rolls On's use of social networking. Read Press Release |
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February 23, 2007 (Long Beach, California): Life Rolls On Benefit Concert featuring Jason Mraz, Bushwalla, Jayson Belt and Kent Doonan.
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February, 2007 (National): Life Rolls On Foundation President, Josh Billauer, is interviewed by the NonProfit Times regarding Life Rolls On's usage of social networking sites such as MySpace.
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February 24, 2007 (Los Angeles, California): At the 16th Annual Sports Legends Awards hosted by the Paralysis Project of America, Life Rolls On Foundation Founder Jesse Billauer is awarded the Shoemaker Award for his "efforts in raising disability awareness."
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March, 2007 (National): Life Rolls On Foundation founder Jesse Billauer is a guest on the morning show, Naomi [Judd's] New Morning. Visit the show's website.
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March 2007 (Beverly Hills, California): Students at Horace Mann School in Beverly Hills raise over $10,000 for Life Rolls On. Kindergartners Harrison Walker and Erica Espineli raise $1200 and $630, respectively. "I wanted to help people in wheelchairs so they could get out of their wheelchairs someday,” Espineli said. Read the article from the Beverly Hills Courier.
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April 4, 2007 (San Diego, California): LRO Ambassadors gather for a photo shoot at Tim Mantoani's studio in San Diego. See photos |
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April 16, 2007 (Los Angeles, California): Life Rolls On enthusiastically welcomes Kris Nakamura to the position of Executive Director/CEO. |
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April 29, 2007 (Huntington Beach, California): TWSA Event #9 held at Bolsa Chica State Beach. Over 150 volunteers and 24 adaptive surfers enjoyed great waves! |
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May 2007 (Global): Life Rolls On's TWSA Video highlighted on the homepage of MySpace.com. With over 170 million members, the video is viewed by nearly 100,000 people within the first 36 hours. Within one week the video had been viewed nearly 150,000 times.
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May 17, 2007 (Chicago, Illinois): Life Rolls On's Public Service Announcement (PSA), "Pool," is awarded to runner-up at the 6th Annual Association of Independent Creative Editors (AICE) Awards. Over 400 entries were submitted in the category of Public Service, and LRO was runner-up! Learn more about the AICE Awards. Special thanks to "Pool" editor Dean Miyahira of chrome, and director, Richard Yelland of CurtisBirch. |
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May 26, 2007 (Cocoa Beach, FL): Life Rolls On's They Will Surf Again event #10 took place for the first time in Florida. Volunteer coordinators Van Starling and Carl Bergstrom. |
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June 2, 2007 (Wrightsville Beach, NC): Life Rolls On's They Will Surf Again event #11 took place for the second consecutive year in North Carolina. Volunteer coordinators Mike Gurrera and Tony Butler. |
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June 2, 2007 (San Diego, CA): Life Rolls On has a booth at the 3rd Annual Switchfoot Bro-Am in Encinitas. Dozens of local supporters volunteered at the booth to spread the word about Life Rolls On. Volunteer coordinator Matt Dawson. |
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June 2, 2007 (Baja Californa, Mexico): Life Rolls On ambassador Ricky James became the first paraplegic to ride in and complete the Baja 500. More about Ricky's amazing feat, www.rjamesbaja.com |
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July 1, 2007 (Culver City, CA): Life Rolls On annouces hiring of new Program Director/COO Seth Rosenzweig.
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July 22, 2007 (Beverly Hills, CA): Life Rolls On 4th Annual Night By the Ocean presented by Disaboom, black tie dinner gala at the Beverly Hills Hotel raises over $375,000. Features musical performances by Miles of Slightly Stoopid, Jon Foreman of Switchfoot, and Jackson Browne. Visionary Award given to Gary Scott Thompson, creater of NBC's Las Vegas. Paris Hilton and Molly Sims top auction bidders of the evening.
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July 23, 2007 (Malibu, CA): Life Rolls On 9th Annual Golf Tournament presented by Disaboom at the Malibu Country Club. A sell-out for the 9th consecutive year
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July 26-29, 2007 (Huntington Beach, CA): Life Rolls On is the official charity of the Honda US Open of Surfing Presented by O'Neill for the 6th year. 6th Annual Expression Session presented by Disaboom features exhibition by LRO Ambassadors Patrick Ivison, Xavier Horan, Chris Bailey and Corey Towne. Jesse Billauer emcees the exhibition from the stage.
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August 2007 (Southern California): Life Rolls On Ambassador Ricky James attempts a backflip on his motocross bike into a foam pit. Watch out for future updates when Ricky completes this amazing feet on the track!
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September 7, 2007 (Florida): Life Rolls On Ambassador Aaron Baker completes his Rise Above Tour, a cross country bike ride that raises over $20,000 for spinal cord injury rehabilitation awareness.
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September 8, 2007 (La Jolla, CA): Life Rolls On is one of several humanitarian beneficiaries of SIMA's Liquid Nation Ball 4, held at the beachfront home of Fernando and Vicky Aguerre. Event raises in excess of $250,000.
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September 10, 2007 (Malibu, CA): Jesse Billauer films episode for television show, No Opportunity Wasted (NOW) at Malibu Surfrider Beach. Jesse takes paralyzed athlete surfing for the first time, to help him overcome his fears of the water.
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September 11, 2007 (Anaheim, CA): Life Rolls On Ambassador Bobby DuCharme's documentary, Can't Keep Me Down, receives runner-up in the category of "Best Documentary" at the 35th Annual Surfer Poll & Video Awards.
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September 2007 (Worldwide): Life Rolls On Ambassador Briana Walker is unveiled as the new spokesmodel for Overstock.com.
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September 2007 (Worldwide): Life Rolls On featured in beta launch of MySpace/Paypal partnership to enhance online giving via the world's largest social network.
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October 6 2007 (Bolsa Chica State Beach, CA): TWSA Event #12 held in Orange County, CA. Over 125 volunteers assisted 24 disabled surfers. Hungtington Beach Elks Club donates two beach wheelchairs to LRO.
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October 2007 (New York, NY): Life Rolls On's public service announcement, 'Pool', is nominated for an Emmy® in the category of National Public Service Announcement.
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October 27, 2007 (Jacksonville, FL): TWSA Event #13. Special thanks to Carl Bergstrom.
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March 9, 2008 (La Jolla, CA): Life Rolls On presents TWSA event #14 at La Jolla Shores in San Diego.
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March, 2008 (California): Life Rolls On contributes $60,000 to spinal cord injury research. $20,000 is given to each of the following; UCI Reeve-Irvine Center, UCSD Center for Neural Repair, and the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.
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May 3, 2008 (Long Beach, California): First Annual Ambassador Retreat. Fishing out of Long Beach. Special thanks to 976-TUNA.
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May 10, 2008 (Jacksonville Beach, Florida): LRO Holds TWSA # 15 – Jacksonville Beach, FL with 29 injured athletes and over 175 volunteers making it the largest TWSA to date. Special thanks to Alice Krauss.
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May 13, 2008 (Culver City, California): LRO Welcomes Tara Llanes as an Ambassador.
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May 30, 2008 (Culver City, California): Major rock band contributes $200,000 to Life Rolls On.
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June 21, 2008 (Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina): They Will Surf Again #16
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June 22, 2008 (Pier Village, Long Branch, New Jersey): They Will Surf Again #17
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July 2008 (Malibu, California): Life Rolls On hosts 10th Annual Golf Tournament presented by Disaboom.
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July 2008 (Huntington Beach, California): 7th Annual Expression Session presented by Disaboom held at the U.S. Open of Surfing.
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July 19, 2008 (Zuma Beach, Malibu, California): They Will Surf Again #18
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August 9, 2008 (Little Island Park, Virgina Beach): They Will Surf Again #19
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August 16, 2008 (Bolsa Chica State Beach, California): They Will Surf Again #20
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September 20, 2008 (Cocoa Beach, Florida): They Will Surf Again #21
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September, 2008 (New Jersey): 3rd Annual Life Rolls On East Cost Golf Tournament raises $30,000.
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October 12, 2008 (Hollywood, California): Life Rolls On hosts 5th Annual Night by the Ocean presented by Disaboom.
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November 2008 (Culver City, California): Two New Board Members introduced, Scott LeClair and John Hearne. David Lienhard joins the Advisory Committee.
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February 2009 (Culver City, California): LRO welcomes new staff member Meghan Schinderly as Program Director.
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April 2009 (Culver City, California): LRO welcomes Jesse Faen as Advisory Board Member. Bob Yant shifts to Medical Advisory Committee.
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May 1, 2009 (Hermosa Beach, California): AYP LA/OC hosts 1st mixer.
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May 3, 2009 (Bolsa Chica, California): TWSA #22 is new Program Director Meghan Schinderle's first TWSA. It is also the largest TWSA in LRO history, with 30+ surfers and 150+ volunteers. FUEL TV and ABC 7 News were present. Nathan Gocke's first time surfing surf his injury a year ago.
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May 6, 2009 (San Diego, California): Tim Mantoani photographs LRO ambassadors
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May 16, 2009 (Jacksonville Beach, FL): They Will Surf Again #23 completed
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June 28, 2009 (San Diego, California): AYP San Diego booth raises awareness of Life Rolls On at Switchfoot Bro-Am.
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June 28, 2009 (Cape May, New Jersey): They Will Surf Again #24 completed
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