JAMIE BOECKEL LIFE JACKETS
 

The JBMF has been busy carrying out its mission through our charitable efforts. The life vest program has proven to be rewarding for both the Fund and award recipients. With the help of Landfall Navigation (http://www.landfallnavigation.com) in Stamford, CT, custom ExtraSport Mystique life vests have made with Jamie’s initials on the back of the vest in code flags. Since 2004, the following organizations were chosen to receive custom PFDs for their sailing programs.

     
Autism Swim and Sail
Long Island, NY
(http://autismswimandsail....)
Downtown Sailing Center
Baltimore, MD
(www.downtownsailing.org)
Davis Island YC Youth Sailing
Tampa, FL
(www.diyc.org)
     
Sail Newport
Newport, RI
(www.sailnewport.org)
Stamford Sailing Foundation
Stamford, CT
(www.stamfordsailingfoundation.org)
Great South Bay YMCA
Sailing Program

Bayshore, Long Island, NY
(www.ymcali.org/great_sb...)
     
Box of Rain
Annapolis, MD
(www.boxofrain.org)
Portsmouth Youth Sailing
Portsmouth, RI
(www.onaquidneck.com/pys)
Paul Cuffee School
Providence, RI
(www.paulcuffeeschool.org)
     
America True Foundation
San Francisco, CA
(www.americatrue.org)
   


Davis Island YC Sailing Team (click to enlarge)

Portsmouth Youth Sailing (click to enlarge)


Stamford Sailing Foundation (click to enlarge)

Box of Rain (click to enlarge)


Stamford Sailing Foundation (click to enlarge)

Stamford Sailing Foundation (click to enlarge)


The life vest program encourages young sailors to understand the importance of wearing PFDs at all times on the water. By encouraging this practice at a young age, we hope that wearing a PFD on the water will become as natural as wearing a seatbelt in a car. Furthermore, this program has helped these organizations update outdated safety gear and expand their supply enabling more students to get out on the water.

These Extrasport Mystiques (left) have Jamie's initials on the back in code flags and for each sale of a Jamie Boeckel Lifejacket,a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Jamie Boeckel Foundation. http://www.landfallnavigation.com/extrasport.html

   
Click here to read a letter from the Portsmouth Youth Sailing after the Jamie Boeckel Foundation donated 12 PFDs to their sailing program in June, 2006.
   
Click here to read a letter from the Paul Cuffee School after receiving 45 Extrasport Mystique Lifejackets on April 1, 2005.
   

The Jamie Boeckel Memorial Fund is a qualified 501c(3) charitable organization.