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General
Questions:
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What is Healing Waters'
mission?
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How can I contact Healing
Waters?
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Can you tell me a little about
Healing Waters as an
organization?
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How often do you provide
trips?
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How can I become a
volunteer?
Questions About Trips:
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What do you do over the course of
the trip?
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Are there physical restrictions on
who can come?
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What do I need to
bring?
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How do I make a
reservation?
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Where do we
meet?
Our
Mission:
Our mission is to empower, inspire and enrich the
lives of people challenging AIDS through wilderness
adventures. Our primary focus is on white water
rafting trips, sea kayaking expeditions and camping
trips for youth.
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Can you tell me a little about Healing Waters as an
organization?
Healing Waters is a tax-exempt 501c (3) non profit
organization based in San Francisco. Our small
administrative staff and our large pool of volunteers
have been providing high quality wilderness
experiences for people with AIDS since October of
1996. Read our history for
more information about how we got started.
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How often do you provide
trips?
We offer our trips every other weekend from May to
October.
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How can I become
a volunteer?
Please click on the Volunteer button
on the main menu to find out how to become a
volunteer for Healing Waters.
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How can I contact Healing
Waters?
167 Fell Street
San
Francisco, CA 94102
Tel: (415) 552-1190
Email: info@hwaters.org
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What do you do over the
course of the trip?
Our typical trip is a two-day, one-night weekend
trip. We leave Saturday morning and return
Sunday early evening.
Here is a sample itinerary of one of
our raft trips:
Saturday
- 7:00 AM -- Our San
Francisco participants meet at 167 Fell
Street and depart for Berkeley
- 7:30 AM -- Our East Bay
participants meet at the Cal
Adventures/Berkeley Marina (directions below)
& we all leave for the
river
- 10:15 AM -- We arrive at
the campground and setup camp
- 11:00-5:30 PM -- We raft,
have lunch, raft some more along the
beautiful American river
- 5:30 PM -- We get off the
water and return to camp, have a homemade
dinner and hang out by the campfire.
We'll often cook some S'mores for
dessert!
Sunday
- 8:00 AM -- Breakfast on the river,
pack up camp, have a closing
circle
- 11:00 Look at our rafting photos and
head back to the Bay Area
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Are there physical restrictions on who
can come?
The only physical
requirement is that participants must be able
to hold onto a strap while in the boat.
The boat will be jostled at times and
participants need to have the strength to keep
themselves in the boat. Participants are
encouraged to paddle; however, participants
that are unable to paddle are very, very
welcome to join us as well.
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What do I need to
bring?
Healing Waters provides all of the
group equipment to go rafting and camping. We
provide life vests, paddles and boats as well
as tents, sleeping pads and sleeping bags for
accommodations. We provide all food
(except for lunch on the road coming back on
Sunday) as well as transportation to and from
the river.
Here's
an example of what you would need to bring for one of
our rafting trips:
- Sun screen and
sunglasses
- A plastic water bottle (plastic
Evian bottles work fine)
- A swim suit to wear under the
wetsuit
- 2 pairs of shoes (including one pair
that can get wet)
- Dry clothes for the evenings and
travel days
- A towel and a flashlight
- Insect repellent (optional) and
personal toiletries
- A warm jacket that repels rain,
gloves and a warm hat (we have extras if you
need these)
- A wool sweater or
synthetic top .(we have extras if you need
these)
- 2
pairs of wool socks to keep your feet warm while we
raft (We have extra socks if you need
them). Do not bring any cotton clothing that
you plan to wear while rafting. Cotton does
not insulate your body and will actually keep
you cold when wet. We recommend tops and
socks made of wool or synthetic materials
(such as capeline or
polypropylene).
- A pillow
- Pleasure reading and snacks that you
like
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How do I make a
reservation?
Space on our trips is limited. Priority is given to
people who have been diagnosed with AIDS (as opposed
to being HIV+). To sign up for trips for people
with HIV and AIDS, click here. To sign
up for trips open to anyone regardless of HIV status,
click here.
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Where do we meet?
Directions to the Cal
Adventures/Berkeley Marina: From San
Francisco, go over the Bay Bridge and take I-80 East.
Take the Powell Street exit (the 1st exit from the
bridge). Turn left under the freeway and then right
onto Frontage Rd. Follow Frontage Road to University
Ave. Turn left on University and left again at the
fork. The Cal Adventures parking lot is one mile on
the left. From the north, exit at University Ave. and
follow the signs to the Berkeley Marina. Look for
signs to Cal Adventures.
Directions to the
UC Aquatic Center/Berkeley Marina by public
transportation: Take
BART to the Berkeley BART Station. (It's at the
corner of Center and Shattuck). Bus 51M leaves
the intersection of Center and Shattuck every
20 minutes. Take 51M and ask if the driver will
let you off at Cal Adventures/the Cal Sailing
Club. After you cross the freeway, begin
looking for a small Healing Waters sign on your
left. This is where you need to get off. If you
can't get off there, get off at the last stop
and walk to where you saw the sign (it's not
far).
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