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General
Questions:
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What
is Healing Waters Wilderness Adventures' mission?
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How can I contact Healing Waters Wilderness Adventures?
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Can
you tell me a little about Healing Waters Wilderness Adventures as an organization?
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How often do you provide trips?
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How can I become a
volunteer?
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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 Wilderness Adventures as an organization?
Healing Waters Wilderness Adventures 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
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7:30 AM -- Our East Bay participants meet at the Cal Adventures/Berkeley Marina (directions
below) & we all leave for the river
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10:15 AM -- We arrive at the campground and setup camp
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11:00-5:30 PM -- We raft, have lunch, raft some more along the beautiful
American river
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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
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8:00 AM -- Breakfast on the river, pack up camp, have a closing circle
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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 Wilderness Adventures 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
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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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