FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 1, 2010
From: Diveheart
900 Ogden Avenue #274
Downers Grove, IL 60515
Telephone: Diveheart at 630-964-1983
Al’s Diving 619-885-1795
California Residents to Receive Training to Teach and/or Assist Scuba Divers with Disabilities
Al’s Diving in San Diego will host Jim Elliott, president and founder of Illinois-based Diveheart as he provides instructor/buddy training for scuba diving with children, adults and veterans with disabilities. The program which begins with classroom instruction on May 19 will conclude with pool and open water dives ending on May 23.
WHAT: DIVEHEART Instructor and Buddy Training for Scuba Diving with Individuals with Disabilities
WHERE:Ocean Enterprises Classroom ,  7710 Balboa Ave San Diego, CA 92111
Open water dive on Sunday, La Jolla Shores
WHEN: May 19-23  A Discover Scuba Event for Individuals with Disabilities will be held on May 22
Diveheart provides and supports educational scuba diving and snorkeling experience programs to any child, adult, or veteran with a disability with the hope of providing both physical and psychological therapeutic value.
The physical, mental and spiritual benefits of scuba for people with disabilities and wounded veterans are beyond measure. “Science is increasingly supporting what we in the diving community already know to be true,” said Elliott. “This is the only sport in the world that has no gravity, along with all of the benefits that come with that. Our divers find that they can move body parts that they’ve never been able to move before. Range of motion improves immediately, circulation improves immediately. The under-water world of scuba is the only gravity-free environment in the world.”
Diveheart instructor/buddy training course has been taught to dive professionals around the world including the U.S., Caribbean, Australia, China, Mexico and more. Attendees at the upcoming event will learn about various disabilities and accessibility. Confined water training includes diving as a paraplegic (with legs tied), and as a blind diver with a blackened mask.
Diveheart Foundation is a non-profit tax exempt 501 (C) (3) national organization chartered in the state of Illinois. For further information visit www.diveheart.com. For information regarding the upcoming event contact Alan Blake at ablakediving@cox.net or call him at 619-885-1795