Posts by Barbara Rubin
Richard Silva
In 2000 at the age of 28, Richard approached his wife about his need to change up life a little. “I had a great deal of pride and a deep sense of patriotism and knew it was time for a change”.
Read MoreWAVES Chaplain, Sid Siez
Sid Siez joins the volunteer staff of veterans with the WAVES Project. In addition to offering a friendly ear, Sid writes a monthly column for the WAVES Website Blog offering practical tips on subjects like resolving conflict and setting meaningful goals.
Read More2nd Quarter 2018 Review
We conducted HSA (Handicap SCUBA Association) training for our instructors and Dive Masters to gain the skills to transfer a paralyzed “wheeled” diver onto a dive boat, then into the ocean and back out again.
Read MoreIn Memory of Alastair Nichol
Alastair Nichol passed away peacefully on March 21st after a five month battle with pancreatic cancer. Alastair was born in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England in 1960. He moved to Kingston, Ontario, Canada at the age of eight with his family, where he lived until he completed his Bachelor’s degree (with honors) in Chemical Engineering at Queen’s…
Read MoreTragedy strikes without warning
A message from the founders of the WAVES Project: Tragedy can strike anyone, anytime, anywhere without warning. It was a tragedy that inspired my husband Steve and I to begin the WAVES Project, watching the son-in-law of a lifelong friend learn to live without the legs and fingers he left in Afghanistan. Trying to find…
Read MoreKABC 7 Television story
The WAVES Project extends a huge thanks to Leanne Suter and KABC 7 for this great story! In early June 2016 Leanne brought her camera crew to the pool to check out what the WAVES Project is all about. They produced a great video of WAVES Diver Ceasar Rameriz with his buddy Alex Aripez, and…
Read More2015 year in review
As we begin the new year we are reminded to give thanks for the terrific support we have received in 2015 and wanted to share with you some of the things we have done. To date we have trained over 40 veterans and their dive buddies. Some of the other great things that have happened…
Read MoreThis is how we help a wounded warrior reach the water!
Beautifully choreographed assisted diver entry at Catalina’s Casino Point Dive Park! Timing the challenging surge perfectly, watch how effortlessly these divers enter the water to don their awaiting gear! Thank you to Randy Lung, Waco Merchant, Instructors Steve Rubin, Dennis Nies and Ron Fonstad and congrats to Ceasar on his first ocean dive! We don’t…
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