HAMPTON YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION

MISSION STATEMENT

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The Hampton Yacht Club Foundation (the “Foundation”) is a corporation organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes.

 

The Foundation promotes participation in boating, education and environmental awareness through collaborative programming, fundraising and community partnerships. The mission includes​​

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• supporting amateur youth sailing, youth sailing instruction, water safety instruction, amateur youth sailboat racing, boating and marine education and other activities conducted through the junior sailing program operated by the Hampton Yacht Club, Inc. (“HYC”),

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• supporting adult sailing, sailing instruction, water safety instruction, sailboat racing, boating and marine education and other activities conducted for the benefit of the members of HYC and the general public, and

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• supporting other boating and maritime-related activities.

 

The Foundation plans to achieve its Mission through several initiatives, including

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• supporting the Junior Sailing program at HYC, including needs-based scholarships to support participants in the program’s various sailing camps and, where possible, by accepting boat donations either for re-sale, for use in the Junior Sailing  program or for use in the HYC adult sailing program,

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• working with organizations which emphasize youth learn-to-sail, especially for youth who would not normally have an opportunity to learn to sail, including by providing needs-based scholarships to these youths, and

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• working with youth sailing programs to encourage their students to participate in youth sailing racing at HYC, including by providing needs-based scholarships to these youths if needed.