News from Indo Jax Surf Charities:
Special Needs Summer Camp – Who is Teaching Who?
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C., May 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — "Some people look at individuals with disabilities and think, 'Oh, we're going to have to help them a lot.' The result is actually the opposite," said Maddie Ashcraft, seven-year summer camp instructor. Ashcraft says her students have taught her more than she has ever taught them. Photo […]
Special Needs Teacher Shares Lessons Learned on TEDx Talks
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C., April 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Jack Viorel's teaching career began 25 years ago in a classroom with medically fragile, special needs, and at-risk kids. "That first year was a big wipeout … I had to find a way to make it work," said Viorel, sharing his story with TEDx Talks at the University […]
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C., May 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — "We want to leave the world a better place," said Keller Johnson-Thompson, announcing a three-year program supporting North Carolina surf camps for visual and hearing impaired children. Photo – http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140513/87298 Photo – http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140513/87299 Johnson-Thompson is the great-grand niece of Helen Keller, and serves as Vice President of the […]
