ALOHA FAMILY DAY IS JULY 13, 2024!!
fun, food, music, aloha, and prizes!
What's not to like? We had another great Aloha Family Day which the Club puts on, with the help of an amazing group of volunteers, to fundraise in order to maintain the beach and to provide funding for our other great events throughout the year.
Kurt Winn, George Laich, Mark Brown, and Clarence for busting out their HUGE spatula and cooking up about a ton of delicious bacon for breakfast. The kids had a blast at the cherry spitting contest refereed by none other than Josh Froley and SANO's chief aviator, John Stawarz, glued up 50 balsa planes for the distance flying competition. All of that was before lunch! We are already planning on adding additional kids' games for next year's event.
The beach vibe lit up listening and grooving to some great tunes by Bobby Lombard and the Shorebirds.
Breaks from the good listening were taken for the highly anticipated raffle where a grip of fun things that surfers love were bundled up in killer gift bags. The front row was filled with frothing kids hoping that their number would be the one called to get their hands on the goodies. The ear-to-ear grins from the grommets always make these events so much fun to do! After some delicious hamburgers were gobbled down by a bunch of hungry groms and their families it was time for the main event. Three electric bikes and two surfboards were raffled off to the lucky winners. Thank you to everyone who came down and shared the fun, contributed to the good vibes, and helped create some great memories.
My favorite moment of the day was when a young girl misread her raffle ticket number and came up to claim her prize. As she was eyeing the Rainbow Sandals she was about to get, the proper ticket holder came up with the correct numbered ticket. The adult, who was the rightful recipient, pulled the ultimate classy move and let the young lady keep her prize. You're the man, Joseph! That is what showing aloha is all about.
A special thank you to Ann Marie Moneymaker for her many hours spent organizing our fun day. This was her first Aloha Family Day, as club secretary, and you would think it was her twentieth by how well it all went. I would also like to thank our past secretary, Sarah Chen, and her husband, Gene Chen, for all of their help with the merchandise sales and for answering the call to duty due to an unexpected issue.
None of the club gear would have been there without the effort put in by Craig Ephraim.
Be sure to look over our list of companies that donated the prizes and support them whenever possible. Please also check out our Facebook page to see all the great pictures from the event that are taken by our club photographer, Matt Enright for everyone to enjoy.
We can't wait to do it all again next year! Please remember to love one another as much as you love our special stretch of sand.
Pray for surf!
Jim Wynne, President
San Onofre Surfing Club
VIDEOS FROM THE SHOREBIRDS BAND PLAYING AT THE 2022 SAN ONOFRE SURFING CLUB ALOHA FAMILY DAY
THE SHOREBIRDS FEATURING DAVE POLING ON VOCALS, BOBBY LOMBARD ON LEAD GUITAR, KEVIN TOBIA ON LEAD GUITAR, ALAN CHRISTY ON BASS, AND DAVE SMITH ON DRUMS
BOBBY LOMBARD AND THE SHOREBIRDS FEATURING CAMERON NEWMAN ON VOCALS
BOBBY LOMBARD AND THE SHOREBIRDS FEATURING DAVE POLING ON VOCALS
