Help Us Build a Kayak Fleet at CCB

As you may know, CCB is dedicated to providing children from the Greater Bridgeport Area with an opportunity to learn about and enjoy Long Island Sound regardless of financial ability to pay. Many of the children we serve have never had the opportunity to get on Long Island Sound and it is hope to expand their horizons and introduce them to the many benefits boating may offer a child including team work, problem solving skills and self esteem.

This summer we began to share the sport of kayaking with the childen of CCB. Half way through the season, the fleet we were using was taken back by its owner unexpectedly. Many of our children were very dissapointed to lose the oppotunity to kayak. As I am sure you are well aware, kayaking is an exellent way to introduce an individual to the water while also providing that individual with a great cardio-vascular work out and ton of fun.

Please help usto once again engage the children of the Greater Bridgeport Area in the fabulous sport of kayaking. We are asking you and all your friends and family to dig into your basements, garages and back yards and see if you might have a sit-on-top kayak and/or paddle that you are no longer usingand might be willing todonate to the CCB Kayak program. It does not need to beclean or evenwater tight. Our skilled staff can repair and scrub with the best of them. We will even pick it up at your home and if need be pull it out of that pile of prickers that has consumed it over the summer. We would prefer itto be a sit-on-top as they are much easier for new-bee kayakers to learn on.

All vessel donations are fully tax-deductable though the Cardinal Shehan Center and should you have any questions, concerns, thoughts or feelings you would like to ask us, please feel free to contact the CCB Kayak Guru, Jean Tranpanie at jeantrapani@optonline.net