Recently we had the opportunity to paddle with the Mana’olana Pink Paddlers- Wow what a paddle!
Thank you to all members for braving the waves and allowing us to join them as they paddled in Maalaea Bay near Kihei, Maui. We were welcomed into the boat and made to feel right at home as we paddled in a Hawaiian double hull canoe on the Pacific Ocean for the very first time. What an awesome and tiring experience! Mahalo for your hospitality, and we hope to see you again soon.
The Mana’olana Pink Paddlers were started in 2006 by members of Maui Canoe Club and the Abreast-in-a-Boat dragon boat program here in Canada. Their original vision was to reach out to women breast cancer survivors in a gesture of support and recognition. Since then, in that same spirit, they have expanded their membership to include ALL cancer survivors and their supporters, regardless of age or gender.
For more information on either the Pink Paddlers or the Maui Canoe Club and how YOU too can join them for a paddle the next time you are in Maui , hint enter our win a trip to Maui contest, visit their websites:
http://www.manaolanapinkpaddlers.org/
http://www.mauicanoeclub.org/
Here are some pretty cool videos of the Pink Paddlers encountering Dolphins and Whales, too bad we missed that!
Whale encounter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-2fAI8vHA0
Dolphin encounter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJWKTkduD48
Don't forget to enter for your chance to win a trip to Maui and you can visit the Mana'olana Pink Paddlers.
