{"id":45696,"date":"2023-12-21T09:44:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T07:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/christmas-beach-party-for-surf-alliances-graduation-function-20231219\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T15:37:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:37:45","slug":"christmas-beach-party-for-surf-alliances-graduation-function-20231219","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/christmas-beach-party-for-surf-alliances-graduation-function-20231219\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas beach party for Surf Alliance\u2019s graduation function"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a heartwarming twist to the traditional white Christmas, children who participate in the JBay Surf Alliance Academy\u2019s Surf Therapy programme swapped snowflakes for beautiful waves and a sandy beach, at a very special Graduation and Christmas party last week. <\/p>\n<p>JBay Surf Alliance Academy (JBSA) is an after-school safe space for youths at risk. They offer a Surf Therapy Programme which has international status. Children come from the schools in Pellsrus. <\/p>\n<p>According to Debbie Cilliers, managing director of JBSA, they currently have 78 children attending their programme and this was their second successful year. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is also our second year-end function to celebrate the festive season and the coming holidays. This year was particularly special, as the kids who have been with us for two years graduated with a certificate of achievement and got some pretty cool gifts. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the academy we teach Mindfulness, Communication, Sharing, Caring for the Environment and the Ocean, and Plastic Pollution, and that there are plenty of ocean-based jobs to grow into as the youths develop and move into the tertiary education sector.<\/p>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_e287de02\">\n<div class=\"text\">Our nine graduates now join our Friday Free Surf School so they are not dropped, but have a safe place to have fun and nurture their growing and ongoing passion for the ocean.<\/div>\n<div class=\"citation\">Cilliers<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the year-end party they celebrated all 78 children and they were able to hand out party packs filled with sweets and biscuits. They had lunch together and then handed out the graduation certificates. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll our surf and boogey boards and wetsuits at the academy are donated to us, and so we were proud to gift the graduates with the very board they had used over the two years of being with us. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe party ended with the kids going surfing at their local spot, Kitchen Windows, with the stoke continuing into the New Year,\u201d said Cilliers.<\/p>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_fa48e225\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10661\/7072ff977a18431c82d70493608dd8b0.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/6e75e051250447168793ce1ec67c8183.jpg\" title=\"Children who have been with JBSA for two years graduated with a certificate of achievement.                     \" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Children who 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