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- The Southern Cross Adaptive Maritime Program (SCAMP)has four focus activities:
- sailing opportunities to a targeted population;
- therapeutic and recreational sailing;
- competitive amateur sailing;
- maritime associated educational skills (practical application of mathematics, marine biology, climatology, and oceanography).
- These activities are conducted by U.S. Sailing certified instructors, professionally certified craftsmen in the boat building/maintenance trades and degreed individuals from academia.
- SCAMP activities are conducted year-round: on-water seamanship/sailing instruction (weather permitting), classrooms and boat building/maintenance facilities for hands-on training. Primary operating area is the Hampton Roads region.
- The Southern Cross Adaptive Maritime Program (SCAMP) offers its programs to individuals with a wide-range of disabilities and disadvantaged youth. Thus providing a healthy educational environment where participants from all levels of ability and economic backgrounds interact and strive toward common goals.
- Eighty percent of the total time is allocated to our primary focus activities, with the remainder toward administrative activities.
- The Southern Cross Adaptive Maritime Program (SCAMP) is funded through gifts, grants or contributions from individuals, trusts, or endowments. In addition, fees charged participating organizations for the use of facilities and associated equipment. The Southern Cross Adaptive Maritime Program is also known as: SCAMP
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