This summer scientists, veterans, teenagers, and researchers joined forces to restore the Hope Reef off the coast of Looe Key, Florida. About 36 volunteers planted 500 corals in a single day, the most planted in one day since the Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge, SCUBAnauts International, and Mote Marine Laboratory began working together in 2012. The […]
Members of the Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge (CWVC) and SCUBAnauts International joined forces with half-a-dozen scientists from Mote Marine Laboratory for a one-day, record-breaking mission on a Florida Keys reef. They planted 500 corals in a day. The number of corals planted marked the most-ever the groups have planted in a single day since they […]
On Tuesday, June 27, members of the Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge and SCUBAnauts International will join forces with scientists from Mote Marine Laboratory to plant 500 nursery grown corals near Looe Key. Members of the media are invited to join the trip, though there are only a LIMITED NUMBER of spaces available for media divers […]
No matter how bad your day is going, there is always a wounded veteran out there struggling to accomplish what most of us would think was the impossible. The wounded veterans we work with are the most resilient and amazing people on the planet. Just knowing them is an absolute honor. Here’s Holly Katke showing […]
CWVC participants are in the news all over the Keys! They are making a difference in the lives of wounded veterans, and for wounded reefs… Recently, members of the Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge and SCUBAnauts International joined forces with scientists from Mote Marine Laboratory to plant nursery-grown corals near Looe Key. This event marked the […]
On Monday, July 18, members of the Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge and SCUBAnauts International will join forces with scientists from Mote Marine Laboratory to plant nursery-grown corals near Looe Key. This event will mark the fifth year of a unique coral restoration partnership that enables citizen science volunteers to participate in cutting-edge marine habitat restoration… […]
Kathryn Bursch, Community Partnerships Manager at 10News WTSP presents Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge (CWVC) with a $2,000 grant at its studios in St Petersburg, Florida. Accepting on behalf of CWVC is Dave Caras, USCG (Ret), a CWVC Advisory Board member, and Neal Harper, CWVC Vice-President. 10News WTSP (www.wtsp.com) provides tens of thousands annually to local […]
Pete Quintanilla, our Deputy Director of Operations, was interviewed by Howard Altman of the Tampa Tribune. He spoke of how the reports of excessive spending by Wounded Warrior Project, especially on non-veteran projects, is effecting all veteran support non-profits. Fund raising is not an easy endeavor, and having negativity surrounding one of the largest non-profits […]
