DONATE TO BIG STICK
Make a donation to help fund Big Stick Surfing Association and our Scholarship and Community Giving programs. Over the past 20 years, Big Stick Surfing Association has raised over $150,000 for local scholarships and ocean-oriented non-profits.
Big Stick offers scholarships of up to $1,800 to graduating seniors from high schools in Santa Cruz County, who have demonstrated scholastic ability, a commitment to ocean sports, preservation of the ocean environment and ecology, good citizenship, and sportsmanship.
Big Stick also make annual contributions to organizations such as Surfrider Foundation Santa Cruz, Save our Shores, Save the Waves, Santa Cruz Scholastic Surf League, Ride A Wave, Waves of Impact, Live Oak Education Foundation, and Me Water Foundation. Club donation highlights since 2023 include:
Big Stick offers scholarships of up to $1,800 to graduating seniors from high schools in Santa Cruz County, who have demonstrated scholastic ability, a commitment to ocean sports, preservation of the ocean environment and ecology, good citizenship, and sportsmanship.
Big Stick also make annual contributions to organizations such as Surfrider Foundation Santa Cruz, Save our Shores, Save the Waves, Santa Cruz Scholastic Surf League, Ride A Wave, Waves of Impact, Live Oak Education Foundation, and Me Water Foundation. Club donation highlights since 2023 include:
- Over $24,500 to Ride‐A‐Wave, who helps children with disabilities and from underserved communities to have an amazing day at the beach.
- Over $24,000 to organizations protecting our coast, including Santa Cruz Surfrider Foundation, Save Our Shores, and the Surfers Environmental Alliance.
- $2,500 to the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum.
- $3,400 to Junior Guards groups for scholarships for kids with financial need.
- Nearly $5,500 to Santa Cruz Scholastic Surf League, which organizes wonderful contests for local kids all year long.