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The Sail and Life Training Society (SALTS), founded in 1974, is a non-profit Christian organization based in Victoria, British Columbia.SALTS provides sail training and life lessons for 1,700 young people each year on tall ships [2] and provides a valued link to the area's maritime heritage. [3]
Mercy Ships is an international charity based non-governmental organization [1] that operates the largest non-governmental hospital ships in the world, [2] providing surgical care and surgical education in Africa, community development projects, community health education, mental health programs, agriculture projects, and palliative care for terminally ill patients.
Kars4Kids is a Jewish [4] nonprofit car donation organization based in Lakewood, New Jersey in the United States. Kars4Kids is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that states that its mission is "to fund educational, developmental, and recreational programs for low-income youth" [5] through programs largely facilitated by its sister charity Oorah, which focuses on Jewish children and families. [6]
Sea Shepherd chapters across the world organize onshore cleanups throughout the year to pick up debris near oceans, streams, and rivers. In April 2018, Sea Shepherd released a PSA that takes an artistic approach to telling target audiences that more than one million marine animals die every year from plastic debris.
In 2014, the Themed Entertainment Association presented their THEA Award to OES for their Revolution Tru-Trackless ride system. [42] In 2013, OES won the THEA for Transformers The Ride 3-D at Universal Studios Hollywood and Singapore, for Ride & Show Systems. In 2008 they won the THEA for Shuttle Launch Experience. [43]
Juliet Marine Systems Ghost is a super-cavitating stealth ship. The ship's experimental hull design can reduce hull friction to 1/900th that of conventional watercraft. Ghost was designed, developed, and built by the private American company Juliet Marine Systems. [1]
The first festival was held in October 2001 at Allen's Landing in downtown Houston. [1] In 2004, the festival added a second event – the Gulf Coast International Dragon Boat Regatta held in October at Clear Lake Park. 2005 saw the festival host the U.S. Central Region Championships in conjunction with the Gulf Coast International regatta.
The United States Congress authorized the construction of Texas, the second Navy ship to be named after that state, on 24 June 1910. [16] [17] Bids for Texas were accepted from 27 September to 1 December with the winning bid of $5,830,000—excluding the price of armor and armament—submitted by Newport News Shipbuilding.