11-10-20007
UNDERWATER IMAGES COMPETIONS LINKS WITH DIVEHEART
FOR IMMEDIAT RELEASE
CONTACT: Carol Kender scuba.one@hotmail.com or 614-226-6709
Divers and Marine Creatures is a new category in the Underwater
Images Photo/Video Competition. Underwater Images is
not-for-profit competition, chartered in the state of Ohio, with
all proceeds going to marine conservation and education. The new
category also aligns with a new beneficiary for the 2008 contest
– The Diveheart Foundation. The deadline for entries in this
competition which is now in its 11th year is March 1, 2008 and
application forms can be obtained at www.uwimages.org.
In selecting Diveheart as one of the beneficiaries of the
Underwater Images Competition, Director Roger Roth commented
“This organization’s goals fit perfectly into the underwater
images mission statement of: “Raising the awareness of the
ecological importance of preserving marine habitats by
education.”
The Diveheart Foundation is a non-profit national organization
chartered to provide and support educational SCUBA diving and
snorkeling experience programs for physically impaired children
or adults in the hope of providing both physical and
psychological therapeutic value to that person.
Other charities that Underwater Images supports include: Pro
Peninsula, a conservation organization dedicated to empowering
communities in Baja California, Mexico to protect and preserve
their environment. Their main focus is on a Sea Turtle
Conservation Network. Also, receiving proceeds from the
competition is Mahonia Na Dari, non-profit group that has been
working to protect Papua New Guinea's abundant biodiversity.
Since 1998 Underwater Images has contributed more than $14,000
to each of these organizations.
Roth also announced that for the 11th consecutive year the Best
of Show prize in the competition will be a trip for two to
FeBrina, Walindi Plantation, and Aquatic Encounters. The FeBrina
Liveaboard boat and Walindi Resort are based out of Kimbe Bay in
Papua New Guinea.
First place category prize sponsors include: Archipelago Resorts
& Fleet in Indonesia, Anthony's Key / Bahia Tours in the Bay
Islands of Honduras, Bilikiki Cruises Ltd. in the Solomon
Islands, DiveTech and Cobalt Coast Resort of Grand Cayman, and
Aqua Lung America.
The other categories of the photo competition are:
"Conservation", "Majestic", "Togetherness", "Macro (Open&
Novice)", "Wide Angle (Open & Novice)", and a "video" category.
For a more complete list of prizes as well as further details of
the competition visit
www.uwimage.org.
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