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  Jon and Tim Foreman join SIMA

Press release:

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (November 5, 2014) – Switchfoot front men, Jon and Tim Foreman, are the newest additions to the SIMA Humanitarian Fund’s Board of Directors. The Board is responsible for making decisions on fundraising efforts such as the latest StokesMe campaign, as well as determining who the beneficiaries will be each year.

“Tim and Jon are great surfers and musicians and compassionate humanitarians,” said Ross Garrett, President of the SIMA Humanitarian Fund. “We are proud to have their influence on our distribution of funds as well as our fundraising.”

The SIMA Humanitarian Fund Board of Directors includes Board President Ross Garrett of Surfline, and members Dylan Slater of Rip Curl, Chris Wagaman of Salt Life, Jim Caccavo of Steelpoint Capital Partners, ISA President Fernando Aguerre, and now Jon and Tim Foreman.

Jon Foreman is the lead singer and guitarist, and Tim Foreman is the bass guitarist for Grammy-award winning band, Switchfoot. Both brothers are avid surfers and compassionate humanitarians that already give back through the Switchfoot Bro-Am, an event created by the band as a benefit to local San Diego children’s charities through funds raised at a pre-event auction night and sponsorships, surf team entries and vendors during the beach day.

With the addition of the two new board members the SIMA Humanitarian Fund is poised to raise even more for the deserving humanitarian organizations dedicated to improving the quality of life, health, and/or welfare of people. The entire SIMA Humanitarian Fund Board and membership are excited about what lies ahead.

“As surfers, Tim and Jon understand the power of surfing and the ocean to heal and inspire, which is the primary rationale behind the SIMA Humanitarian Fund,” said Doug Palladini, SIMA President and Vans’ VP/GM North America. “That they would lend their considerable voices to such a worthy and important cause is highly commendable and we are grateful.”

For more information on how you can get involved, visit www.stokesme.org.

About StokesMe

StokesMe September is the official fundraising effort for the SIMA Humanitarian Fund. This year, StokesMe supports 12 surf-related humanitarian organizations dedicated to improving the life, health, and/or welfare of people. The 2014 SIMA Humanitarian Fund beneficiaries are: AccesSurf, Best Day Foundation, Boarding for Breast Cancer, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation, Life Rolls On, Mauli Ola Foundation, Outdoor Outreach, STOKED, SurfAid, Surfers Healing, and Waves for Water.

About SIMA

The Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA) is the official working trade association of more than 300 surf industry suppliers. Founded in 1989, SIMA is a non-profit organization that serves to promote awareness of the surf industry and participation in the sport of surfing through public relations efforts and a variety of services, educational programs and research. In addition, SIMA actively supports oceanic environmental efforts through its 501(c)(3) charitable environmental foundation, the SIMA Environmental Fund. In the past 23 years, SIMA’s Environmental Fund has raised more than $6.2 million for environmental groups seeking to protect the world’s oceans, beaches and waves. The SIMA Humanitarian Fund, also a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation, was established in 2006 to award grants to various surf or boardsport related social and humanitarian non-profit organizations whose efforts are focused on improving the quality of life, health and/or welfare of people.