By Chris van der Merwe | Director and Project Leader
Blessed 2021 to you and your fam!!
I2B is 10 years old this year!!
Thank you for your prayers and support this past 10 years.
We hope to celebrate throughout the year.
To kick things off, here are some highlights of the past decade:
First skate clubs: I2B Kleinvlei and I2B Cloetesville, 2011
First motivational talk and athletics club
First I2B T-shirt
The Indoor Son Skate Stellenbosch Skatepark
First skim club, I2B Strand
Church skate show, Shofar Malmesbury
First I2B Camp, Langebaan
Chris at Asian X-Games ,2012
Skatepark move 1
Skatepark move 2
Fanie at London Paralympics
Fanie and Chris's old high school outreach at Hentie Cilliers in Virginia
First ramps set up at the I2B Skatepark, 2013
First Nationals athletics outreach
First I2B Year End Cup
Bringing the bowl to the I2B Skatepark, 2014
Godfrey and Scott joined the I2B Skatepark Team
Fanie at World Champs, New Zealand
Chris took over CSA from Bradley Jones, 2015
Covered the bowl
Cape Verde Islands skimboard outreach
First CS South African Tour
Chris's wife, Jami, joined I2B adding educational therapy, 2016
I2B car branded
Fanie at his last Paralympics, Brazil
I2B Surf started by Moose van Papendorp
Josh joined the I2B Skatepark Team
First African All Ability and Action Sports Ministry gathering, Ghana, 2017
All Ability athletics outreach, Eastern Cape, 2018
Last I2B Year End Cup before park revamp started
Chris at pro skim contest in America, Florida, 2019
First CSA Gathering, Johannesburg
Coach Fanie, Paul and Chane from I2B went to Junior World Champs
Love Cape Town Outreach - skate show with I2B Team and ramps
I2B Skatepark expansion progress, 2020
2021 Fundraising Goal
Matching grant opportunity:
We received a grant of up to $15000 to cover only project/outreach costs. All funds raised to match this grant will go towards operational costs. Our goal is to match the full amount of $15000.
Thank you for prayerfully considering joining the I2B and CS support Team for 2021!
By Chris van der Merwe | Director and Project Leader
By Chris van der Merwe | Director and Project Leader
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