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Sloop Foundation moves closer to cash goal

The Bermuda Sloop Foundation is moving closer to it’s goal of sustainability, despite the challenges of fundraising in the current economic climate. “As I am sure it was for most charities, 2013 was a very challenging fundraising year as we all striv...
Jan 02, 2014
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Search is on for Bermuda sloop shipwrecks

A search for 18th century Bermuda sloop shipwrecks in the Turks and Caicos islands is being undertaken by a consortium involving the Bermuda Sloop Foundation and the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute. Led by Dr Michael Jarvis — author of ‘In t...
Nov 13, 2013
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"Sloop Foundation cranks up $2.4m fundraising drive"

Bermuda Sloop Foundation is still some $2.4 million short of the money it needs to keep its head above water. The charity needs to raise $3 million to fund its youth programmes and pay for its training vessel Spirit of Bermuda. Yesterday the foundati...
Jul 11, 2013
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"Students challenged to calculate Spirit’s race finish time"

The Bermuda Sloop Foundation is challenging students to work out when the Spirit of Bermuda will cross the finish line of the Marion-Bermuda Race. Participants will be asked to plot the Spirit’s daily position and estimate the date and time of the ve...
Jun 13, 2013
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"Sloop replica to ‘sail’ along City streets"

For the first time, the Spirit of Bermuda is sending a float in the Bermuda Day Parade, with a replica of the vessel accompanied by hundreds of young people. The move is part of an ongoing initiative to save the Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s youth progr...
May 14, 2013
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"Masterworks, Sloop Foundation unite for fundraising show"

Two of the Island’s charities will come together this month in a fundraising effort focused on the intersection of art and sailing. On April 26, the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art and the Bermuda Sloop Foundation will be hosting Art of Sailing, wi...
Apr 10, 2013
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"Governor authorises hostage taking — all in a good cause"

Governor George Fergusson will this weekend authorise pirates to kidnap several members of the public — to raise funds for the Bermuda Sloop Foundation. The second annual Pirates of Bermuda fundraiser is set to come to a head on Saturday, with 32 “ho...
Apr 05, 2013
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"Art lovers have chance to bid for rare prints"

Canadian artist Isabel McLaughlin’s 1960 painting ‘Sun Fish’ of brightly patterned sunfish floating across Hamilton Harbour, is one of the most popular paintings in the Masterworks Museum collection. Now art lovers can own a rare print of it, and sev...
Mar 25, 2013
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"‘With your help, we will not abandon our ship’"

Sloop Foundation in $3m plea: Donate ‘for the sake of our youth’ By Owain Johnston-Barnes The Bermuda Sloop Foundation is hoping to raise $3 million to help continue its valuable youth programmes. The charity has run a character development programme...
Mar 15, 2013
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"‘All hands on deck’ call to save The Spirit"

One of Bermuda’s most high-profile charities could run aground because of a lack of cash, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The Bermuda Sloop Foundation is to launch a fund-raising campaign this week in a bid to save the popular charity, which provides ...
Mar 13, 2013
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"Haiti trip ‘life-changing’ for 27 young Bermudians"

Bermuda Sloop Foundation executive director Denise Riviere has dubbed a service mission to poverty-stricken Haiti as a “life-changing journey”. Earlier this month 27 young Bermudians, ages 14 to 34, embarked on the service mission to assist BSF’s par...
Jul 24, 2012
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"Sloop programme could bring long-term benefits"

Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s award-winning youth development programme will benefit local sailing in the long-term. That’s the opinion of Newport Bermuda Race chairman John Osmond who has seen similar youth development programmes bear fruit in his nati...
Jun 14, 2012
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