In celebration of Earth Day last week, Chris Bertish announced that he’s officially launches his nonprofit, The Chris Bertish Foundation. The Foundation was developed out of Chris Bertish’s desire to inspire and be a positive change in the world through his global projects and conservation initiatives. It serves to link the adventure projects Chris undertakes with the cornerstones of education, conservation, and sustainability. While Chris has been giving back to conservation initiatives around the world since 2017, the Foundation was given 501c3 Status in 2020.
“Through the Chris Bertish Foundation we work to inspire courage, confidence and self-belief in our youth, to help them realize their greatest potential. Our mission is to foster a more empathic generation who are invested in giving back, caring for others and the world around them.”
Chris’s next expedition, The TransPac Wing Project, will be run through the Foundation, raising money and awareness for ocean conservation, through their partnerships with Conservation International, Ocean Unite, and Sea Shepherd. Chris will have a live tracker and will be posting weekly Captains Logs and valuable Ocean temperature, PH and Cedation(noise pollution) level Data, that he’s collecting along the way. The team is also currently developing a first ever live Ocean Classroom, to give back to education, where Chris will be putting together ocean themed classroom sessions, focused on ocean health and climate change challenges and how we can all help. Chris will be doing this as a world first from the middle of the Pacific, while doing this expedition.
Live Project Page: https://chrisbertishfoundation.org/wing-project/
To celebrate the launch, The Chris Bertish Foundation has given back to partner organizations caring for People, Ocean, Education and Planet, while inspiring and empowering the youth to make a positive impact and believing in themselves and what’s possible.
People: The Foundation has paid for two Cleft Palate Operations through Operation Smile, a partner they’ve been working with for years and already donated to pay for 102 operations to date and multiple operations this year already.
Ocean: The Foundation has partnered with Ocean Unite, Sea Shepherd, Save our Waves and collaborates to do regular beach clean ups.
Education: The Chris Bertish Foundation has announced they will be sponsoring two new Marine Science Scholarships annually through the Two Oceans Educational Foundation, inspiring the next generation to care for the environment and make responsible choices in life. In addition to this, the Foundation will be sponsoring Ocean Awareness and Conservation Outreach Programs, supporting outreach visits to schools in South Africa where children can be exposed to wildlife and inspired to care for their surroundings.
Planet: Working with Worldview Climate Park, the Foundation has planet 100 trees, in addition to the 373 they’ve planted to date. Chris plans to donate one tree per mile on his upcoming TransPac Crossing, approximately 2750 trees.
The Foundation is also 1% for the Planet Certified- to give 1% of all donations and monies raised to projects that giving back to make the world a better place.
The Transpac Wing Project will be raising money for these initiatives and more, and the Foundation hopes to contribute large amounts to projects giving back to people, planet, ocean, and education.
To learn more about The Chris Bertish Foundation, head to www.chrisbertishfoundation.org
Earth Day Video: https://youtu.be/UFeWKoItdB8
Foundation Video: Chris Bertish Foundation Intro Video
The TransPac Wing Project Video: https://youtu.be/XdfsaVF46W0
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