My Nonprofit Reviews

Sailed with LAMI many times. Wonderful people! It's a real pleasure helping kids learn about sailing and the sea!

I began volunteering with LAMI after my son's science class took a week long voyage. He had so much fun that I had to join in. He continued with the Youth Crew and I became a crew member.

The education that the kids (trainees!) get can't be found anywhere else. It's not simply the science lessons like physics or astronomy or geometry, but the life lessons. Learning to plan and prepare meals for a lot of people, for instance. The best lessons are the personal ones like self-confidence (climbing the rigging there's nobody but you and the ship), team work (it takes a lot of people to manage the sails and get underway) and responsibility (standing watch at 2AM, or steering the ship.)