Bordeaux – Biarritz. A1st expedition rich in emotions!
From October 10 to 14, the Cap Optimist waterwomen embarked on their first expedition between Bordeaux and Biarritz. A week dedicated to meetings with the entire Optimist community, partners (private, associations, medical) and project ambassadors. A week rich in emotions during which Stéphanie, Alexandra, Emmanuelle, Marie and Margot travelled through the Gironde, the Landes and the Atlantic Pyrenees in the form of a nomadic and sportive road trip. Several paddleboard crossings on the lakes of Sanguinet, Biscarosse, Aureilhan and Hossegor to their credit with sections also in the ocean with notably a night paddle Mimizan/ Capbreton (60km) and a day paddle Capbreton/ Biarritz (20km); the waterwomen have not only discovered incredible landscapes but have also met :
- Nearly 400 children from the territory to present the Sport and Health educational program “A challenge in my school”.
- about thirty private and institutional partners
- 10 municipalities
- the medical team of the Bordeaux University Hospital who will accompany the Hope Team East association in the follow-up of the Super Optimists
- the association Entre Parenthèse based in Mont de Marsan with Mélanie, the1st Super Optimist, who will follow the accompaniment program to achieve her sporting challenge
- the ambassadors’ team led by Valérie Nicolas, world handball champion and Stéphanie Fernandez, former professional basketball player
- the Horn sisters, Jessica & Annika, who had the pleasure of sharing their taste for adventure for 48 hours with the waterwomen
Sub-projects in the project! Throughout the week, the association worked to organize :
- medical meetings to advance the programs of accompaniment of adolescents in post-treatment and insertion of optimist bubbles in pediatric onco services
- pedagogical meetings to present the program Un défi dans mon école
- the1st edition of Hossegor en Rose within the framework of Pink October
- a charity evening in Biarritz with nearly 150 people present to raise funds for the association’s new Sport Santé program
- a conference on resilience in the face of life’s various struggles
An incredible week that boosted the team for the rest of the adventure!