Join Seafarers’ House for our
2020 Day of the Seafarer Movement Challenge!
This year we are celebrating seafarers as Key Transport Workers, who keep global trade, goods and materials moving! To honor their work we are challenging our community to a “1.6 for Seafarers” movement challenge in honor of the 1.6 million seafarers around the world!
Register now to join our 1.6 challenge
How to participate:
- Register for the challenge here.
- Move 1.6 for seafarers between now and June 24th.
- Share pictures of your challenge on social media with the hashtags #seafarershouse or #seafarersarekeyworkers. You can download a sign template to write a message to seafarers here. If you can’t share on social media, please email pictures to jennifer.s@seafarershouse.org. We’ll share and promote your posts on June 25th for Day of the Seafarer!
There are so many ways you can move and participate! You can choose to move in so many different ways:
- Walk/run 1.6 miles
- Do 1.6 hours of yoga
- Swim 1600 meters
- Paddleboard 1.6 miles
- Fish for 1.6 hours
- Sail, kiteboarding or wind surf for 1.6 hours
- Play 1.6 hours of tennis or basketball
- Practice your drive by hitting 16 golf balls!
- Do 16 push ups or burpees
- Lift 16 lbs or do 16 reps of a weight that works for you
- Or do something that works for you!
Challenge your team, your family or yourself to get moving in support of the 1.6 million seafarers who remain at sea as key transport workers during the pandemic.
Registration is $16 and all proceeds support Seafarers’ House. To read more about our efforts to care for the seafarers marooned by COVID-19 restrictions in Broward County, click here.
- $32- provides snacks to one vessel crew
- $64- provides vitamins, supplements, toiletries, a SIM card, and personal care items for a marooned seafarer
- $128- supplies personal protective gear such as masks, gloves and hand sanitizer to our pastoral care team for one week while they care for marooned seafarers
- $160- provides a home cooked meal for marooned seafarers throughout South Florida
Register now to join our 1.6 challenge
Remember to share your pictures online with the hashtags #seafarershouse and #seafarersarekeyworkers so we can include your pictures in our Day of the Seafarer online celebration on 25 June!
Download the sign template for social media here.
We can’t wait to see how you move!