“The International Order of the Blue Gavel Humanitarian Foundation provides the boating community the ability to create real differences in others’ lives. The foundation provides resources to existing charities and benefits communities through new initiatives involving boating activities and education.” What is HF? The Humanitarian Foundation has a long history of providing support to boating and educational initiatives within the community. How You Can Help The IOBGHF is a volunteer organization, which depends on generous contributions of time and talent. Not all people can participate in administration and operation of the IOBGHF, but if you do want to make a world of difference, catch our spirit and make hope a reality, you can make a tax deductible contribution to the IOBGHF. The opportunity to make a difference for another’s life is one of the greater human satisfactions. The IOBFGHF is committed to provide opportunities for participation for people to conveniently select a cause, which means something special to them. We invite you to make a world of difference, catch our spirit and make hope a reality.
The Humanitarian Foundation has a long history of providing support to boating and educational initiatives within the community.
How You Can Help
The IOBGHF is a volunteer organization, which depends on generous contributions of time and talent. Not all people can participate in administration and operation of the IOBGHF, but if you do want to make a world of difference, catch our spirit and make hope a reality, you can make a tax deductible contribution to the IOBGHF.
The opportunity to make a difference for another’s life is one of the greater human satisfactions. The IOBFGHF is committed to provide opportunities for participation for people to conveniently select a cause, which means something special to them.
We invite you to make a world of difference, catch our spirit and make hope a reality.
We encourage the IOBG membership to get involved and feel good about your Foundation. In order to get involved you must first know what our Foundation objectives are and what you can do to help.
To further enhance communications with the membership we invite the District Directors to download this information for their District website and for the AVP’S to distribute to their prospective Chapters and Districts.
Local Area Project (LAP)
If your organization has a charitable sailing or boating related public project in need of additional funding
the IOBG Humanitarian Foundation may be of some assistance. Our Foundation is open to hearing from you about your project.
Click Here to go to our LAP Applications page…
What is the Patron Program?
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Make a minimum donation to the Humanitarian Foundation of $100. 00 and receive a one-of- a kind “Action For Life” pin that you can wear proudly. Remember…IOBG-HF is a 501(C)(3) so all your contributions are tax deductible. |
The mission of the International Order of the Blue Gavel is to recognize Past Commodores of the international yachting community and to unite them in order to promote the highest ideals of yachting and preserve its customs and traditions through social, educational and humanitarian programs.