|
|
 |
 |
meet
Co-founders T.L. and Harriet... |
|
| |
 |
|
At
Stephanie Browne Primary School on Union Island in
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, T.L. and students
celebrate the arrival of books and teaching materials
|
Tom ("T.L.") Linskey
Tom Linskey brings 30 years of writing,
editing, and photography experience in marine publications
in the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Japan to Hands
Across the Sea, Inc. Most recently T.L. started and operated
his own marketing company, Deepsea Media, and since 2007 he
has been putting his writing, photography, and web-design
skills to work for Hands Across the Sea's charitable purposes.
Back in 1986 T.L. built his own sailboat, a 28-foot Bristol
Channel Cutter named freelance, and sailed it, with
Harriet, over 17,000 miles from California to Mexico and across
the Pacific to French Polynesia, Tonga, New Zealand, Australia
and Japan. Before that, T.L. raced sailboats; he was a three-time
world champion crewman in the Olympic 470 class and a
member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic Yachting
team. click to e-mail
TL
 |
|
Harriet
gets a hug from Ekane, a fifth-grader at Newtown Primary
School on the island of Dominica
|
Harriet Linskey
Prior to co-founding Hands Across the Sea, Harriet Linskey
was for 18 years an accomplished
marketing and sales executive leading diverse teams to propose
and deliver solutions to meet Fortune 1000 clients' customer
relationship marketing needs. She is also a trained secondary
education teacher with five years of experience teaching English,
Journalism, and Art History in New Zealand and Japan. Harriet
is now using her communication and leadership skills for Hands
Across the Sea's charitable activities, which includes tutoring
students and mentoring teachers. Harriet has a B. A. from
Yale and a Diploma of Teaching from the Auckland College of
Education, New Zealand.
click to e-mail
Harriet
|
|
|
meet the Board of Directors... |
|
|
Alan
Barber, DDS, Founder and Chairman,
True North Missions
Adean Bridges,
Director of Community Relations, Communication Automation Corp.
Jim Hammitt,
Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Ted Herlihy,
MD, Gastroenterologist
Harriet Linskey,
Co-founder, Hands Across the Sea, Inc.
Tom Linskey,
Co-founder, Hands Across the Sea, Inc.
Kathy Oberle,
Founder, Boaters for Books
Peter Van Alstine,
Sales and Marketing Executive
|
|
|
meet
the Advisory Board... |
|
|
Shermaine
Bardouille, Learning Support
Advisor, Ministry of Education, Commonwealth of Dominica
Andrea Bussue,
Special Education Coordinator, Ministry of Education, St. Kitts
and Nevis
Chris Lawrence,
Learning Consultant and Literacy Advisor, B.Ed.(Hons.) M.A.,
Founder of Show-me-WOW!,
island of Dominica
Elaine Ollivierre,
Ministry of Education, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
|
| |
meet the base of operations... |
|
| |
 Hands
Across the Sea, a Dolphin 460 46-foot sailboat, is the
Linskeys' mobile base of operations for assisting children,
schools, and community libraries in the islands of the Caribbean.
In 2007 T.L. and Harriet sold their house in Massachusetts
and used the money to buy the sailboat; Hands Across the
Sea is now their home. The Linskeys spend June to November
acquiring books from donors and library sales in New England,
then spend December to May among the islands of the Caribbean,
working hands-on with local teachers, school principals, and
U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers. Built by Dolphin
Catamarans and sold by The
Multihull Company, the sailboat serves as home base for
Hands Across the Sea's work ashore in the Caribbean and for
hosting occasional Hands volunteers. Dolphin Catamarans made
a number of sailhandling and interior layout modifications
to help the boat serve Hands Across the Sea's purposes. Please
note that the Linskeys own and maintain their sailboat with
their own funds; no part of any donation to Hands Across the
Sea goes toward paying for any aspect of the sailboat nor
for any of the Linskeys' travel or living expenses.
|
|
| |
ways
you can work with Hands... |
|
| |
Hands
Across the Sea, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit charitable organization
dedicated to to raising the literacy levels of Caribbean children
by assisting schools and libraries in Caribbean communities.
By joining the Hands crew you can make a real difference in
the lives of Caribbean children and young students. Here's how
you can help:
in-kind donations
For the Caribbean Literacy and School Support (CLASS) program Hands Across the
Sea needs donations of school materials (children's reading
books, books suitable for a primary school library, art supplies,
and classroom supplies). Please go to the Hands
Book Drop page to arrange your donation.
charitable contributions
One hundred percent of your cash donation is applied towards
the Hands mission. (We take no salaries, and we pay our own
boat and travel expenses.) Please donate today using the PayPal
link on the Hands Across the Sea Donate
page and we will send you a receipt for your tax records along
with our tax ID number.
network with Hands
If you have a project in which Hands can help — or if you
want to help with the current Hands project — contact us!
collect books for Hands
If'd you'd like to collect "gently used" children's
books for Hands, please go to our Hands
Book Drop page
sort or pack books for Hands
Want to work hands-on? Please contact
us!
host a Hands presentation or Hands fundraiser
If'd you'd like to do either— contact us!
join the Hands Log eNews group
If you would like to receive the Hands
Log (e-mail newsletter) please click
here. Just type "Subscribe" in the subject line of your
e-mail and we'll keep you updated on where Hands is and what's
next!
|
|
|
|
