We want everyone to have fun and be safe while participating in Paddle for the Sound 2022! Please follow all COVID safety precautions and social-distancing guidelines and wear personal protective equipment when necessary.
Let’s Get Started
From August 12-14, join this friendly competition as a Paddleboarder or Kayaker. With our virtual event you can launch from anywhere – including rivers. Whether you’re paddling or kayaking, you can go to our Sound Health Explorer to find your launch location.
Youths ages 14 and below can register for $50 and participate in any of the two activity categories.
Click here to register.
Make sure you take pictures of you and your friends and family participating! Post them on social media with the hashtags #PaddleLIS and #Paddle2022 and tag Save the Sound for a chance to be featured on our accounts.
Fundraising for Long Island Sound
Once you have registered, you’ll be able to sign up for your personal fundraising page!
We know you support a cleaner, healthier Long Island Sound and now it’s time to ask your friends and family to do so as well. All funds raised through Paddle for the Sound will further support our mission to fight climate change, save endangered lands, protect the Sound and its rivers, and work with nature to restore ecosystems.
It’s easy to set-up and customize your personal fundraising page. We have provided you with standard text to promote Save the Sound’s vital work in the Long Island Sound region. We encourage you to tell your own story here as well – what the Sound means to you or your favorite memory related to the sound. We are also encouraging that all participants keep the minimum goal of $200, however you can customize your fundraising goals.
Promote your page with friends and family or through social media. Don’t forget to let your donors see your progress! Periodically update your donors with your distance or amount of time spent doing your selected activity through the text box.
Click here to sign up for your own fundraising page.
How to Win Prizes
Prizes will be awarded for longest distance cumulatively travelled for both the adult and youth categories.
First place will received a Paddle for the Sound logo’d lightweight jacket – perfect for a breezy evening on the Sound. Second and third place will be awarded with special Save the Sound swag bags!
Winners are determined by your TOTAL over the three days of the event. There are numerous free smartphone apps you can use to track this. Here are some suggestions:
- Go Paddling
- Polaris GPS
- KayakLog
Screenshot your distance through your selected app on EACH excursion you take and submit it to egreen@savethesound.org with your name, category, and date to be eligible for prizes. All excursions can be included in one email but they must be submitted no later than August 17 for eligibility.