This event has become a tradition in Dominical and was held again at the idyllically located Hotel Roca Verde on Roca Verde beach on a beautiful sunny and windless on Sunday July 3rd 2011.
There was a huge amount of local support from volunteers and people donating food a drink to the cause.
The event was very popular with a large number of people that turned out.
The entertainment was live music by local musicians and a DJ spinning a variety of musical genres enjoyed by the appreciative and lively dancing crowd.
Among the various initiatives to raise funds for the lifeguard program food was on sale in the form of delicious barbeque ribs and chicken and for desserts there were stalls selling homemade snacks and sweets. The local barmen and women were showing their skills at the special margarita bar much to the enjoyment of the clients who sampled the drinks.
Local services, hotels, restaurants and tour operators offered their services or activates for the raffles or the highest bidder of the silent auction.
All the proceeds went to the lifeguards of Dominical, which is the first professional lifeguard service in Costa Rica. The lifeguards in Dominical are on duty 365 days of the year from 8am to 5pm and is now the fourteenth year of dedicated service.
Since the commencement of the program it has been totally funded by local business and individual contributions and donations. The pervious year over $10,000.00 (US $) was raised from the same event.
This kind of support and community spirit is one of the reasons that draws people to live and buy real estate in Dominical and the surrounding areas.