NEW YORK, New York, February 15, 2005. Google is the world’s largest search engine, with access to 4.28 billion web pages, and one of the five most popular sites on the Internet. Google is used around the world by millions of people, and the Google search engine is available in more than 100 language interfaces.

Google recently launched Google Grants, a test program that provides free Google AdWords advertising to selected non-profits that apply to the program. ?We are very pleased that the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) has been selected to participate in our program. After careful review of all the applications we have received, we have chosen the BRA based on the strength of its work and application, and potential to benefit from free Google AdWords advertising. We’re excited to be able to help the organization reach its target audience with public service messages using AdWords, ?said Cynthia Schroeder Google Grants Administrator.

The BRA will receive a minimum of three months of free advertising at a cost of close to $4000 per day. As a participant to the program, BRA?s text-based ads will appear alongside or above Google search results whenever someone enters a search into Google that matches the keywords selected for the organization?s public awareness campaign. Clicking on the ad takes searchers to the BRA?s website where they can find additional information.

The BRA delivers humanitarian services to needy populations of the Caribbean region, including the Dominican Republic and Haiti. ?We are excited for this great opportunity given to us by Google. We are confident that this new partnership will help save lives and improve living conditions in Haiti, the bateyes of the Dominican Republic and other economically devastated areas where children and families are unduly deprived of the most basics for their human survival,? said Ulrick Gaillard, BRA?s CEO.

On February 11th four women surfers will embark on a surf trip, entitling “One Love” with a humanitarian cause. Unlike many surf trips that focus only on the surf and ignore the local community, this trip will lead the surfers beyond the waves and into the heart of the region and its culture. Traveling to the surf-rich island of Hispaniola (home of Haiti and Dominican Republic), the group will be working with the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) to deliver much-needed supplies to downtrodden Haitians and Dominicans languishing in the bateyes.

The group is asking for any assistance the surf industry and others can offer. Such efforts will aid a community in the heart of a popular surf destination frequented by surfers worldwide.

“This is a unique opportunity for us as individual surfers and as an industry as a whole,” said Karin Moran, project leader, and Op team rider. “We have the chance to dispel the stereotype of the traveling surfer that comes and takes, and doesn’t give back. Surfers are a caring and sensitive breed, it is our hope to set the precedence that surfers can travel to a surf destination, sample the area?s waves and culture and have a positive impact on the local community.”

The group will include top women surfers Karin Moran (San Clemente, CA) Kristy Murphy (Jupiter, FL), Falina Spires (Volusia, FL), Kyla Langen (Carlsbad, CA), and local Dominican surfer, Carolina Gutierrez. “A meeting is scheduled with BRA officials in Santo Domingo, where the group will then travel to the bateyes to distribute the donations to the inhabitants,” said Ulrick Gaillard, Executive Director of the BRA.

Beginning December 10, 2004 and ending January 31, 2004 the group will be accepting monetary donations, clothing, shoes, medical supplies, school supplies and other appropriate items. The girls have partnered with the BRA (www.bateyrelief.org) who will ensure the items are distributed to the proper needy communities and families during the trip.

“Op’s support of its team and this project is essential to our involvement and commitment to our industry and those who are affected by it. We are excited to be part of this trip and will continue to give back to the communities that give so much to all who enjoy the ocean,” said Todd Juneau, Op?s Marketing Director.

Famous for its clear blue water and warm waves, the Caribbean boasts some of the best tropical surf in the world. Every year thousands of surfers enjoy the fruits of the Caribbean; from the Barbados to the Dominican Republic, to Costa Rica. “Caribbean locals are warm, outgoing and always stoked to meet traveling surfers,” added Moran.

We urge you to make a tax-deductible gift to the cause, by contacting Karin Moran at 949.291.4228 or at OneLoveDominicanRepublic@yahoo.com.

All supplies and/or monetary donations can be sent to: 1001 Avenida Pico Suite C, PMB 452, San Clemente, CA 92673. All checks or money orders must be made payable to BRA, Inc. Please reference “One Love” in the memo line.