Navy Beach Raises $35K For Navy SEAL Foundation

EAST HAMPTON, NY — Navy Beach has once again spent the season raising funds for the Navy SEAL Foundation — bringing in $35,000 this year, with a total of $125,000 raised over four years.

The Navy Seal Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that provides immediate and ongoing support and assistance to the Naval Special Warfare community and their families, Navy Beach said.

Efforts this season included a “dine & donate” program in place from Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day during which lunch and dinner checks collected at least $1 per meal; customers also donated additional funds.

Also featured was the annual cocktail party fundraiser in June, which included thoughts from Mike Zapata, a former United States Navy SEAL who was deployed many times to Afghanistan, Iraq, the Horn of Africa, and other locations in the Middle East and West Africa.

Zapata, Navy Beach reps said, has been an active supporter of the Navy SEAL Foundation since transitioning out of the military and entering the field of investment management, where he is currently founder and portfolio manager of Sententia Capital Management.

“For a fifth straight year in-a-row, Navy Beach has outdone themselves with their annual summer campaign to raise critical funds and awareness in support of the Navy SEAL Foundation’s vital mission of service to the warriors and families of Naval Special Warfare. Navy Beach continues to set higher goals and surpass them each and every time, and the Navy SEAL Foundation thanks you for a job well done, your continued partnership and look forward to helping Navy Beach make a difference in the future as they are inevitably planning 2018 as we speak,” said Marc Wolf, Director of Development, New York Region, Navy SEAL Foundation.

Next year's kickoff event will be held at the restaurant on Saturday, June 16, 2018.

“The experience has been rewarding and the local community’s response and support has been tremendous . . .We look forward to continuing our partnership with the Navy SEAL Foundation in the future and continue to look for even more ways to help increase awareness for the foundation and its efforts while also helping to raise the funds required for the organization to carry out its core mission," partner Frank Davis said.

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