BWF founder Lee Stimmel was awarded the 2017 Threads of Hope award by Diablo Magazine. This video, produced for the magazine, does a great job showing the program's impact on the youths involved, and on the general community.

From the description on YouTube:

Sailing through life comes easily to some and far less easily to others. Lee Stimmel has quietly made a tremendous impact in the lives of thousands of at-risk Bay Area youth. In 1992, Lee founded The Blue Water Foundation and began introducing Bay Area teens to the freedom, discipline, teamwork and wonder of sailing. Read more about Lee at www.diablomag.com/threadsofhope Video produced by Comcast NBCUniversal. Producer: Mariano Rossetti.