Chesapeake Bay

Our Chesapeake Bay chapter serves Southern Virginia and Northern North Carolina areas.

Our events may include depending on the venue:

Beach obstacle course
Tandem surfing
Body-boarding
Kayaking
SUP

We would love to have you join us as a participant family or volunteer. Please choose the appropriate link to the left to sign up. We also encourage you to follow us via our social media accounts using the links above so you can keep up with all the fun Best Day has in store.

Thank you Mark Peer for this great video from our first events at the Outer Banks

Images from events in other areas

Started in 2017 – Help us grow!

Events Held

Kids Served

Volunteer Hours Served

Smiles Created

Upcoming Events

CHAPTER WANTS & NEEDS

Services & Support

Media Professional to help with PR
Fund-raising/Grant writer
Experienced photographers to shoot our events

Equipment

2 Beach Wheelchairs cost $2400 ea
2+ Popup tents

Meet Our Team

Alexis Downham Co-Chairperson
Passion, enthusiasm and pure joy – that’s what Best Day means to me
Lake Downham Co-chairperson
Lake is a waterman, rescue & survival expert, and passionate for sharing the joy of the ocean. The thrill he gets from taking our campers surfing is the single most rewarding aspect of his life.
Tracy McCreary Chapter Co-Chairperson & Marketing Coordinator
“Best Day isn’t an event, it’s and experience — for the children, their families and the volunteers. It’s smiles, it’s laughter, it’s connections. It IS the Best Day!”
Angelyn Nichols Volunteer Coordinator
“Best Day brings together everything that I’ve learned matters most my life: compassion, joy, connection, service, & community.”

Kristi Rinck Fundraising Coordinator
“I’m honored to be a part of such a magical organization. Seeing the excitement and joy on the faces of the children while they experience the rush of riding the waves is utterly breathtaking.”
Nate McCreary Fund-raising Coordinator
“Giving children a meaningful experience is what Best Day does, but lifting the hearts of the volunteers and family is really what Best Day is all about.”
Mark Peer Media Coordinator
“Best Day provides children with the purest form of stoke in the world”
Malia Peer Media Coordinator
“So excited to join the Best Day team and be apart of an amazing event that brings the community together for the best day ever!”