JMMF’s Healthcare Workers Ocean Therapy Program was named in memory of Eric Dellenbach, a close childhood friend of Jimmy’s and an amazing surfer like Jimmy. Eric worked in Healthcare and most recently was the Director of Heart and Vascular Unit at Providence Hospital in Everett, WA. In the winter of 2021, Eric contracted COVID-19, bacterial and viral pneumonia and the combination ravaged his lungs. He was placed in a medically-induced coma for four months and given less than a 1% chance of survival. He was on life support and a ventilator because his lungs were so badly damaged, and his only hope was a double lung transplant. Miraculously, a match donor was identified and Eric received a double lung transplant at UC San Francisco Medical Center and he survived the 20-hour surgery. While he gradually recovered and was released for at-home Physical Therapy, Eric’s new lungs were re-infected by bacteria and after nine months in the hospital under constant care, Eric succumbed to his complications in November 2021. Because of his childhood friendship with Jimmy, his incredible surfing talent, his dedication to serving others in Healthcare and the amazing care provided by all the healthcare teams throughout his ordeal, we have named the Healthcare Workers Ocean Therapy Program in his honor.