Community Rowing, Inc. Newsletter

WeeklyDecember 27, 2011
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                  Holiday Boathouse Schedule
               Holiday Erg
Holiday Hours and Schedule Are:
 
December 26-30 -  6am-10am  (NO CLASSES) 
 
Saturday December 31  -  Closed
Sunday January 1  -   Closed
Monday January 2 - 6am-10am  (NO CLASSES)

 

Start your Ergs...CRI Needs YOUR Meters!!
Concept 2 Virtual Team Challenge begins January 1
ERG

Every year during the month of January, ergs at boathouses, homes and gyms throughout the country and the world hum in pursuit of the top spot in the Concept 2 Virtual Team Challenge. 

What will it take for CRI to claim the top spot? Meters, and lots of them.

Meters can be logged by anyone, on any erg, from anywhere as long as the rower has joined our team, Community Rowing, Inc. 

Last year's team rowed 21,064,006 meters and had 174 members; We finished 6th overall and second among rowing clubs.  We finished 1,750,000 meters behind the Croatian Academic Rowing Club Mladost in Zagreb.  And we were 3,500,000 meters ahead of our friends at Riverside, the third place rowing club entry.

You can sign up for the 2012 January challenge team now by visiting the Concept 2 web site (www.concept2.com) and logging onto your online logbook, or creating one.  Once you log-on, click on Teams at the top of the logbook page and then in the Team Challenge box, click on the highlighted area to join the challenge.  Your meters don't start accumulating until January 1.

 

Here is the info:

 

Team Name: Community Rowing, Inc.

Team Captain: Jane Morse

Questions? Catch Jane at the boathouse (she'll be there erging) or e-mail her at: [email protected]

 

With all the erging that goes on at CRI, how can we NOT be #1 in the challenge? You just need to record and log your meters.

The basic info can be found here: Concept 2: Virtual Team Challenge  


CRI  2012 Annual Fund
Supporting Our Future!
Winter 2008 - 2009 1 

CRI's Annual Fund kicked off a couple of weeks ago.  This year's goal is to raise $150,000 - funds which will be used to help fulfill our mission of Rowing for All! 

  

Funding priorities for 2012 include: a fleet of 10 new Vespoli eights, a coaching education program that improves instruction for all our programs and enhances the knowledge of coaches for clubs up and down the river, and outreach programs that introduce rowing to thousands of Boston middle school students.

  

During this season of giving please consider a gift to CRI's Annual Fund.  Please don't miss out on this extraordinary opportunity to share your passion to help change the lives of others with the transformative power of rowing!

  

Donations may be made securely online by clicking on the 'Dontate Now' button on the CRI website homepage at: www.communityrowing.org or,

by mail to: 

 

Community Rowing, Inc.

Harry Parker Boathouse

20 Nonantum Road

Brighton, MA 02135

 

If you have already made a gift to this year's Annual Fund, thank you!

 

Titans 
 

Titan's Gala & Silent Auction Event

An event to raise awareness and funds for Bryan Fuller's rowing adventure across the Atlantic Ocean in support of

CRI's Veteran Rowing Program

 

Friday, January 6, 2012

7pm - 11pm

 

Open Bar & Apps, Live Jazz Band,

Fun Games & Prizes, Excellent Auction Items!

 

Hosted by:

 David Morse, Actor and

Bryan Fuller, CRI Board Member & CRI Veteran Rower

 

Tickets are $25

To reserve a ticket please email:

[email protected]

  

Noteworthy Auction Items!

Airplane Ride around Cape Ann

Red Sox Tickets

One Week's Vacation in Steamboat, CO

Weekend at Hotel "Blue House Inn"

Grill 23 - Dinner for Two

 

A note from Bryan Fuller: Please support me in my row across the Atlantic Ocean.  By supporting me you will be helping me bring attention to Community Rowing, Inc. a non-profit boat house on the Charles River that is reaching out to military and veterans to teach them to row.  This program specifically helps disabled veterans learn to row using specially designed boats to fit their needs. Community Rowing, Inc. goal is to provide disabled veterans the structure and training necessary to one day compete in the Paralympics.  

 

My row will begin this February 2012 and start off the coast of Africa and proceed along Trade Wind I route to Barbados.  Our team, Titan, is made up of seven dedicated rowers captained by Simon Chalk, the worlds most experienced ocean rower.  The current records stands at 32 days and we have high expectations of smashing it.  Because this such a high profile event with record breaking implications, the training and support I have received from Community Rowing, Inc. will bring them the much needed private and corporate sponsorship to help keep this program afloat.  

 

Your donations will go to help me fund my fee for my seat on the boat, all other expenses will be born by myself.  The fee is $25,000, but my expectation is that I will raise more than that.  All donations above that amount will go to fund this terrific program, (CRI's Veteran's Rowing Program.)

 

You will be able to follow my row online and track my progress towards Barbados.  Each member of the team will be expected to row 15 hours a day and will remain on our 34 foot long, 6 foot wide boat the whole time.  All supplies will be taken with us at the start of the race.  

Thank you for supporting me and CRI's Veterans Rowing Program.


 

 

 Looking for a New Year's Resolution?
How About Some Winter Training at CRI!!
Beat the Winter Blues - We Know You Want To!! 
It is never too late....
Best Selection of Classes in Boston!
Take Them All!
Join CRI's G-Row Boston Marathon Team! 
G-Row Boston is an official charity of the 2012 Boston Marathon.
               Marathon-Button-2012

If you are interested in fundraising and running for

CRI's G-Row Boston Outreach Program please apply online today

by clicking the link below, or the image above. 

 

APPLICATION LINK 

 

G-Row Boston Link

 

For more information please e-mail:-mail:
 


Applications are accepted until the team is filled.

(The G-Row Boston Marathon Team has 15 marathon numbers total.)

 

In This Issue
Holiday Hours and Schedule
Concept 2 Virtual Team Challenge 2012: Erg CRI To The Top!!
CRI Annual Fund 2012
Titan's Gala to Veteran Rowing Program at CRI
Need a New Year's Resolution? How About CRI Winter Training, It Isn't Too Late To Register
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