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Community Rowing, Inc. Newsletter

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March 6, 2012

Welcome Tracy Smith

Director of Development

We are pleased to extend a warm welcome to Tracy Smith, our new Director of Development at Community Rowing, Inc. With a professional background in marketing and public relations, and a rowing resume that includes the 1992 Olympic Games and three United States Rowing Teams, Tracy is exceptionally well prepared to advance Community Rowing's mission of "Rowing for All".

Prior to joining CRI Tracy served as the Director of Marketing for Copley Wolff Design Group, an award winning commercial landscape architectural firm in Downtown Boston. Tracy is a graduate of Syracuse University, and a two-time recipient of the Syracuse University Verhulst Award for Athletic Excellence and Leadership.

We are excited to have the benefit of Tracy's leadership and skill as we work to expand our support for outreach programming, increase our number of corporate partners, and deepen our relationships with rowers and supporters of Community Rowing both locally and nationally.

Tracy, we welcome you!

It's A Wrap!

CRI 2nd overall in January Challenge

The team gathered Saturday morning to celebrate with a rowers' brunch and team photo.

Competitive Team Parent Meetings

All in the Classroom @ 6:30pm

Varsity Boys Tuesday 3/6
Novice Girls Wednesday 3/7
Novice Boys Thursday 3/8

WBUR Spring Festival

Volunteer! Be a part of a great afternoon!

VOLUNTEER FOR WBUR's SPRING FESTIVAL

Join CRI staff, coaches and your fellow teammates on Sunday, June 3rd, for WBUR's Spring Festival with Click and Clack and help us break the rowing record!

Last year CRI staff and volunteers taught just over 500 adults and kids how to row in only 3 hours! This year we hope to introduce 1000 new locals to our sport.

Come on out, join in the festivities, try the great food, enjoy the live bands from Berklee College of Music, meet Click and Clack and share your love of rowing with WBUR fans.

Rowing changes lives, CRI changes lives....let's join together and share our love for this incredible sport and bring CRI's mission to life. "Community Rowing, Inc. - Rowing for All!"

DETAILS....

When: Sunday, June 3rd

Time: (overall) 8am to 5pm

TO VOLUNTEER, CONTACT LEIGH

leigh.communityrowing@gmail.com or 617-779-8265

Approximate Shift Times:

Each shift begins with a 30 minute Volunteer Meeting on the 2nd floor in the Meeting Room.

In this meeting, we will cover:

-An overview of the event

-Your Specific Team Duties

-CRI's Safety Plan

-Water & Snacks provided

Setup Shift-----------------------------------------------------8am - 10am (2 hours)

WBUR Morning Shift---------------------------------------10am - 12pm (2 hours)

Corporate Row Shift-----------------------------------------12:00pm - 4:00pm (4 hours)

WBUR Day Shift---------------------------------------------11:00pm - 1:00pm (2 hours)

WBUR Afternoon Shift-------------------------------------12:00pm - 3:00pm (3 hours)

Breakdown Shift----------------------------------------------2:00pm - 5:00pm (3 hours)

Volunteer Teams

(NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY TO BE ON A TEAM!)

Setup Team

Breakdown Team

Boat Registration Team

Dock Attendant Team

Sherpa Team

Parking Team

Staff Care Team

Volunteer Rowers

(Rowers must have (at minimum) completed a Learn to Row Course to Volunteer)

Stroke in Barge (two strokes per barge)
Stroke in Pocock
Bow in Pocock

Volunteer Coxswains

(Coxswains must have some experience steering a Pocock, but do not need racing experience.)

Barge Steering

Pocock Steering

Corporate Rowing Coxswains

We are seeking experienced Coxswains only. This is a paid position. Please email Leigh if you are interested and she will go over the details. Leigh.communityrowing@gmail.com

Charles River Clean-Up

13th Annual Earth Day

Let's Pull Together to care for the river we at CRI love so much!!

Calling for CRI members to volunteer to assist with the 13th Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup which will take place on Saturday, April 21, 2012, from 9am - 12pm.

Volunteer groups will work together during a fun and rewarding event to enhance the Charles River. A cookout will also be offered after the Cleanup at the Hatch Shell for volunteers who would like to attend.

CRI has participated in the past, and it would be nice to lend a hand once again. CRI has been invited to join the office of Senator Will Brownsberger to tend to stretches of the Charles here in Allston/Brighton, specifically between Eliot Bridge and the intersection of Nonantum Road and Galen Street - our very own neighborhood!! Senator Brownsberger's office will work with a group from CRI providing volunteer t-shirts, supplies and snacks for the event.

We are hoping to find CRI members willing to get out there on April 21 and help.

Here is what we need:

1.) A Volunteer Coordinator - mostly just a contact person

2.) 100 Volunteers

To volunteer, please contact Nonna at:

nonna.r.gale@gmail.com

Running the Marathon for G-Row

Kaitlin Herlihy

Kaitlin Herlihy is preparing to run the Boston Marathon, and is one of the incredible athletes running with the G-Row Marathon Team to raise money for G-Row. A rower herself, Kaitlin shares her story in an interview which recently appeared on the website of the grammar school she attended.

To read about Kaitlin, and why she is running for G-Row, click here:
Kaitlin Herlihy Prepares for Marathon 2012

To donate to Kaitlin's fundraising efforts for G-Row, visit her fundraising page:
http://www.razoo.com/story/Kaitlinherlihyboston2012

Boys Row/G-Row

Visit Their Facebook Pages and "Like" Them!!

Boys Row:
http://www.facebook.com/BoysRowBoston

G-Row:
http://www.facebook.com/GRowBoston

Bryan Fuller Atlantic Row

Track Team Titan's Progress

Bryan Fuller is well on his way! Time at sea so far? 9 Days 19 hours (plus a bunch more by the time you read this)! The skipper reports that spirits of the crew are good - and there are rumors that a whale has been seen...

Keep up to date with Bryan's progress by visiting the Titan website: Team Progress/TITAN

Read about Bryan, in a recent news article:

For Transatlantic Rower, It's Go Time

Youth Ergathon!!

Saturday, March 17th

CRI Youth Ergathon is coming up on Saturday, March 17th and the Youth Teams are doing a great job in their fundraising efforts!

Their fundraising goal for this year is $60,000 total, with each team being challenged to raise $30,000.

Currently the Boys Competitive Team has raised $9,520 with 49 fundraisers signed onto Razoo. To check out how the boys are doing and to donate please visit their site at:

http://www.razoo.com/team/Competitiveboysergathon2012

The Girls Competitive Team has raised $3,305 with 34 fundraisers signed onto Razoo. To check on the girls' progress and make a donation visit: http://www.razoo.com/team/Competitivegirlsergathon2012

The annual youth ergathon/fundraising event is the time when the youth competitive teams pull together to help the CRI community as a whole. The funds raised at this year's Ergathon will benefit the CRI Annual Fund. The youth teams recognize the importance of rowing and CRI in their lives and they are excited to have the opportunity to be able to help other rowers within the CRI community.

Saturday Volunteer Opportunities

For details on Saturday volunteer opportunities please email Leigh at:

leigh.communityrowing@gmail.com or call 617-729-8265

The following Saturdays have Volunteer Opportunities
involving the G-Row Boston Marathon Team:
March 10th
March 24th
April 7th
April 16th (Marathon Monday!)

Adaptive Training Partner Program

Volunteers Needed

The Community Rowing Adaptive program is looking for volunteers to help launch our new Adaptive Training Partner (ATP) program. The program matches an adaptive rower with a qualified training partner to facilitate additional on the water sessions during the week.

Volunteers wishing to become ATPs must:

1) be captain's tested and eligible for logbook sculling at CRI

2) have a flexible schedule during the day

3) be willing to commit to at least 1 rowing session per week with their assigned adaptive partner

If you are interested in helping with this new initiative, please attend an informational session and orientation on April 3, 2012 at 6pm in the boathouse classroom.

Thank you for helping us expand this exciting program!

For questions, please contact Ellen Minzner at:
ellen@communityrowing.org

Private Events

None Scheduled

Enoy the weekend!!

In This Issue

Welcome Tracy Smith Director of Development

Three Cheers for Team CRI! 2nd Overall in January Challenge!

Parent Team Meetings

WBUR Spring Festival Volunteer and Join the FUN!!

13th Earth Day/Charles River Clean-Up - Lend Some CRI Muscle to the Task

Running the Marathon for G-Row - Kaitlin's Story

"Like" Boys Row and G-Row! Visit Their Pages...