| Know Someone Curious About Rowing?
Learn to Row Day at CRI is Sunday, June 7th
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Know someone curious about rowing? Have them come to CRI's Learn to Row Day on Sunday, June 7th, from 10:00-1:00 pm to learn the basics for
FREE!!
Little Sculling Boats will be here for kids as young as 5 to try. (These boats work great for small adults too.)
LIVE music for all ages all day by the fabulous Livewire!
Face painting for the kids and food for purchase by Fresh Food Generation food truck.
Come on down and enjoy the day!
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| CRI New Boat Party!!!
Friday, May 29th
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Please come join us for light refreshments and a short naming ceremony for several boats in our new fleet!
When: Friday, May 29th, 6:15 pmFr Where: Between the Sculling Pavilion and the Boathouse
No RSVP is necessary.
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| Get Ready ...
HALF YEAR POWER SPRINT - $10K IS ON THE LINE!
June 2-4 Only
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The CRI Board of Directors and Trustees have issued a 3-day Annual Fund participation challenge:
If CRI receives 150 donations to the Annual Fund from June 2nd, 3rd and 4th, they will kick in an additional $10,000!
Big or small, every donation made during these days counts toward the prize. Let's ALL pitch in to get us there. Donating will take just a moment and really makes a huge difference.
Stay tuned for the donation link on the morning of June 2nd.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT of the CRI Annual Fund!
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| CRI Welcomes USABA LTA Development Camp
May 30th - June 3rd
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Starting Saturday, CRI will host a development camp for LTA rower with visual and physical disabilities, sponsored by the United States Association of Blind Athletes. Visiting athletes from across the country will take part in the camp, coached by Ellen Minzner, Drew Tennant, and visiting coach Andrea Theis. VOlunteer boathouse guides and coxswains are still needed. If you would like to assist, contact Ellen at:
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| Corporate Challenge Cup
Win it for Your Company
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Want to win the Corporate Challenge Cup for your company? You can do so through the Charles River Rowing League which got off to a great start this week. For the first week, the coaches were busy getting their boats organized and getting the new rowers comfortable with their rowing stroke on the ergs. Each CRRL group spent the first session on the ergs and touring the boathouse and getting their first water strokes in with the Dockbox. Week two will be on the water in the rowing catamarans, then Week three and beyond will be launching in 8+s. If you see these CRRL participants out there, please give them your encouragement, they are all very excited to learn to row. This year, Charles River Rowing League will run in 3 sessions throughout the year. - Session 2 starts the week of June 30th
- Session 3 starts the week of August 11th
If you know any individuals or company's interested in putting together a corporate team, have them reach out to Jeff Nelson at: jeff.nelson@commmunityrowing.org Once again, this year, all CRRL participants will be eligible to race for the corporate challenge cup at the CRI Fall Classic Regatta on September 19th.
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| Want to Make History?
Nike Team Building Event Volunteers Needed
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Want to make history? CRI has been awarded the unique honor of hosting Nike Corporation's leadership team for their annual team building event. We will be making history as this will be the MOST EXCITING team building event held, EVER! We will be working with 120 Nike employees in seventeen CRI 8+s, at the Esplanade in the lower basin, June 23rd, at 6:00am.
The size of this event will require all of our resources to transform Nike employees into rowing fans by sharing with them the best corporate rowing experience CRI can create. This unique event will require over 100 volunteers over 2 days - our goal is to create a powerful experience while also having minimal impact on our regular CRI programming. Volunteer opportunities will be available exclusively to CRI rowers until May 26th. After May 26th, we will open up volunteer opportunities to the larger Charles River rowing community.
Please chose a volunteering option now so we may all make history together and bring Nike into the rowing world. Check the links below for volunteer sign up choices.
Monday, June 22nd:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0944abaf2da7fa7-nike1
Tuesday, June 23rd:
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| Get Fit Biologically
Optimize Your Training & Performance
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Use your own precise biological information to optimize your training and increase your performance!
Physiological testing at CRI on Saturday morning June 6th with IRL & Brown University Professor and Exercise Physiologist Andrea Sobieraj.
Special CRI pricing - $200 VO2 test, $45 base metabolic rate (20% of proceeds given back to CRI programs)
Limited times slots are available, please email Andrea @ vo2breathe.com for an appointment.
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| Host a National Team Hopeful...
Rooms Needed for Rowers
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Dear CRI Families,
Team USA needs you! As you may have heard, CRI will be hosting the Lightweight 8 Selection Camp this summer. In order to field the best possible boat we have reached out to athletes from across the country, many of whom will be in need of housing for selection camp (May 27th-June 19th) and potentially through World Championship training (July 5th-August 15th).
Athletes would provide their own food and transportation, they are simply looking for a place to sleep at night and rest between practices. If you have or know of any available space, please reach out to Bryan Pape at bpape86@gmail.com.
Whether you have room for one or for many, are within biking or driving distance, or have any times during the summer when your space will be unavailable, please let us know.
Thank you for your support. Go CRI, and go Team USA!
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Project Aware at CRI - Join Us
June 4th & 5th, 8:30 - 4:00
"Now is the Time" Project Aware: Advancing Wellness and Resilience for Youth & Young Adults
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The City of Newton has been awarded one of the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Project AWARE grants, providing us
with the opportunity to increase mental health literacy and basic mental health
training for those interacting and working with youth and young adults in our
communities. Project AWARE's overarching goals include:
- Increasing awareness of mental health issues and promoting positive mental health
- Increasing mental health literacy of adults who interact with youth
via Youth Mental Health First Aid training
- Increase capacity of communities to respond
We hope you will join us on June 4th & 5th. CRI will provide food for attendees.
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| Reserving New HUDSONS
All Boats Must Be Logged Out For Each Row
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The new boats have been arriving, and as soon as they are rigged, we have been entering them into the iRowNow system.
Please remember to follow the usual procedures for rowing/checking out boats whether old or new.
- Log out ALL small boats prior to each row
- Do not row a boat that is not shown as available to you even if you see it on the rack
- Boats on the rack, but not available to check out, may be reserved for another rower or program
- To see status of a boat, view 'boat usage'
- The main page on iRowNow will also state if boats are blocked for a particular program or race, and therefore unavailable
- Always be sure to log boats back in, or 'close prior', so the boat you have rowed will then be available for someone else.
- If you have difficulty, or think a boat should be available but isn't please contact nonna@communityrowing.org or yael.mito@communityrowing.org
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| Sculling Pavilion Clean-Up Day
May 30th, 8am-11am
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Scullers, now is the time of year to get our Sculling Pavilion sparkling clean and neat, especially since we'll have even more shiny Hudsons gracing the racks shortly.
So here's a chance to volunteer and get those needed hours. Join us if you can, complementary refreshments and goodies will be served!
Saturday, May 30th, 8am-11am
Our objectives:
- Sweep the bay and spray it down
- Wash all the windows
- Wash railings and beams
- Remove excess clutter
- Organize slings
- Bring down the boats and inspect
- Teach Rigging Lesson
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| Call for Volunteers
Learn to Row Day, June 7th
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We are looking for volunteers to help as we host Learn to Row day at
CRI. The day promises to be a fun one, with live music, a food truck, face painting, balloons. For adults, we'll have rides on barges, for kids the chance to try out little sculling boats.
We'll need volunteers from:
9:30am-1:30pm
Come at the beginning, middle or end ... whatever time you can give.
To help out, please email
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| Unreported Damage to a New Hudson
Protocol & Responsibility for All Members/Rowers
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Recently, one of our new HUDSONs was found to be damaged. No documentation or reporting of the damage was submitted in the repair log or to Dave Snowdon.
Any damage to boats or equipment is always to be recorded in the repair log immediately when damage has occurred or been discovered. Checking the condition of boats prior to and following a row is expected every time a boat is used - whether having been rowed, loaded or unloaded, rigged or de-rigged. As a club, it is our responsibility as a group of rowers to care for our equipment and to follow expected procedures.
Any future instance of unrecorded/undocumented damage to a boat will result in a club-wide day-off-the-water with all programs focusing on boat handling and care.
Please share in taking excellent care of our incredible new fleet of boats!
Thank you.
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CRI's Facebook Page is Back!!
Like Us on Facebook
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After a lengthy hiatus, the CRI official Facebook page is back and full of news, photos and fun CRI photos. Make sure to "Like" us and stay up to date on all the news and fun. Click here to be forwarded directly to the page.
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| Upcoming Private Events
Please Take Note
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Thursday, May 28th, 2015
Thursday, May 28, 2
2:00pm - 2nd floor closed for cleaning
4:00pm - Caterers set up on 2nd floor
6:00pm-10:00pm - Harvard Business School Alumni Reunion
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