| National Learn to Row Day
Help CRI Celebrate
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| | CRI Newton - Stoller Boathouse |
Hello all,
Help CRI celebrate National Learn to Row Day at our new CRI - Newton, Stoller Boathouse and help spread CRI's Mission and share your love for rowing. For the first time we will be hosting the National Learn to Row Day at a different site - as part of Lasell College and a mere 20 minutes from our home in Brighton.
We are still 'moving in' and there is masses still to do there, so it's not 'looking its best' just yet but we would love for you to come and take a look.
We will have a small fleet of singles there to allow new people to get out onto the water and learn to row in singles. We are also hoping to be able to give people a quick tour of the waterways in launches.
Please help us by volunteering on the day. We do need your help!
Thank you,
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| CRI Corporate Programs
Part Time Summer Jobs Available
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CRI Corporate Programs are looking for part time summer help. With the continued success of our corporate programs, we are looking for motivated, disciplined individuals willing to roll up their sleeves and help us delight our corporate clients when they join us to experience Community Rowing's corporate events. Ideal candidates will be required to contribute the following: - At least 20 hours per week available during the day or evening on weekdays
- Have the ability to occasionally work weekend days
- Is a good communicator and can address clients with customer service in mind
- Is able to easily manage physical work; rowing, lifting boxes, ergs, tables, chairs, cases of water, oars and boats
- Possesses great organizational skills and lead others
If qualified and interested, please contact:
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| Rowing in France Anyone?
Join Us this December
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Have you been dreaming about December in Southern France? Or rowing at the best venues in southern France with top coaches? Now is your chance - The French Rowing Class has put together a fabulous trip in early December to coincide with Lyon's Festival of Lights.
Let's put together a group of eight or more intrepid souls for some R&R&Rowing from CRI and neighboring rowing clubs.
Invite your friends, put together a line-up, start researching the best French wines!
If this piques your interest for more information please contact Lila directly by emailing:
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| Upper Charles Waterway
Help the Local Community & the CRWA
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As part of our move on to the Upper Charles waterway, we want to work with the local community and help and support where we can. The 5000m of new waterway is going to be hugely beneficial to us and also the many, many people that will experience this amazing stretch of water.
With that in mind, we are working with the Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) to help promote their 10th season for water chestnut removal on the Upper Charles River. We are asking if there are any people that would like to offer their help. -
The two current methods for water chestnut removal are hand-pulling and mechanical harvesting.
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Water chestnuts are an invasive species native to Eurasia that was brought to the US in the 19th century. Water chestnuts are problematic because they grow in thick mats, blocking sunlight from reaching the water and absorbing dissolved oxygen. Water chestnuts out compete native vegetation and use up the oxygen for other aquatic life, such as fish. Moreover, when water chestnut growth becomes too thick, the river becomes unnavigable.
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Water chestnuts generally starting growing in late June and drop their seeds into the river in August. The hand-pulling season, therefore, occurs between early June to mid-August.
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For CRWA's Canoeing for Clean Water program, CRWA staff lead groups of 30 volunteers in kayaks onto the river to hand-pull water chestnuts. The events last 2-3 hours and generally occur in the morning to avoid extreme heat and severe weather events. CRWA and Boating in Boston provide all necessary equipment and training.
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On average, CRWA leads 25 events and 500+ volunteers per season. In 2015, 40 tons or 80,000 pounds of water chestnuts were removed from the Charles.
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Volunteers meet at the Newton Historic Boathouse at 2401 Commonwealth Avenue in Newton. Parking is available across the street at the end of Norumbega Road.
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Sign up for a public event through CRWA's website www.crwa.org
Below are the list of dates for public events: o Saturday, June 11th from 9 a.m to 12 p.m. o Saturday, June 25th from 9 a.m to 12 p.m. o Saturday, July 9th from 9 a.m to 12 p.m. o Tuesday, July 12th from 5 p.m. to 7:30. o Sunday, July 24th from 9 a.m to 12 p.m. o Saturday, August 6th from 9 a.m to 12 p.m.
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| Outreach Programs
Volunteers Opportunities
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If you are interested in volunteering our outreach programming, we would love to hear from you.
Please see the link to our Outreach Volunteer form HERE, and let us know how you would like to help.
Thank you in advance for your support.
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| CPR Training
Upcoming Dates
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Thursday, June 16th: 3pm - 6pm
Thursday, July 7th: 6pm-9pm
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| Parking at CRI
Busy Time Parking Alternatives
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The weather has gotten nice, and people are doing lots of rowing which is fantastic. All that rowing
is bringing lots of folks to the boathouse, and at certain times, the parking lot is over crowded.
Some important notes:
NO PARKING IN THE FIRE LANE - Cars may be towed
It is illegal to park in the fire lane. Cars that are parked in the fire lane are at risk of being towed by
the state.
PARKING ALTERNATIVES -
- North Beacon street: on street parking is available along North Beacon, with a short walk back over the bridge
- The old DCR public swimming pool parking lot at the North Beacon rotary.
- The hockey rink
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