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Dear (Contact First Name),  
There are only 100 days until the 2012 Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival begins. Our goal is to have 100 teams competing this year...please don't delay registering your team or you may not get in!
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We are thrilled to report that there are already 71 teams registered to participate in this year's Festival!  If you haven't registered your team yet, please click here to go to our on-line registration page.
Paddles Up,
Scott Soderberg & Ed Anderson, LSDBF Co-Chairs
Paddling With Pride 
This month we profile "Duluth-Superior Pride." Last year's race was the "Pride Paddlers" first experience at the Festival. The team was a hit with paddle fans, and never has a team drummer made such a lasting impression!

Team Pride 

Team captain Harvey Plasch reports that their first time at the Festival was a lot of fun and that the crowd was very welcoming and supportive.  The highlight of the day for the Pride Paddlers was beating the Superior H.S. football team in their first heat!  Maybe the pin-wheels on the drummer's headdress gave them an edge?!? 
The team was recruited from the GLBTV community along with supportive friends and family members. Participating in the Festival is a priority with their organization as they are working to increase their community involvement.  They will be back!

Click here to see picture of the Pride Paddlers 2011!
You might be a dragon boater if...
  1. Dragon Boat Closeup"Waterproof" means "a little damp" or "might-float"
  2. You can't drive over a bridge without looking for water underneath it.
  3. Your wife says you love your "boat buddies" more than her (and she sounds just like your first wife...and your second...)
  4. You thinking "freshening up" for the after-paddling party means changing into last year's commemorative t-shirt.
  5. Your dog loves rolling in your pile of paddling clothes.
Order Your Team T-Shirts Here! 
You want to look good while on the water don't you?  Order your team t-shirts through our preferred vendor, Hill Creek Marketing, get great quality shirts and help raise money for charity at the same time!
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Each year, Hill Creek Marketing donates 20% of the all team t-shirt sales back to the Rotary clubs that sponsor the Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival.  Not only will you look great, but you will be helping support local charities at the same time!
Multi-Festival Discount Offer 
Double your fun and save $200! Bemidji Festival logoThe Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival and the Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival have teamed up to offer a $200 discount for teams that participate in both festivals this year. A $100 discount will be applied to each festival registration once a team is registered for both festivals. The Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival is scheduled for August 2-4, 2012 on beautiful Lake Bemidji, located in friendly Bemidji, Minnesota.
The Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival is proud to celebrate eleven Rotary Wheel Logo on GreyRotary Dragon Boat Logo on Greyyears of hard work, camaraderie and dedication for raising funds for area charitable worthy organizations. Funds raised go to support the charitable giving of Twin Ports Rotary Clubs, and for the festival's charitable partner, Essentia Health Foundation.
We plan to profile a different Team from last year in each issue of our webletter this year.  If you'd like your team to be profiled, please contact Doug Dalager here.
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Our website is packed full of valuable information about the race, how to participate, and how to register your team!
Our Presenting Sponsor
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Our Charitable Partner
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Charitable Partner
Essentia Health Foundation is our 2012 charitable partner for the Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival. 
Their project this year is to support Cancer Survivorship Services, helping people from diagnosis to cancer freedom.  Please start your team's fundraising page today by clicking this link.
A Message from the Essentia Foundation

This year our goal is to celebrate survivorship by supporting patients emotionally, socially, physically and financially. When you help the Essentia Health Foundation, you collaborate with us in developing and sustaining transformational programs, options in patient care, classes and networks designed especially to meet the needs of cancer survivors.

The Essentia Health Foundation is poised and ready to help you tackle fundraising for cancer in a fun way! For the
Top Ten ways to help raise dollars for cancer survivorship and support services, click here...
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Be a Volunteer
The Dragon Boat Festival is only possible through Rotary volunteerism.  There is no paid staff! 
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We also rely on Duluth Boy Scout Troop #15 for trash pickup.  In return we give financial support for their year-round camping expeditions.
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