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2006 NHRA News Florida - Naples Naples~Marco Island Hospice Regatta Scheduled for
The third annual Naples~Marco Island Hospice Regatta will be held on Saturday, February 3, 2007 to benefit the Hospices of Naples, Marco Island and Immokalee which care for individuals and families affected by a terminal illness. The competitive sailing race, which draws teams from all over Florida, is a qualifier for the Hospice Regattas National Championship in Annapolis, Maryland. To read all about the 2007 regatta please visit:
September 12, 2006 - Hospice Cup XXV Trophy Winners Announced [Annaplois, MD] Seventy boats and hundreds of sailors from the Maryland, Virginina and DC Metro areas participated in the Chesapeak Bay's 2006 Hospice Cup, America's largest fundraising regattta on Saturday, September 9, as the race celebrated its 25th anniversayr. In addition to class trophies, the boats competed for ten sponsored perpetual trouphies that were awarded for both exceptional racing and special achievements.
John White and Tom Ballard of Severna Park with their "no name" boat (US 999) were the winnerrs of the 2006 Hospice Cup Trophy recognizing the skippers for sustained high performance across three racing years (2004-2006), and qualiying them to represent the Cheseapeake Bay regatta in May 2007 at the Hospice Regattas National Championship against representative from each of the 24 other hospice regattas held this year nationwide. Read the entire Press Release
From the Baltimore Sun - September 3, 2006 Regatta benefits hospices and crews Next weekend, assuming the Chesapeake Bay isn't bombarded with gale-force winds, about 100 sailboats are expected to compete in one of the largest charity regattas in the state: The Hospice Cup. The regatta has been sailed every year since 1981 - so this year marks its 25th anniversary. Now there are 24 Hospice Cup regattas held in sailing communities all over the country, including in California, Florida, and the Great Lakes. The first race, however, was on the bay. We reached Virginia Brown, one of the founders of the Hospice Cup, at her Tidewater, Va., home on Friday, as the remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto passed through the Mid-Atlantic. Tell me about the first race. Read the entire article:
Helping To Ease Dying
New York - Rochester Hospice Regatta Community Cruise and Clambake Memorial Sails and Memorial FleetTo express the theme “Celebrate Life,” sailors and hospice supporters are invited to write the names of every person whose life is being remembered at the Hospice Regatta on a special commemorative Optimist sail as a permanent memorial tribute. During the Clambake on Friday, August 25, Genesee Yacht Club member Randy Burr wrote the name of his late wife Pat on the 2006 Memorial Sail, while his friends Jan Ziobrowski and Billy Smith waited their turn.
Each year, one more Opti rigged with the previous year’s Memorial Sail joins the Hospice Regatta Memorial Fleet. With junior sailors at the helm of each boat, the growing Fleet of four Optis cruised on the Genesee River during Regatta parties on Friday and Saturday, August 25 and 26. Clearly visible from the Charlotte Lighthouse and from the yacht clubs and marinas on the Irondequoit side, the Memorial Fleet makes for a very fitting and emotional expression of hospice principles.
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Regatta ’06 will always be remembered as the race following “The Flood”. Thunderstorms with wind gusts up to 60 mph dropped more then 10 inches on rain on July the 28th. The Grand River rose more than 15 feet within 24 hours – a record flood stage. The water torrents created eight-foot waves in the river! Large sections of docks, and more than 70 boats were torn loose, washed into Lake Erie and crashed upon the beaches miles to the east. Many of these boats would have participated in the regatta, but did not have the opportunity.
Michigan - St. Joseph/Lake Michigan 3rd annual Dr. Lory Schults Memorial Lady Skipper Regatta
To see more 2006 regatta photos please visit: August 21, 2006 The make-up date for the “rained out” 2006 NMIHR has been set. It will be run November 18, 2006 in conjunction with the Marco Island Yacht Club Fall Regatta 2006. The first two races of this regatta will be scored as the make-up races for the February 4, 2006 NMIHR. This will determine the team that will represent Hospice of Naples in the Hospice Regattas National Championship in Annapolis in May of 2007. You will be notified as soon as all details are complete. To read all about the 2006 regatta please visit:
25 Years Racing for a Cause VIRGINIA BROWN, HONORED EARLIER THIS YEAR for founding the Hospice Regattas that have rasied more than $15 million for nonreimbursed care, had cared for her terminally ill husband at home before being asked to raise funds for a new local hospice. Her preference for "something different, not the usual black-tie affair, but fun, family-oriented, and outside" created a racing tradition now a quarter-century old and still growing. Brown's first Hospice Regatta was sailed on Chesapeake Bay in 1981, when the hospice movement was in its infancy. Brown says, "Although people think of hospice care for the dying, for every terminal patient there are four or five surviving family members or loved ones also benefiting from care and counseling. Hospice is about living every moment until death without pain, with dignity." In 2006 there will be [25] Hospice Regattas (www.hospiceregattas.org) across the country. They are all-volunteer, with every dollar going to a local hospice. --Rick Friese
Indiana - Lake Michigan Dunes Cup VNA Hospice Regatta 21 boats took to the crystal blue waters of southern of Lake Michigan for the second annual Michigan City Yacht Club Dunes Cup VNA Hospice Regatta, benefiting the hospice program of the Visiting Nurse Association of Porter County, Indiana MacLennan & Bain Insurance of Valparaiso, IN, was the major event sponsor again this year.
Mike Hoskins, skipper of “Julia’s Kestrel” won first place overall, and will be the representative to the National Championship next spring. Mike was awarded the trophy prize of a framed, original water color of the Michigan City Lighthouse painted by Michigan City artist Neil Kienitz. The painting was commissioned especially for the Dunes Cup VNA Hospice Regatta and was framed by the Artists’ Den in Valparaiso, IN. To read all about the 2006 regatta please visit:
Oswego County Hospice Cup Regatta
DORAN SAILS ‘OZ' TO VICTORY IN HOSPICE CUP REGATTA' RUNNERS AND WALKERS TAKE RAIN IN STRIDE -- By MIKE LEBOEUF, Sports Editor -- from the 6/5/06 Palladium Times To read the entire article please visit:
North Carolina - Mooresville/Charlotte
Thanks to all who attended the 2006 Hospice Lake Norman Regatta & Party! The Party and silent auction, held at PYC Friday, May 11 was a success and, after a 4-hour postponement on Saturday afternoon, Lake Norman's prevailing Southwest breeze filled in for excellent race conditions for the remainder of the weekend. To read the entire article please visit the NHRA Page:
Florida-Ft. Lauderdale Triton boat reaps $3,325 for HospcieCare. The Triton crew and about 20 other folks gathered on the catamaran Spirit of Lauderdale in May to help raise money for HospiceCare of Southest Florida. More than 70 boats completed in the 10th anniversiary of the regatta. To read the entire article please select the following:
The Art of Caring 2006 Awards Philanthropic Inspiration Virginia Brown To read the entire article please visit the NHRA Page:
Maryland - Havre de Grace/Susquehanna River Press Release--April 10, 2006 2006 HARFORD HOSPICE REGATTA SETS SAIL AT NEW Havre de Grace, MD – Harford Hospice, a member of Upper Chesapeake/St. Joseph Home Care, will hold its seventh annual Harford Hospice Regatta on Friday, June 2, 2006 from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. next to the historic Concord Point Lighthouse in Havre de Grace. To read the entire Press Releae please visit the NHRA Harford Hospice Regatta Page CONTACT: Jan Emerick
Naples-Marco Island Hospice Regatta Rained out regatta still a winner for Hospice Some not-so-typical chilly, windy and wet weather caused this year's Second Annual Naples-Marco Island Hospice Regatta to change course. The regatta, which had been scheduled to take place last Saturday, was cancelled. However, the shore party staged at the Bayfront in Naples was a big success. The 26 participants in this year's regatta received the sad news at 6:30 a.m. that officials had decided to cancel the race due to a fast-moving weather front bringing high winds, rain and lightning to the region.
To read the whole story please visit the NHRA Page: Naples-Marco Island Hospice Regatta
Naples-Marco Island Hospice Regatta The second annual Naples-Marco Island Hospice Regatta is Feb. 4, 2006. This exciting event is held annually to raise awareness and funds for Hospice of Naples.. To read the whole story please visit their NHRA page: Naples-Marco Island Hospice Regatta
November, 2005 -- The 2006 National Hospice Regatta Championship will be held May 12-14, 2006, at Annapolis, Maryland. Winning skippers representing the 22 hospice regattas held this year will compete for national honors and to promote hospice care. Team skippers will be contacted directly by Championship Chair Lucy Melvin and Event Organizer Linda Ambrose, to establish communications and confirm their participation.
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Gary Schwarting, the winner of the “Winds Of Hospice” Memorial Trophy poses for a picture with regatta chairperson Mary Baron. Schwarting, the skipper of the yacht Obsession, raised over $20,000 in donations for Hospice.